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Paris-based multinational financial services company, Société Générale, also known as SocGen, has withdrawn from four African countries, namely Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Mauritania. The company announced this Thursday that it has signed agreements with two pan-African banking groups for the sale of its subsidiaries in the four African countries. The company has not disclosed […]
The United Nations has provided Congo around $1 million for agriculture projects under the supervision of the World Food Program (WFP) bureau in the central African country. The financing, over two years, was announced by Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation (UNOSSC). “This is a project for which we’re going […]
Italy is counting on Congo-Brazzaville to back a bid to organize World Expo 2030 in the city of Rome, the European country’s ambassador to the African country indicated Saturday. Luigi Diodati, marking the 77th anniversary of national celebration, indicated that Rome is counting on Brazzaville to win rights to host the global event. The Italian […]
Six African leaders plan to spearhead and facilitate what they hope could be the beginning of peace talks between Moscow and Kyiv more than one year after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Tuesday (16 May) that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had agreed to meet […]
Congo and Angola have exempted officials, holders of diplomatic or public passports, of both countries of visa requirement in a move to facilitate mobility. Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso, Congo’s top diplomat and his Angolan counterpart Tete António signed the agreement in the framework of the 8th joint cooperation committee between the two countries held in […]
Although palm oil production has been linked to environmental damage and human rights abuses, it remains an important industry providing jobs and contributing to economic growth in several countries in Africa. The global palm oil market size reached US$53.1bn in 2022 and looking forward, the market is expected to reach US$67.6bn by 2028, exhibiting a […]
A few dozen Congolese demonstrated Wednesday in front of the French embassy in Kinshasa to reject the planned visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, reports say. The protesters chanted “Macron assassin” or “Macron get out”, some waving Russian flags. “Rwanda, a country which has been attacking us for more than 25 years, leaving over forty […]
The restricted approach by the World Health Organization (WHO) in dealing with the misconduct of its staffers during an Ebola outbreak in Congo has been dismissed as “an absurdity”, two experts appointed by the UN agency to investigate allegations that some of its staffers sexually abused women in the African country. In October 2020, Aichatou […]
Africa needs to accelerate the financing for energy access in the continent with clear targets and steps for ensuring the achievement of universal energy access by 2030 — this appeal was made during a recent presidential roundtable on the side-lines of the 36th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU). The event […]
Côte d’Ivoire and Congo Brazzaville signed 15 agreements covering several areas including defense, health and transport, as both countries bolster ties. Top diplomats of both countries namely Kandia Camara of Côte d’Ivoire and Denis Christel Sassou Nguesso initialed the agreements following two days of intense work of the first session of the Great Ivorian-Congolese Joint […]