Juste Désiré Mondelé

New equipment strengthens urban sanitation A convoy of freshly painted bulldozers and compactors rolled onto the esplanade of the Pointe-Noire town hall on 12 December, marking the visible start of …

Ministerial tour gauges year-end sanitation effort At dawn on the last Saturday of 2025, Urban Sanitation Minister Juste Désiré Mondelé set out from Poto-Poto roundabout, weaving north to Ebina. The …

Brazzaville workshop signals watershed moment On 14 October 2025, policy makers and development partners gathered in Brazzaville to validate the Republic of Congo’s first National Sanitation Policy, an instrument hailed …

National paving drive takes shape The Congolese government has fixed the first half of November for the start of an ambitious street-paving campaign across the country. Minister of Urban Sanitation, …

Civic momentum builds in Ouenzé Standing before a chalk-dust courtyard at the Immaculée Conception school complex, Juste Désiré Mondélé quietly scanned the voter rolls then raised his laminated receipt in …

Urban Sanitation Pressures in Congo In Brazzaville’s south-western suburbs, open drains snake through streets that welcomed thousands of newcomers over the past decade. Similar scenes unfold in Pointe-Noire’s coastal quarters, …

Government sets the sanitation tempo Long before sunrise on 1 September 2025, hydraulic shovels from the Ministry of Urban Sanitation rumbled back into the Maduku Tsékélé canal. The operation is …

Brazzaville drainage dilemma persists From Mpila to Poto-Poto, the wide concrete gutters built to shepherd Brazzaville’s tropical downpours towards the Congo River are again shimmering with plastic bags, spoiled food …

Government-led canal clearing begins The Ministry of Urban Sanitation, Local Development and Road Maintenance rolled excavators to the Zanga Dia Ba Ngombe collector in southern Brazzaville on 29 August. Minister …