Lates News from Congo-Brazzaville
Author: Patrick Mvumbi
Congo-Brazzaville launched a voluntary repatriation from South Africa on July 5. PM Makosso welcomed the first 65 returnees at Maya-Maya airport in Brazzaville.
Six Congolese students, backed by SNPC, join 27 nations at the 33rd Pan-African Mathematics Olympiad in Yamoussoukro from 26 June to 4 July 2026.
Italian brand Macron becomes the official supplier for all of Congo-Brazzaville’s national teams under a deal signed in Bologna, ahead of the CAN 2027 qualifiers.
Four BEPC candidates died in a road crash in Sibiti on the exam’s final day. Education Minister Jean Luc Mouthou visited grieving families to convey the government’s condolences.
Central African states meet in Brazzaville to build a shared Cemac emergency health fund and coordinate a faster regional response to the Ebola threat.
Professor Hyacinthe Defoundoux-Fila, new governor of Rotary District 9150, unveils a 2026-2027 plan: 400 new members and 50 projects across ten nations.
Marien-Ngouabi University unions demand overdue salaries and unpaid overtime, warning Brazzaville that inaction could trigger a fresh strike and stall the academic year.
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.
Defense Minister Mboulou led a Brazzaville parade marking 65 years of Congo’s armed forces and gendarmerie, with 800 troops and 15 honorees.
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.