Browsing: Denis Sassou N’Guesso

Congo-Brazzaville lifts its 2026 budget by 227.5 billion FCFA to 2,778 billion, driven by crude at $67 a barrel amid Middle East tensions.

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.

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

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

Congo’s June 18 cabinet awarded Dangote a $3bn potash permit and unveiled visa-free entry for Africans from January 2027. Here is what it means.

President Denis Sassou N’Guesso honored late former Prime Minister Ange-Edouard Poungui in Brazzaville, calling him a friend of rare character and lasting legacy.

Brazzaville and Kinshasa pledge to fast-track the road-rail bridge across the Congo River, with construction promised before year-end after a new tax-customs deal.

President Denis Sassou N’Guesso opened the African Development Bank’s 61st Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, urging bolder financing and a fairer global system for Africa.

President Sassou N’Guesso says African nationals can enter Congo visa-free from January 2027, and backs a single African passport for the continent.

Brazzaville welcomes the African Development Bank annual meetings from May 25 to 29, drawing 3,000 delegates and casting Congo as a continental economic player.