Author: Patrick Mvumbi

Across Congo-Brazzaville, 101,856 students sit the 2026 baccalaureate from June 2 to 5, up 6.79% on last year, with general and technical exams held together.

After a 2017 ban was lifted, Congo’s U-18 basketball side returns to continental play at the Zone 4 Afrobasket qualifiers in Malabo, facing four rivals.

In Brazzaville, taxi and minibus fares shift with the route, the time, even the passenger. Riders demand answers from City Hall and the Transport Ministry.

Congo’s 2026 baccalauréat draws 101,856 candidates across 310 centres as Minister Mouthou vows zero tolerance for cheating and AI misuse from 2-5 June.

Congo-Brazzaville will run its general and technical baccalauréat exams on the same date from June 2, a move designed to shut down dual-enrolment fraud.

Brazzaville faces a fuel shortage as the new term begins: long queues, dry pumps, a rising black market and official silence unsettle drivers.

Brazzaville’s E2C casual workers protested on 18 May 2026, demanding permanent hiring after up to 20 years on roughly 25,000 FCFA a month.

Congo battles cholera as health officials and the WHO bring prevention to Talangai market. 1024 cases, 100 deaths recorded since July 2025.

Congo-Brazzaville’s government referred domestic violence allegations against a minister to the courts on May 13, invoking the 2022 Mouebara law.

Brazzaville evicted 420 families from Yoro in Mpila to widen access to a 1944-era port that feeds the capital. Residents who took compensation resisted to the end.