Republic of the Congo

The Congo Free Union of Communication Agents has decided to call an unlimited nationwide general strike starting today Monday 15 July

As part of the 40th anniversary celebrations, a draw was organised by the MUCODEC -Mutuelles Congolaises d'Epargne et de Crédit - Executive Board for the benefit of members throughout the country and held at the Federation's headquarters in Brazzaville

The government will continue its efforts to improve the availability of caesarean kits after a free scheme was set up in 2011 for the care of caesarean section, ectopic pregnancy, emergency care of newborns resulting from a caesarean section

The staff of the University Hospital Centre of Brazzaville decided to launch a general strike with minimum service in all clinical, medical-technical and administrative services, starting today 3 June, demanding three months' back pay

To help reduce unemployment in the city of Nkayi and the department of Bouenza, a new distillery will be opened; it will be able to process 25.000 tonnes of molasses into 6 million litres of alcohol per year from 2025

Terminalaux du Bassin du Congo organised a meeting on the topic 'Impact of climate change on occupational health and safety', in order to raise awareness among some 40 employees and sub-contractors

An international conference on China and Africa opened in Brazzaville with experts, researchers, policy makers and development actors assessing the impact of Sino-African cooperation on the economic, social and political development of Africa

According to a study published by the Congolese NGO Publish What You Pay, only 2% of health projects were implemented between 2020 and 2023

About five years after its introduction in Congo, the martial art hapkido is attracting many teenage girls who train at a center in the city of Pointe-Noire to learn how to defend themselves

The Turkish ambassador to Congo spoke in Brazzaville with the chairman of the Commission on Foreign Affairs, Cooperation and Congolese Abroad about the abolition of visas between the two countries

The Catholic University of Congo-Brazzaville welcomed its first students after academic year activities began, initially scheduled for October 2023

All political groups -majority, opposition and center - as well as civil society, have been invited to attend a meeting to reflect on the use of biometrics in the electoral process by the Minister of the Interior, Decentralization, and Local Development