The Secretariat of the Convention for Coorperation in the Protection, Management and Development of the Atlantic Coast in West, Central, and southern Africa (better known as the Abidjan Convention) has announced that the convention’s 13th Conference of the Parties will be held in Congo (Brazzaville) next month. The conference will be held in the port […]
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New revelations of luxury properties held by the Republic of Congo’s first family shed light on a regime running out of options. On 21 September, a bombshell report revealed $32.5 million in assets held around the world by the President Denis Sassou Nguesso, his family, and senior regime officials in the Republic of Congo. Released […]
Cape Town — A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy compared to the citizens of their own countries. They include President Uhuru Kenyatta of Kenya, whose family is reported by the Pandora Papers project […]
Namibia’s unbeaten run at the Africa Group IV Davis Cup competition in Brazzaville, Congo continued yesterday when they beat the hosts Congo 3-0. The result ensured that they qualified for the knockout stages of the tournament, with the semifinals starting tomorrow. Against Congo, Namibia stamped their authority on the encounter from the start as Connor […]
NAMIBIA’s senior men’s tennis team got off to a great start at the Davis Cup Africa Group IV tournament in Brazzaville, Congo this week, when they won their opening two ties. Namibia won their opening encounter against Botswana 3-0 on Monday and yesterday beat Angola 2-1 to go to the top of Pool A. The […]
Luanda — Angolan President João Louernço left this Friday morning for the Republic of Congo, where he is to attend a summit of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) on the political and security situation in the Republic of Chad, a member state of this regional bloc. At Luanda’s 4 de Fevereiro International […]
Authorities in the Republic of Congo have been conducting an alarming crackdown on human rights defenders and activists who have denounced the consequences of the economic crisis and its impact on people’s daily life, in particular on access to health, Amnesty International said in a new report published today. The report, ‘On the back of […]
Supporters of two candidates in Congo Republic’s presidential election say that last Sunday’s poll, which handed victory to incumbent Denis Sassou Nguesso, was marred by vote-rigging and that the courts should annul the result. Provisional results on Tuesday showed that Nguesso was re-elected with more than 88 percent of Sunday’s vote, extending his 36-year rule […]
The longtime president of the Republic of Congo is set for another five-year term after getting over 88% of the vote. The election day was marred by the death of his main opponent, Guy Brice Parfait Kolelas. Despite an ongoing economic crisis in the Republic of Congo, the country’s veteran President Denis Sassou Nguesso has […]
Opposition leader Guy-Brice Parfait Kolélas has died after contracting Covid-19. Kolélas died in the plane on his way to France where he was to receive treatment. The 60 year old had been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 just before the weekend which prevented him from having his final presidential campaign rally in Brazzaville. “My dear compatriots, […]
Guy-Brice Parfait Kolelas, the leading opposition presidential candidate in Republic of Congo’s election, died on Sunday, the day after his country went to the polls. He was being transferred to France for medical treatment for Covid-19. Kolelas was hospitalised on Saturday and “died in the medical aircraft which came to get him from Brazzaville on […]
Congolese will vote in presidential elections on Sunday. Most citizens have only ever known one head of state during their lives: Denis Sassou Nguesso, whose grip on power looks set to continue. Billboards plastered with election propaganda in the Congolese capital Brazzaville shout out to the passersby: “Plus loin ensemble” — “we’ll go further together.” […]
Described by some of his African counterparts as “The Emperor”, Denis Sassou-Nguesso, president of the Republic of Congo, will attempt to further extend his time in office on Sunday, as voters go for presidential elections that are widely expected to prolong his 36 years in power. Sassou-Nguesso faces seven other candidates in 21 March elections, […]
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Africa: The Art of Ruling for Life
How do Africa’s many “leaders for life” do it? That the African region is home to majority of the world’s longest-ruling heads of state is no news. According to a 2021 Council on Foreign Relations report, “Since 1960, a dozen heads of state across sub-Saharan Africa have held office for more than thirty years.” A […]
Could artisanal fishers help prevent illegal fishing and the destruction of the valuable shark population? Sharks are essential for a healthy ocean, and the Republic of the Congo depends on a healthy ocean for food security. Yet sharks are endangered in African waters due to illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing and weak governance in the […]
Ugandan taxpayer money is being used to build roads in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But why? And does this have anything to do with Uganda’s compensation payments after the Second Congo War? DW investigates. When Ugandan troops marched on the border of Democratic Republic of Congo at the end of November 2021 for a […]
From bustling Kinshasa streets to war-torn eastern villages, the DRC navigates a delicate dance between hope and skepticism. Many call for development amid unfulfilled promises as Felix Tshisekedi secures a second term. The Independent Electoral Commission (CENI) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) said on Sunday that the incumbent President Felix Tshisekedi had secured […]