Author: David Mukendi

Holiday cashless freedom for Congolese travelers With the dry-season break coming up, many Brazzaville families are crossing rivers or skies in search of cooler air. Carrying…

Seven Years of Quiet Talks Reach a Signature On a humid Monday morning in downtown Brazzaville, Ambassador Ogawa Hidetoshi and Minister Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso finally…

Record-size rig lift energises Pointe-Noire port A low Atlantic swell and a high-tension hush greeted the quay in Pointe-Noire at sunrise on 16 July 2025. Within…

Marathon diplomacy meets Istanbul’s bustle The August heat in Ankara did little to slow down Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso. After stops in Libreville, Dar es…

African funding gap pushes home-grown solution For years African producers have complained that drilling rigs, pipelines and refineries struggle to reach financial close once traditional western…

Kinshasa, A Mega-City on the Mighty Congo When night falls over Kinshasa, the neon glow dances on the slow waters of the Congo River and reminds…

Bangui’s Call to UBA at African Caucus 2025 The marble halls of the Central Bank building in Bangui still hummed with post-conference chatter when President Faustin-Archange…

Magazine Générations spotlights the Cadets of the Republic When the Paris-based outlet Magazine Générations published its special issue N°116, a full page turned for Congo-Brazzaville. The…

New storage hubs brighten power sector outlook Standing before two brand-new steel hangars in Mongo Kamba II, Energy and Hydraulics Minister Emile Ouosso allowed himself a…

A milestone catalogue for Congolese scholarship Few coffee-table books carry the weight of history, ambition and sheer paper that the new 2,400-page thesis catalogue from the…