Brazzaville
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The Republic of the Congo ignores climate threat
Brazzaville’s residents live to the rhythm of natural disasters but the state does little to help
Congo-Brazzaville’s repressive government buys secret weapons haul from Azerbaijan
For several years, the Republic of the Congo has been quietly buying an arsenal from Azerbaijan, with the latest cache arriving before next month’s election
Safety concerns dog Congo repairs
Congo’s army has widened a safety zone around the site of the weekend arms dump explosions that killed nearly 200 people.
Search for Congo survivors delayed by safety concerns
Fears of more unexploded munitions at a Congo arms depot where a series of blasts killed nearly 200 people have delayed the search for more wounded.
Morgues overcrowded as Congo death toll rises
The number of victims from the Congo armoury blast continues to rise as morgues run out of space and are forced to stack bodies two each onto a tray.
Congo seeks changes to SA farm deal
Congo wants to amend the terms of a multi-million hectare land deal with South African farmers, a top aide said on Wednesday.
Air France jet hits Brazzaville building
An Air France plane hit a building just after landing in Brazzaville and was banned from taking off with any passengers, an official said on Thursday.
Mortar attacks pound Brazzaville ahead of key talks
At least four mortar shells pounded a northern working-class district of the Congo capital Brazzaville overnight, causing heavy damage.
Congo grapples with malnutrition
Sitting at a small clinic in the Talangai area, north of Congo’s capital, Brazzaville, Elise Diamba holds the hands of her malnourished two-year old grandson. "Gérard’s mother…
Congo-Brazza president tightens grip
The Republic of Congo heads into a second round of voting on Sunday, but many there are wary of electoral chaos and the fact that their lives aren’t improving much, despite their…
‘Total disorder’ in Congo legislative elections
The first round of Congo’s legislative elections was marked by chaos on Sunday, with long delays, protesters crying foul and about 40 smaller opposition parties boycotting the…
Congo ruling party expected to win legislative elections
President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s ruling party is expected to be the big winner of legislative elections on Sunday in Congo, where opposition complaints have had little impact.…
Congo builds mausoleum for colonial master
The remains of one of the few white colonists still held in regard in Africa were reinterred on Tuesday in a glass and marble mausoleum in the city named after him, Brazzaville.…
Congo acquits 300 in genocide trial
A Congolese court on Wednesday acquitted all 15 defendants in the trial over the 1999 murder of about 350 refugees in Brazzaville after finding them not guilty of genocide,…
‘Brazzaville beach’ trial gets under way
The trial opens in Brazzaville on Tuesday of 16 people accused of slaughtering dozens of President Denis Sassou Nguesso’s opponents in the explosive case of the ”beach missing”.…