Lucien Mabiala

Brazzaville Embassy Land Dispute Reaches Climax The Supreme Court of the Republic of the Congo closed a high-profile property dispute on 13 August 2025, ruling that a 982-square-metre downtown parcel …

Shifting Poles in the Security Equation The United Nations logged a thirty-percent rise in active conflicts in the past decade, underscoring a volatile redistribution of power once dominated by two …

Caritas launch draws attention in Pointe-Noire Under the shade of the Polio Centre’s courtyard in Pointe-Noire, more than one hundred elderly residents queued quietly as Caritas volunteers handed over rice, …

Franco-Congolese digital pact In late August, Senator Aristide Ngama Ngakosso welcomed French ambassador Claire Bodonyi to the marble halls of Brazzaville’s upper chamber. Their meeting, formally framed as a routine …

Rising street crime alarms Brazzaville Twilight in several northern districts of Brazzaville now arrives with shopkeepers locking shutters early, wary of sudden rushes by armed youths everyone calls “bébés noirs.” …

Legacy in Print At dusk in Brazzaville’s Maison des Écrivains, physician-turned-author Richel Pyerre Ibombo raised a slim volume, his hands betraying emotion beneath the white coat. The audience of officials …

Genealogical puzzles still unsolved More than a millennium after the rise of the Kongo kingdom, the identity of its reputed founder, King Nimi Lukeni, still fuels energetic academic debate. Ethnologists, …

Renewed Spotlight on Parliamentary Oversight On 20 August, National Assembly Speaker Isidore Mvouba closed the ninth ordinary session with a firm reminder that Parliament must “mark the government at the …

Bordeaux Election Sends Ripples Through Francophone Capitals On 21 August 2025, delegates gathered in Bordeaux quietly endorsed economist Pierre Bertinotti as Grand Master of the Grand Orient de France. The …