President Sassou-Nguesso announces Congo-Brazzaville will lift entry visas for all African nationals from January 2027, a bold bid for continental integration.
Bosco Mbemba
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Sassou-Nguesso and DRC’s Jean-Pierre Bemba meet to fast-track the road-rail bridge linking Brazzaville and Kinshasa across the Congo River.
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Fresh foreign ambassadors have presented their credentials in Brazzaville, renewing Congo’s diplomatic corps as the country hosts the 61st AfDB Annual Meetings.
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In Oyo, Sassou-N’Guesso and Madagascar’s transitional leader Randrianirina pledged to deepen bilateral ties and discussed the island’s road to 2027 polls.
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Brazzaville appoints veteran diplomat Basile Ikouebe ambassador to the United States, succeeding the late Serge Moumbouli in a strategic posting.
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Brazzaville marked Europe Day on 10 May 2026 as Congo and the European Union signalled a deepening partnership across diplomacy and development.
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Newly appointed Foreign Minister Constant Serge Bounda received the envoys of Morocco, the Vatican, Algeria and Angola in Brazzaville, signalling an outward-looking Congolese diplomacy.
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World & Diplomacy
Congo-Russia Oil Pipeline Plan Crowns Sassou Visit
by Bosco Mbembaby Bosco MbembaAfter Sassou N’Guesso’s Moscow visit, Congo and Russia map out cooperation in energy, training, agriculture and a Pointe-Noire-Brazzaville oil pipeline.
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In St. Petersburg, Denis Sassou N’Guesso courted Russian investors across energy, defence, health and mining, ahead of the October 2026 Russia-Africa Summit.
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Sassou N’Guesso and Putin chart a three-year roadmap, with cooperation accords on energy, agriculture and education to be signed in Brazzaville this September.