Author: Stephen Mbayo

Academic Vivien Romain Manangou makes his first run for Congo-Brazzaville’s presidency, vowing cleaner public finances and less poverty against incumbent Sassou N’Guesso.

Congo-Brazzaville’s CENI trained officials for 6,541 polling stations in Brazzaville ahead of the March 12 and 15 presidential election. Here is what changes on voting day.

At 82, Congo-Brazzaville’s Denis Sassou-Nguesso campaigns for a last five-year term as the opposition points to poverty and jailed rivals.

At a Dolisie campaign rally, Denis Sassou N’Guesso met Unicongo employers pressing for local content, fair public contracts and national champions.

Incumbent Denis Sassou N’Guesso held mass rallies in Dolisie, Madingou and Sibiti days after Congo’s campaign opened, vowing farm mechanisation and railway upgrades.

Seven candidates campaign across Congo-Brazzaville ahead of the 12 and 15 March 2026 presidential vote, with Sassou N’Guesso opening in Pointe-Noire.

Congo’s CSLC drew lots in Brazzaville to set the broadcast order of the seven presidential candidates’ messages, ensuring fair media access during the campaign.

Two senior Fécofoot officials were arrested in Brazzaville over a fraud and money-laundering complaint as the federation alerts FIFA and CAF to the case.

Declared candidate Alexis Bongo withdraws from Congo-Brazzaville’s March 2026 presidential race and urges supporters to back incumbent Denis Sassou-N’Guesso.

Pointe-Noire’s prefect toured three districts to check that voter cards reach every registered elector ahead of the March 2026 presidential election.