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Brazzaville welcomes the Qi-Huang Institute A soft December breeze carried the sound of applause across the grounds of the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital in Mfilou as a crimson ribbon fluttered to …

A Fiery Pronouncement From the Oval Office Tuesday’s cabinet meeting at the White House, initially billed as an administrative review, quickly turned into a rhetorical conflagration. President Donald Trump announced …

Shockwaves from Yaoundé reverberate across the sub-region The sudden passing in custody of Cameroonian opposition stalwart Anicet Ekane, confirmed by family members late last week, has unsettled political circles from …

Brazzaville Arrival Under Discreet Security The humid air over Maya-Maya International Airport had long cooled in the small hours of Saturday, 29 November, when a Gulfstream jet rolled to a …

Liberation Memory Fuels Contemporary Diplomacy The marble halls of Brazzaville’s diplomatic chancellery reverberated with history on 27 November as Ambassador Azeddine Riache marked the seventy-first anniversary of Algeria’s National Liberation …

Historic Ties Under Renewed Spotlight When Minister of International Cooperation and Public-Private Partnership Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso met Vice-Minister of Public Health Tania Margarita Cruz Hernandez in Havana on 26 …

World Bank Financing Signals New Era for Regional Health Security The International Development Association, the concessional arm of the World Bank, unveiled on 28 June a US$279.5 million package—comprising grants …

Brazzaville Diplomacy Meets Global Industry Riyadh’s vast King Abdulaziz International Conference Center rarely lacks for diplomatic choreography, yet the presence of Congo-Brazzaville’s delegation during the 21st General Conference of the …

Historic camaraderie underpins new dialogue The marble corridors of the Congolese Senate echoed on 11 November with a familiarity that transcends protocol. When Pierre Ngolo, President of the upper house, …

Ceremonial Relay at the Friendship Hospital A gentle breeze swept the esplanade of the Sino-Congolese Friendship Hospital in Mfilou, Brazzaville, as Ambassador AN Qing presided over a carefully choreographed handover …