Author: Stephen Mbayo

Electoral list revision kicks off in Niari Under the thick mist of the Chaillu Mountains, Mbinda has become the first spotlight of Congo-Brazzaville’s voter-registration season. The…

Congolese leader backs Trump’s peace-first doctrine Speaking to a small group of reporters in Manhattan after President Donald Trump’s address to the UN General Assembly, Denis…

Street-level mobilisation in Ouesso Bright morning, bundles of blue flyers in hand, volunteers of the citizen movement “Le Patriarche” weave through Ouesso’s bustling Avenue Colonel Biyoudou.…

Fresh mandate and strategic blueprint 2025-2028 Brazzaville’s National Human Rights Commission, known locally as CNDH, closed its first plenary session with a bold promise: a four-year…

Congo voice at UN 80th General Assembly At 03:40 a.m. New York time, the Republic of Congo took centre stage inside the vast hall of the…

Congo returns to global podium For the first time since 2023, President Denis Sassou N’Guesso walked into the marble hall of the United Nations Headquarters on…

Senior officers tour Les Dépêches newsroom Flashing polite smiles rather than badges, forty senior police and gendarmerie officers filed through the glass doors of Les Dépêches…

Nationwide Voter Roll Update Starts 1 Sept For the first time since the 2023 census, the Ministry of Interior and Decentralisation opened, on 1 September 2025,…

Brazzaville workshop boosts local governance On a humid Friday morning in Brazzaville, two dozen councillors crossed the lobby of Hôtel Hypocampe. They had come from Bouenza,…

Smooth session at the Palais du Peuple At 10:00 on 17 September 2025 the Palais du Peuple filled with ministers, advisors and senior staff. President Denis…