2023-10-30 23:00:55 Congo still depends largely on food imports to feed its 5 million inhabitants. They are estimated at 700 billion CFA francs (1.060 billion euros) per year. Its ambition to achieve food self-sufficiency in the early 2000s has still not been achieved due, in particular, to a lack of lasting funding. From our correspondent … Read more
2023-10-27 20:22:43 Published on : 27/10/2023 – 22:22 The Malagasy presidential election was relaunched this Thursday by the decision of a candidate to no longer boycott the campaign. Until now, the collective of 11 candidates had decided not to participate but ex-judoka Siteny Randrianasoloniaiko finally joined the campaign even if he still says he agrees … Read more
2023-09-18 01:50:19 With our correspondent in Brazzaville, Loïcia Martial Several butane gas sales points are closed in the capital. At arm’s length, in wheelbarrows, rickshaws, on motorbikes or even in taxis, consumers transport their gas canisters and tour the city. The only place where they can get supplies is the warehouse of the distribution company … Read more
2023-09-17 22:25:10 On Sunday September 17, 2023, a crazy rumor broke through social networks reporting an attempted coup d’état in the Republic of Congo. However, the Congolese authorities formally deny this. According to the latest information, President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso cut short his trip to New York where he was to take part in the 78th … Read more
2023-09-10 04:19:00 The Congolese Minister of Posts, Telecommunications and the Digital Economy, Léon-Juste Ibombo, launched in Matombi, in the Kouilou department (south), the work to connect the Republic of Congo to the second fiber optic backbone called “2 Africa”, Xinhua learned this Saturday in a press release from the ministry. Connecting the country to this … Read more
2023-09-09 19:28:02 RFI: Can you tell us about the night you experienced in Marrakech? Tom Saintfiet: We did very good preparation the first days. We arrived here on Monday, yesterday night at 11 p.m. local time, I was in my bed and it was a big shock. At first I thought there was someone knocking … Read more
2023-07-21 20:19:20 Published on : 21/07/2023 – 22:19 Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso is on a state visit to Rwanda. He met Paul Kagame to discuss agricultural cooperation between the two countries. While a controversial agreement signed last year allocated nearly 12,000 hectares of Congolese agricultural land to Rwandan companies. NGOs denounced an “unconstitutional” cession of … Read more
2023-06-06 01:58:23 Par : Vivienne| Key words : Congo-Brazzaville French.china.org.cn | Updated on 06-06-2023 In a note on the situation published Monday in Brazzaville, the Directorate General of the Economy (DGE) of the Republic of Congo noted a decline in the turnover of the trade in food products standing at 7.4%, or 26.797 billion FCFA … Read more