Author: Patrick Mvumbi

In Brazzaville, 500 Congolese farmers trained in computer skills on 23-24 April 2026 to close the digital divide and modernise farming, markets and decision-making.

Fewer than half of Congo-Brazzaville’s people get effective healthcare. The CAMU has signed an ethics charter with private clinics to close the gap.

Congo logged over 1.4 million malaria cases and 2,250 deaths in 2025. Officials in Pointe-Noire push environmental sanitation and community health workers to turn the tide.

Congo-Brazzaville now vaccinates every newborn against hepatitis B within 24 hours of birth, a nearly 90% effective shield unveiled during African Vaccination Week.

Congo-Brazzaville decorated some 80 health professionals, including 16 gold medals, at a deferred World Health Day stressing science and unity.

A rusty bridge gave way under a loaded truck at Itsotso, severing the Dolisie-Mossendjo road. No deaths reported, but Congo’s fragile road network is again in the spotlight.

American diplomat tours two Pool schools as a US-backed canteen programme feeds 83,000 Congolese children across 400 schools, with funding hopes beyond 2026.

From phone booths to mobile money, Brazzaville’s young people survive on informal work, hoping the 2026-2031 mandate finally delivers real jobs.

Congo-Brazzaville switches on autonomous water stations in Pointe-Noire, lifting coverage from 56% to nearly 62% and reaching 600,000 residents long left dry.

Doctors in Brazzaville urge stronger screening as cervical cancer cases climb in Congo, while a free HPV vaccine for adolescent girls nears rollout.