Capital Polishes Image Ahead of National Day Brazzaville’s avenues gleamed under the sun as the Republic of Congo marked its 63rd Independence anniversary. Weeks of sweeping,…
Growing Phenomenon on Congolese Roads From the leafy boulevards of Brazzaville to the bustling port avenues of Pointe-Noire, more vehicles are appearing with either no licence…
Brazzaville Waste Collection Morning Scenes At dawn in Moungali district, the chant “Poubelle eleki !” drifts through the humid air. Wheelbarrows squeak, shovels clink and bright…
Frequent outages test urban resilience On many afternoons the hum of generators now replaces birdsong across Brazzaville, a city that experiences several grid trips in a…
Maps Draw Lines, Rivers Write Stories Diplomats like to trace borders on maps, yet in Congo-Brazzaville it is the water that tells the deeper story. The…
Eight weeks that changed the conversation on SMEs Inside a bright classroom at Mpila, forty-five women spent two months dissecting spreadsheets, debating interest rates and rehearsing…
Brazzaville’s Buzz On The Equatorial Bend Stand on the corniche in Brazzaville at dusk and the Congo River looks less like a border with Kinshasa than…
First cases revive a familiar worry Cholera is no stranger to the Congo River basin, yet the sight of health workers in blue overalls ferrying chlorine…
