David Nseka

In Allembé, President Denis Sassou Nguesso defends his record on roads and infrastructure, dismisses his critics, and lets concrete achievements speak.

Congo’s Council of Ministers, chaired by Denis Sassou N’Guesso, adopted five decrees on 22 July 2026, spanning health, forestry, oil and education reform.

Bouenza cadres in Brazzaville celebrated the reappointment of ministers Rigobert Maboundou and Jacqueline Lydia Mikolo, with calls for unity and cohesion.

Congo’s retired civil servants demand the government open pension talks within eight days, or face an open-ended sit-in outside the Primature from 3 August.

Congo-Brazzaville’s Club 2002-Pur has adopted a roadmap for its first ordinary congress, with federation assemblies set to run from July to September 2026.

PM Makosso lays out Congo’s ‘acceleration’ strategy: tax reform, domestic debt restructuring, eurobonds, a fresh IMF facility and the Congo-Ocean Railway revival.

Congo’s State Control minister Noël Essongo imposes 7am starts, ends flexible hours and champions digital reform to boost rigour and transparency.

Some 350 people marched in Blois to honour Vicinthe Samba Mpassi, a Congolese woman killed in Suevres in June, and to demand that justice be served.

In Nairobi, Congo-Brazzaville’s CNTR and Halc joined a continental anti-corruption drive, launching a research centre and signing a pact with Mali.

Congo’s hydrocarbons minister Onanga has laid out a plan to modernise SNPC’s governance, sharpen its performance and make the state oil firm globally competitive.