Lates News from Congo-Brazzaville
Author: Patrick Mvumbi
Days before Congo-Brazzaville’s BEPC 2026 written exams on 23 June, jury members trained on digital governance and anti-fraud measures at Marien Ngouabi University.
Claude Le Roy returns as head coach of Congo-Brazzaville’s Red Devils, eleven years after the 2015 AFCON run, amid a national push to revive football.
Over 149,329 pupils sat Congo-Brazzaville’s CEPE on 12 June 2026, up 7.71%. The exam may soon be renamed CEP under a planned education reform.
Congo’s CEPE 2026 drew 149,329 pupils across 655 centres, up over 7%, as the ministry rolls out new grading and results reforms.
A week-long fuel shortage in Brazzaville has drivers scouring stations, sidelining motorbikes and thinning out taxis across the Congolese capital.
Veteran French coach Claude Le Roy returns to lead Congo’s Red Devils, with Senegal’s Omar Daf as assistant, ahead of a major rebuild and an official June signing.
Congo’s 2026 baccalaureate began June 2 with 101,856 candidates, 55% of them girls, sitting exams in 316 centres, including three in Angola.
Brazzaville’s AFD-backed drainage project moves into active works on the Tsieme river and Mikalou stream, aiming to end seasonal flooding for thousands of residents.
Congo-Brazzaville’s general baccalaureate began June 2, 2026 with 101,856 candidates across 316 centers, 55% of them young women.
Congo-Brazzaville accelerates its national plan against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria, deepening ties with global donors to widen prevention, testing and treatment.