Tag: Congo Brazzaville
UN and government release funds
Nine of Congo’s 12 departments have been affected by a series of floods since last October, affecting at least 1.7 million people. Some 350,000 victims require emergency assistance. Faced with…
Nadia Yala Kisukidi, the art of dissociation
If you ever go shopping this fall, you will be able to stock up on essential things. Thanks to a single novel, where it is a question of joy, waking…
the Supreme Court returns to court in the presence of the Head of State
During this solemn return to school was marked by the presence of Denis Sassou Nguesso, chief magistrate, who castigated the slowness of justice in his country. An observation also made…
the new political office of the UDH-Yuki calls for unity
In Congo-Brazzaville, first meeting of the new office of the Union of Humanist Democrats, a party created by the late Guy-Brice Perfect Kolélas. The elected office of the UDH-YUKI, the…
the teachers’ strike at the public university enters its 2nd week
The strike launched by the inter-union union at Marien Ngouabi University, the largest in Congo-Brazzaville, enters its second week today. Teachers put the payment of salary arrears on the negotiating…
the new president of the opposition party UDH-Yuki responds to criticism
Joseph Badiabio, alias Dadys, 70, was elected president of the Union of Humanist Democrats (UDH-Yuki), a party created by the late Congolese opponent Guy-Brice Perfect Kolelas, during its congress last…
Gender-based violence on the rise in Congo-Brazzaville, according to a Unicef report
The United Nations Children’s Program (UNICEF) has expressed alarm in a report it has just published showing a 33% increase in cases of gender-based violence over the last three years.…
bus and taxi drivers called to register
This is the condition required by the government in order to grant them aid. A measure taken following the 25% increase in the price of fuel, according to their union.…
Brazzaville hit by severe flooding
The rains which have fallen relentlessly in recent days have caused serious flooding in Brazzaville, the Congolese capital. Many homes are flooded in several areas of the city. Landslides caused…
Homage to Henri Lopes – In G major
Born in Léopolville in 1937, died on November 2, 2023, Henri Lopes was an emblematic political figure since independence to the present day (Prime Minister, several times minister, deputy director…