Nguema seized power in a military coup in 2023, the eighth in West and Central Africa between 2020 and 2023, that ended the long-standing rule of his predecessor Ali Bongo and his family over the oil-rich but impoverished nation. While Gabonese largely welcomed Bongo's ouster, some analysts were concerned the junta would seek to remain in power.
The inaugural Congo Energy & Investment Forum, set for March 24-26, 2025, in Brazzaville, under the patronage of President Denis Sassou Nguesso and supported by the Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Societe Nationale des Petroles du Congo, will bring together international investors and local stakeholders to explore national and regional energy and infrastructure opportunities.
DRC is grappling with a decades-long crisis, leaving communities in a state of perpetual insecurity and vulnerability. Over 6 million people are displaced, with recent hostilities exacerbating their plight. North Kivu, where Goma is located, hosted over 2.7 million Internally Displaced Persons. Since the beginning of the year, over 400,000 have been displaced due to conflict.
Biya is the world's longest-serving national leader and Africa's second-longest-ruling president. He has been ruling over Cameroon for over four decades now. So far, 10 other Cameroonian political figures have declared their intention to run. The Central African country, with a population of around 30 million, had over 7.8 million registered voters in the last election, according to Elections Cameroon (ELECAM).
Kagame says South Africa not equipped to mediate in DRC, warns of confrontations. Rwanda President Paul Kagame issued a stark warning to South Africa late on Wednesday night, accusing President Cyril Ramaphosa and his government of distorting facts about the ongoing conflict in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and suggesting that Rwanda is prepared for confrontation if necessary.
Themed A World Free of Hidden Hunger, the 5th ARoFIIN Roundtable aims to catalyze stakeholder relationships by bringing together regional experts to create and execute a collective global effort to transform diets and food production and to ensure accessible and affordable for everyone.
With the DRC presidential election just days away, the former head of the electoral commission has launched his own movement, the Congo River Alliance, from Nairobi. And decided to ally himself with the M23 rebels active in the east...
After five years at the head of the UPJ, Francine Muyumba was elected in 2019 as senator for the province of Haut Katanga in the Congolese Senate. At the same time, the young politician was appointed to chair the Foreign Relations Commission in the Upper House of the Congolese Parliament with the mission of managing the country’s foreign policy issues and examining bills for the ratification of international treaties..
Minister of State for Regional Planning, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) Originally from Tshuapa, a province in DRC from which he was elected senator in 2019 until his appointment as Minister of State in charge of Regional Planning within the Sama Lukonde government in 2021. He has a degree in Economic and Social Law from the University of Kinshasa and is a lawyer in the mining, business, and investment law sector, as well as a philanthropist...
La ministre des affaires sociales actions humanitaires et solidarité nationale Aziza Munana Nathalie, peblucitée meilleure ministre du deuxième quinquennat du chef de l’état félix anticipe tshilombo, dans le gouvernement Judith Suminwa, sur l’axe du social des congolais..
L’embarcation qui transportait 450 personnes, a coulé à quelques mètres du port de Kituku, en République démocratique du Congo. Plus de 78 personnes sont mortes dans cet accident qui s’ajoute à une longue liste d’accidents maritimes dans la région. .
The Democratic Republic of Congo has launched its first vaccination campaign against mpox in the eastern city of Goma, which was hit the hardest by an outbreak..Vaccines were first administered to hospital staff on Saturday, with the wider vaccine drive due to start on Monday in the east of the country, where the current outbreak began last year.
