Politics
In Paris, Foreign Minister Bounda met Congolese diaspora voices, including expert Deve Maboungou, on airfares, consular reform and expat voting rights.
Slam poet Princia Besty was raped and killed in Brazzaville after traveling from Pointe-Noire for her passport. Police open an investigation as tributes pour in.
President Denis Sassou N’Guesso opens a week-long working stay in Oyo to steer Congo-Brazzaville’s economy and launch the 2026-2031 Action Plan.
Presidential candidate Vivien Romain Manangou presents his “Contract for a New Congo”, a seven-objective programme, ahead of the March 15, 2026 vote.
Congo’s soldiers, police and gendarmes voted early on March 12 across 235 polling stations, with 88 in Brazzaville, ahead of the March 15 general vote.
In Owando, presidential candidate Denis Sassou-N’Guesso pledged a public university, revived farm crops and a paved Owando-Ngoko road if re-elected.
Presidential candidate Mabio Mavoungou-Zinga unveiled his seven-pillar ‘Cap pour demain’ programme in Brazzaville ahead of Congo’s March 12 and 15 vote.
A Congolese court handed Fecofoot president Jean-Guy Blaise Mayolas a life sentence for laundering and misusing FIFA women’s football funds.
President Sassou N’Guesso held a minute of silence for late Minister of State Firmin Ayessa during his Cuvette campaign stop before heading to Oyo.
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