Russia Expands Education Ties with Congo as Museum of African Cultures Takes Shape

Moscow State University hosted a virtual dialogue on September 30 that revealed how deeply Russian education has embedded itself in Central African governance structures. The telebridge connecting Moscow and Brazzaville wasn’t just diplomatic...

Republic of Congo will soon pass a new gas code as it tries to attract investment

The oil minister of the Republic of Congo said that the new gas code is expected to be passed by the parliament this month. This will help the country attract more investments in the sector, which is at the core of its national agenda for...

Buhumuza : hygiene and cooking in crisis in the Congolese refugee camp

SOS Médias Burundi Buhumuza, October 2 – For nearly three months, refugees in the Kinama camp have been facing a persistent shortage of soap, an essential product for daily hygiene. This situation stems from the cessation of activities of the...

Congo Set to Pass New Natural Gas Law to Attract Investments

The Republic of Congo expects its Parliament to pass soon a new natural gas code that would spur foreign investments in the country on the western coast of central Africa, Minister of Hydrocarbons, Bruno Jean-Richard Itoua, said on Wednesday. Oil...

Republic of Congo: Improving the management of human and natural capital to raise living standards

Sierra Leone Telegraph: 25 September 2025: The Congolese economy posted modest real GDP growth of 2.6% in 2024, marking a moderate increase in per capita income for the first time since 2016. This finding, according to the World Bank’s new...

Hanson: From the League of Nations to the United Nations to Trump Global?

As far as the West goes, who or what is warning about its suicidal trajectory of open borders, massive illegal immigration, and crashing fertility rates? Who lectures on the dangers of disarmament, green energy mandates, and attacks on...

European Commission Commits $640 MM for African Energy Transition

The European Commission has unveiled a Team Europe package of EUR 545 million ($639.5 million) to accelerate Africa’s energy transition. "The choices Africa makes today are shaping the future of the entire world. A clean energy transition on the...

Letter from the Congo: Growing the church in Walikale

Every day I get news from Walikale, and usually it is encouraging. Walikale is our archdeaconry in the forest, ‘rediscovered’ by the diocese about four years ago to become one of our main mission priorities, where there is an open door for the...

Wale Tinubu bags Africa Energy award in S’Africa

The Group Chief Executive, Oando Plc, Wale Tinubu CON, has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week 2025, in recognition of his commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s foremost integrated energy companies. The...

Oando CEO Wale Tinubu Receives Lifetime Achievement Award At Africa Energy Week 2025

The Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc, Wale Tinubu, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, in recognition of his commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s foremost integrated energy...

Wale Tinubu Honoured At Africa Energy Week 2025

1 Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive, Oando PLC, has been awarded the presti­gious Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, in recog­nition of his unwavering commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s foremost integrated...

Wale Tinubu Gets Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja The Group Chief Executive of Oando Plc, Wale Tinubu, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, in recognition of his commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s...

Wale Tinubu honoured with Lifetime Achievement at Africa Energy Week 2025

Wale Tinubu CON, group chief executive, Oando PLC, has been awarded the prestigious Lifetime Achievement Award at Africa Energy Week (AEW) 2025, in recognition of his unwavering commitment to building Oando into one of Africa’s foremost integrated...

Zambian Farmers Sue Chinese Mining Company Over Toxic Spill, Seek $220 Million in Damages

Zambian workers constructing a new $300 million copper smelter in Chingola, Zambia, a short drive from the Congolese border on top of some of the richest copper deposits in the world, on Dec. 13, 2006. AP Photo/Joseph Schatz Dozens of Zambian...

Africa Stakes Its Claim as Energy Player

Africa is seeking to move beyond being a raw material supplier and establish itself as a critical energy player, government leaders said at African Energy Week (AEW) 2025: Invest in African Energies, highlighting investment opportunities, energy...

Hong Kong court refuses to send Congo mining feud to arbitration

The Hong Kong court refused to compel arbitration (Credit: Shutterstock/Lee Yiu Tung) A Chinese state-owned entity has failed to persuade a Hong Kong court to send a dispute over alleged fraud at a Congolese mining venture to arbitration. Register...

African Development Bank, Republic of Congo sign Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings

The African Development Bank Group and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the hosting and organization of the Bank’s 2026 Annual Meetings, scheduled to take place in May next year. Anatole Collinet Makosso, Prime...

Mikey Spice reflects on first breakthrough cover

It was 1994 and a sultry song titled Practice What You Preach topped the United States pop chart and gave Barry White a huge comeback hit. One year later, a reggae version introduced a little-known singer named Mikey Spice to dancehall fans....

Slotkin supports UP mining

Senator Elissa Slotkin WAKEFIELD — As the Copperwood Mine Project, in the Western Upper Peninsula, continues to gain traction with Michigan’s elected officials, and increasing opposition from environmental groups, recent additions to the 2025 U.S....

The UN has failed dismally and despises Trump for his success

Historians traditionally blame the failure of the League of Nations — the post-World War I, Versailles-era dream of President Woodrow Wilson — on many things. Its membership was small (58 nations). The League’s utopian rhetoric lacked commensurate...