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Executive Secretary, NCDMB appointed to African Petroleum Producers' board

Climate Change · Brazzaville

Executive Secretary, NCDMB appointed to African Petroleum Producers' board

100% Left coverage: 1 sources

By the appointment, Ogbe becomes Nigeria’s representative on the Board of the 18-member continental body, which has its headquarters at Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo See the Story

Congo: Civil Society Denounces "Excessive Violence" in Brazzaville Prison

Brazzaville · Brazzaville

Congo: Civil Society Denounces "Excessive Violence" in Brazzaville Prison

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

On 23 May 2025 in Brazzaville, an attempt to escape young prisoners turned into a drama at the CNSS-Texaco-la Tsiémé, an administrative building converted to prison. Official review: about 50 escaped people, 6 dead and 8 hospitalized people. The Centre d'actions pour le développement (CAD), an organization of civil society, points to "excessive use of force. These young people were not armed. They were young people who wanted to escape from a pr…Read Article

Human Rights Violations: "African Parks Ecoguards Have Confessed to Using Torture Methods"

Mastodon · Brazzaville

Human Rights Violations: "African Parks Ecoguards Have Confessed to Using Torture Methods"

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The influential NGO, a mastodon of nature conservation in Africa, has recognized human rights violations against the local population in a park under its tutelage in Congo-Brazzaville. Journalist Olivier Van Beemen returns in a book-investigation on the actions of this "state in the state".Read Article

Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso's Crucial Support for China Salt Lake Industrial Group

The support of the Congolese Minister for International Cooperation and Promotion of the Public-Private Partnership, Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, to the China Salt Lake Industrial Group, was on the menu of the discussions on Friday 30 May in Brazzaville, with the delegation of this company specializing in the production of potash and fertilizer for agriculture, led by its president, Xue Fei. The Chinese delegation presented the progress made i…Brazzaville · Brazzaville Read Article

Congo-Brazzaville: NGOs Denounce Oil Project in Conkouati-Douli National Park

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

While Brazzaville hosted the first World Congress of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities of the Three Forest Basins - Congo, Amazon and Borneo-Mékong - and the Congolese Government recalled the importance of the role of indigenous peoples in the preservation of forests, several national and international organizations denounce a draft decree - presented to the Council of Ministers in mid-April - on the "Niambi" permit. It is a four-year oil…Amazon · Brazzaville Read Article

Africa/Republic of Congo - Appointment of Bishop of Ouesso

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

Vatican City -- The Holy Father has appointed the Reverend Brice Armand Ibombo, of the clergy of Gamboma, until now vice rector of the Emile Card. Biayenda National Theological Major Seminary in Brazzaville, as bishop of the diocese of Ouesso, Republic of the Congo.Africa · Republic of the Congo See the Story

Congo-Brazzaville: Ngo City Police Station Set on Fire Following the Death of a Young Merchant

100% Center coverage: 1 sources

In Congo-Brazzaville, the police station of the city of Ngo, in the Department of Plateaux, was set on fire on 25 May 2025. Two vehicles were also burned following a demonstration of angry young people, who came to protest following the death of a 28-year-old merchant arrested by the police.Plateaux · Plateaux See the Story

Brazzaville : Black Babies Having Brutally Assaulted the Mother Who Was Accompanying Her Daughter to the Hospital in Talangai on the Verge of Giving Birth to the Gnouf

The Congolese were moved to see horrific images of a mother savagely wounded by black babies in Mikalou, Tuesday, May 13 between 4am and 5am. The unfortunate woman accompanied her daughter to Talangai hospital who was threatened with childbirth. Finally, a week after this assault, coupled with a flight of 600,000 CFAF and two portable phones, the police were able to get hold of two of the four alleged attackers, according to Le Troubadour de Bra…Brazzaville · Brazzaville Read Article

CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE/FRANCE : A Demon (Very Soon) at the Elysée - Africa Education

According to some Congolese (and not only of the diaspora), Denis Sassou Nguesso has bewitched Emmanuel Macron. This fact deserves to be done because the French president does not take into account the suffering of the Congolese, many of whom have fled the massacres of this demon to take refuge in France (the country of human rights), pending the departure of Oyo from power. In an incisive text published on 15 May 2025 on the daily website of Af…Brazzaville · Brazzaville Read Article

Health Workers Issue Fresh Nationwide Strike Notice to Govt

The Health Sector Caucus has issued a fresh strike notice to the government if the crisis occasioned by the strikingHealth · Brazzaville See the Story

Congo's opposition leader kidnapped in Brazzaville

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Lassy Mbouity, leader of the opposition party Les Socialistes Congolais and a candidate in Congo’s March 2026 presidential election, was abducted last Sunday in Brazzaville by armed and masked men — just days after surviving an assassination attempt.Africa · Brazzaville See the Story

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