A new Ebola outbreak in Congo kills dozens as health officials warn of lack of funds

Congo Conflict Injured

Jerome Jean-Claude Amani, one of many wounded by fighting in the region, receives his prothetic leg from Julienne Paypay, an amputee herself since the age of 6, at an orthopedic center run by the Catholic church and supported by Red Cross in Goma,...

Africa Intelligence Brief - October 2, 2025

(MENAFN- The Rio Times) Energy and deal-flow led today's tape. Brazzaville is fast‐tracking a new gas code and a licensing round, Dakar wants a second refinery, Abidjan expanded its exploration map, and Maputo gained another FLNG go‐ahead. Addis...

Event in Congo for Italian Sport in the World Day

On the occasion of the Day of Italian Sport in the World, the 2nd edition of the Enrico Mattei Football Tournament was held in Pointe Noire, the economic capital of the Republic of Congo and home to the largest Italian community in the country, on...

CAF Champions League Recap: North African favorites advance with emphasis

North African giants progressed with ease while sub-Saharan Africa’s top clubs experienced little trouble in a mostly drama-free Saturday from the CAF Champions League. Algerian champions MC Alger (video above) joined fellow North African sides...

How Maixent Raoul Ominga is changing Congo’s energy landscape with SNPC

As head of the Société Nationale des Pétroles du Congo (SNPC), Maixent Raoul Ominga confidently steers the company at a pivotal moment in its energy history. His name not only represents a model of leadership; he has become a key figure in...

Panama Cattle Rustling is Alive and Well in the Darien:  38 Cattle Recovered

DIJ and Senafront personnel pictured below during the operation. The Prosecutor’s Office has opened an investigation to clarify the facts and determine who is responsible for this crime of livestock theft. In the Río Congo Arriba sector of the...

Trump Deserves Nobel If Rwanda Conflict Ends, Congo Head Says

Besides mining projects, Congo has offered the US the chance to invest in its Inga hydropower site, which has the potential to be the biggest in the world, he said. The country — sub-Saharan Africa’s largest — also has as many as 800 other...

Congo Brands’ Wendell Venerable Is Not a Trend Chaser

In this episode of Brave Commerce, hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter sit down with Wendell Venerable, vice president of ecommerce at business incubator Congo Brands. With experience at Nestlé, Reckitt, and Red Bull, Wendell shares how he...

AfDB, Congo sign MOU for hosting of 2026 Annual Meetings

21 september 2025 - 04:37:16 MA 325 Views Panafrican News Agency Brazzaville, Congo (PANA) - The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group and the Republic of Congo have signed a memorandum of understanding on the hosting and organisation of the...

AfDB 2026 annual meetings to hold in Congo as Bank’s investment portfolio in country tops $1.27bn

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has formalised an agreement with the Republic of Congo to host its 2026 Annual Meetings in Brazzaville, underscoring a partnership that has delivered $1.27 billion in cumulative financing to the country since...

Congo: African cooperation improves food processing

At Bouansa, a busy intersection on the highway linking Brazzaville and Pointe Noire, a new product is available on roadside stalls. Packaged in bags of about 1 kg, gari — a toasted cassava flour — is being sold to passers-by. ‘New gari' for sale...

IND clearance for HDT Bio’s HDT-321 for Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever

Tetteh discusses with president of Congo ways to ensure success of national reconciliation in Libya

The Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya, Hannah Tetteh, has discussed with the President of the Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, ways to cooperate between the United Nations and the African Union in ensuring the success of a...

Photos of an orthopedic center in Congo that helps amputees regain mobility

GOMA, Congo (AP) — Fighting has long battered Congo’s mineral-rich east, displacing some 7 million people in the conflict that is one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises. Many have lost their limbs. In comes the Shirika la Umoja, an...

Amid escalating violence in Eastern Congo, demand for prosthetics soars

Thirty-year-old Melissa Hamuli struggles to move, her life forever changed after a bombing struck the town of Mubambiro in North Kivu earlier this year. Though she narrowly avoided amputation, her legs no longer function properly. “War is not a...

On the front line of Congo’s conflict, a trauma center tells a story of horror and survival

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Congo's Ebola outbreak can be contained if support increases, WHO official says

GENEVA (Reuters) -A World Health Organization official said on Friday it is possible to contain Congo’s latest Ebola outbreak, provided that the right steps are taken within the next two weeks. “It’s possible, but it will be challenging,” WHO...

Activists disrupt Apple’s iPhone 17 launch in mall with boycott call Group claims tech giant complicit in violence in Gaza, Congo. 44 m ago

A group of protesters staged a demonstration outside the Apple Store in The Exchange TRX mall yesterday. This is a part of their call for a boycott against the tech giant’s products, amid their alleged complicity in global crimes. The flash mob...

China, Congo-Brazzaville partnership: A new era of collaboration

02:04 During the 2025 Legislators Forum for Friendly Exchanges held in Xinjiang, lawmaker Brice Dimitri Bayendissa from the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville) shared his vision for deeper cooperation with China in an exclusive interview with...