Strategic Depth for Central Africa’s Trade Hub When the first of seven rubber-tyred gantries rumbled into operation on 31 July, the resonance went far beyond the metallic whirr of steel. …
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Diplomatic Itinerary Reflecting Strategic Outreach By the time Anatole Collinet Makosso’s aircraft taxied onto Ankara’s Esenboğa runway in early August, the Congolese premier had already logged twelve capitals in barely …
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Kintélé Summit Sets the Clock for the New Lender The placid banks of the Congo River seldom host financial watershed moments, yet Kintélé, a suburb of Brazzaville built for major …
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Kinshasa at the Confluence of Power and Water No African capital is more indelibly linked to a waterway than Kinshasa, set 515 kilometres from the Atlantic on the mighty Congo …
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A Scandinavian Curtain-Raiser of Continental Significance Few continental tournaments begin beneath Nordic clouds, yet the choice of Bergen’s Brann Stadion for the Congo–Sudan opener underlines how the Confederation of African …
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Geography as Strategic Capital When cartographers unfurl the map of the Republic of the Congo, they see more than relief lines. They discern a platform of influence that anchors Central …
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Strategic Warehousing Signals Grid Modernisation While Pointe-Noire’s Atlantic waterfront is better known for its offshore platforms, a quieter yet consequential development unfolded on 3 August when Minister of Energy and …
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An Equatorial Geography Shaping Policy Perched astride the Equator, the Republic of the Congo presents a mosaic of coastal plains, forested massifs and inland plateaus that has long dictated the …
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An Equatorial Pivot in Central Africa Straddling the Equator, the Republic of the Congo occupies a fulcrum position in west-central Africa. Diplomats stationed in Brazzaville often underline that the country’s …
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A Winger Born in the Hum of Colonial Brazzaville When Jean-Jacques Ikonga inhaled his first breath on 11 March 1934 in the bustling quarter of Poto-Poto, Brazzaville was still under …