Author: Stephen Mbayo

Parade Spotlight on DGFE On 15 August 2025, the Boulevard Alfred Raoul vibrated to drums, engines and cheers as Congo-Brazzaville celebrated sixty-five years of independence. The…

Fresh leadership energises advisory council A presidential decree signed earlier this month quietly redrew the internal map of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council, one of…

Stadium doors close as season starts For weeks, football fans in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire have found stadium gates locked on match day, a sight that has…

Paris-Brazzaville Partnership Enters Digital Arena When Senator Aristide Ngama Ngakosso welcomed French ambassador Claire Bodonyi to the Brazzaville upper house on 21 August, the handshakes carried…

Security Patrols Led by Police Chief On a humid Friday afternoon, 22 August 2025, General André Fils Obami-Itou left the comfort of police headquarters and walked…

Parliament steers renewed oversight From the rostrum of the National Assembly in Brazzaville, Speaker Isidore Mvouba leaned closer to the microphone and declared that parliamentary oversight…

A discreet vote with continental echoes Seventy-two-year-old economist Pierre Bertinotti was chosen on 21 August 2025, during the Bordeaux convent, to preside over the Grand Orient…

Presidential race gathers momentum Five months after the Independent National Electoral Commission quietly opened the pre-campaign calendar, the political scene in Congo-Brazzaville is shifting. The latest…

A Timely Plea From the Diaspora On 15 August 2025, as Congo marked 65 years of independence, writer-entrepreneur Marcellin Mounzéo Ngoyo sent President Emmanuel Macron a…

Yokohama Becomes a Diplomatic Hub The bustling port city of Yokohama has again turned into a diplomatic crossroads as the ninth Tokyo International Conference on African…