IN our running survey of newly created African countries, we come to the Republic of the Congo, and at once face a semantic embarrassment of riches, because there are, in fact, two Republics of the ...

With musical influences stemming from Africa, France, Spain and other countries, Brazzaville is the brainchild of David Brown, best known as the saxophonist for Beck. During his youth, Brown became an ...

Denis Sassou Nguesso, one of Africa's longest serving leaders, has ruled oil-rich Congo-Brazzaville with a tight grip for more than 40 years, earning him a nickname associated with tough invincibility ...

Last week, the army in the central African nation also known as Congo-Brazzaville, announced it was recruiting 1,500 people aged between 18 and 25. Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso said 37 ...

At least thirty-one people have died in an overnight stampede during an army recruitment drive in a stadium in Brazzaville, the capital of the Republic of the Congo, authorities said on Tuesday. Last ...

After 20 years on the sidelines, Congo-Brazzaville has returned to the international financial stage. On Wednesday, the country issued its first Eurobond (a debt security issued in a currency ...

Congo-Brazzaville voted on Sunday in an election expected to extend 82-year-old President Denis Sassou Nguesso's more than four decades in power in the oil-rich central African country. Six candidates ...

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