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Nationwide drive for child-friendly justice Gathered in the conference hall of Brazzaville’s Social Welfare Directorate on 15 December, magistrates, lawyers, police officers, gendarmes and social workers spent an intense day …

UNICEF Certification Boosts Congo Health Ambitions In an achievement that health officials describe as both symbolic and operationally transformative, nineteen Integrated Health Centres—known locally as Csi—have completed the demanding certification …

Brazzaville Workshop Signals Fresh Momentum The leafy riverside of Brazzaville briefly turned into a laboratory of policy innovation on 27 November when senior officials, civil-society actors and development partners convened …

Children’s Rights Anniversary Spurs Renewed Momentum Brazzaville, 25 November—The thirty-sixth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child offered more than a symbolic milestone for the Republic of …

A strategic compass toward SDG 6 In the bright auditorium of Brazzaville’s ministry compound, officials, mayors and development partners rose to their feet on 14 October as Minister Juste Désiré …

Continuity of Purpose at the Prime Minister’s Office A warm handshake in the marble hall of the Prime Minister’s Office in Brazzaville set the tone for Maria Vittoria Ballotta’s first …

Brazzaville gathers youthful diplomacy The marble halls of the National Assembly in Brazzaville turned into an improvised diplomatic arena on 19 August, when Charles Makaya, chief of staff to the …

UNICEF Leadership Transition in Brazzaville Amid the vaulted ceilings of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the banks of the Congo River, Mariavittoria Ballotta presented her credentials to Foreign Minister …

From Policy Aspiration to Field Experimentation When the Republic of Congo endorsed the Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1993 it signalled a durable commitment to protect its …