In Brazzaville, Paul Kagame and Denis Sassou N’Guesso pledged to deepen bilateral ties and remove the hurdles still slowing the AfCFTA’s rollout.
David Nseka
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A Chinese military delegation toured the Pierre-Savorgnan-de-Brazza Memorial in Brazzaville, pledging that Sino-Congolese friendship should endure forever.
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From the Paris embassy, Ambassador Rodolphe Adada parses the constitutional meaning of President Sassou N’Guesso’s inauguration after a 94.82% re-election.
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Senate President Pierre Ngolo met China’s Shao Hong on the margins of Sassou N’Guesso’s inauguration, hailing six decades of partnership and pledging deeper cooperation.
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Sworn in at Kintele before African heads of state, Denis Sassou-N’Guesso outlined ten priorities placing youth, women and economic acceleration at the core of Congo’s new five-year mandate.
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Congo-Brazzaville’s CSLC admits underfunding crippled its 2026 election media oversight, citing stark airtime imbalances in Pointe-Noire and urging reform.
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President Denis Sassou N’Guesso took the oath at Kintélé on 16 April before ten African heads of state, opening a fresh five-year term in Congo-Brazzaville.
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Congo and the Central African Republic move to reopen the Brazzaville-Bangui corridor, routing petroleum from Pointe-Noire to landlocked Bangui.
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Congo-Brazzaville adopts a new mining code introducing production sharing, an upgraded cadastre and local mineral processing after seven years of drafting.
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On 16 April, Brazzaville’s Kintélé Concorde Stadium hosts Denis Sassou Nguesso’s inauguration, with foreign heads of state underscoring Congo’s continental reach.