Lates News from Congo-Brazzaville
Author: Stephen Mbayo
Sixteen years after the UDSN site seizures in Kintélé, evicted landowners demand the compensation Congo-Brazzaville promised. Only 357 of over a thousand files are settled.
President Denis Sassou Nguesso, re-elected with 94.90% of the vote, will take the oath of office on April 16 at Kintele’s Concorde Stadium in Brazzaville.
Brazzaville’s Medipsyp center urges the government to fund autism care as families struggle to pay, threatening three decades of specialised support.
The MCDDI formally congratulates President Denis Sassou Nguesso on his 94.90% re-election, reaffirming its place in Congo-Brazzaville’s presidential majority.
Parasitologist Francine Ntoumi told Congo’s National Assembly that health sovereignty depends on funding research now to protect citizens tomorrow.
FIFA met online with Congo’s football federation on 3 April 2026, backing continued activity despite criminal convictions of its top officials.
Congo’s National Assembly pledged support to re-elected President Denis Sassou N’Guesso, vowing to consolidate peace, unity and development.
Reports suggest Denis Sassou N’Guesso may bring UPADS leader Pascal Tsaty Mabiala into government as prime minister after his March 2026 re-election in Congo.
Congo-Brazzaville’s Constitutional Court has confirmed Denis Sassou Nguesso’s re-election with 94.82% of the vote, clearing the path to a fresh presidential mandate.
After Sassou-Nguesso’s confirmed re-election, Brazzaville buzzes with talk of Congo’s next cabinet: ruling-bloc veterans, fresh faces and big reform pledges.