Browsing: Congo-Brazzaville

Congo’s June 2026 BEPC opened with 131,066 candidates in 558 centres, girls in the majority. Results due late July. Here is what families need to know.

Congo opened its national volunteering fair in Brazzaville, revealing 6,437 people registered with the UN database as the country links service to jobs.

Prime Minister Makosso unveils Congo-Brazzaville’s 2026-2031 action plan: ten priorities, six axes, twenty missions to accelerate national development.

Congo’s social security minister met CNSS retirees in Brazzaville over eighteen quarters of unpaid pensions and a vacant board seat, pledging review.

Defense Minister Mboulou led a Brazzaville parade marking 65 years of Congo’s armed forces and gendarmerie, with 800 troops and 15 honorees.

Claudia Sassou N’Guesso and Claude Wilfrid Etoka married at Brazzaville’s Palais des Congres, drawing regional leaders and a traditional rite in Oyo.

On 21 June 2026, Congo’s Armed Forces (FAC) marked their 65th anniversary under a theme of resilience, spotlighting the army’s role in national security and stability.

Brazzaville factories Ragec and Induco run at only 50% capacity over electricity shortages, Minister Michel Djombo finds during plant visits in Congo-Brazzaville.

Nearly 140,000 candidates sit the BEPC across Congo-Brazzaville from June 23-26, 2026, up 4.44%, under a strict zero-fraud policy banning phones and smartwatches.

President Denis Sassou N’Guesso urged ministers to speed up Pointe-Noire roads, the high-voltage line, Loango University and the Maloukou industrial zone.