Africa Republic of the Congo Activities of the 4-year project to revitalize the agricultural sector started; it is an instrument through which, when the country repays a debt, it receives a matched amount from AFD as a grant for a development or poverty reduction programme
Africa Republic of the Congo Thousands of passports are now available in authorized services and citizens can fetch them, as the State's debt to the German company in charge of producing the passports has been definitively settled
Africa Republic of the Congo The president of Action of Christians for the Abolition of Torture in Congo (Acat-Congo) has sounded the alarm about abusive pre-trial detentions; in the country, there are more pre-trial detainees in prisons than people serving sentences after trial
Africa Republic of the Congo 290 million CFA francs have been distributed to more than 4000 needy families in three districts in a project of the French Development Agency; the amounts allocated to each family are calculated according to the number of children
Africa Republic of the Congo The Kiminou association "Icole pour tous" has decided to support a couple who have already given birth to triplets four times over in the village of Mpila by donating school kits to the twelve children
Africa Republic of the Congo The Archdiocese of Brazzaville has launched a digital management platform for schools; the software aims at developing a networked and digitalized management of educational systems and programs in the general and technical schools
Africa Republic of the Congo The Government has signed a partnership with private sector companies for the development of the state land reserve in Léfini, in the Plateaux department
Africa Republic of the Congo The first edition of the arts and crafts forum starts today in the Brazzaville, with the theme "Let's build together a future that looks like us", and will end on 25 September
Africa Republic of the Congo Pharmacists have called on the authorities to take concrete action against illicit drug trafficking, increasingly common in the country
Africa Republic of the Congo A workshop was held to develop the maternity ward network for emergency obstetric and neonatal care that aims to reduce maternal and neonatal mortality
Africa Republic of the Congo The country celebrates Independence Day today, marking its independence from France on 15 August 1960
Africa Republic of the Congo A trio of French musicians are preparing a tour with the indigenous Akas of Likouala, in the far north, that will take them to Europe and Congo, to plead the cause of this minority that remains under the domination of its Bantu neighbours
Africa Republic of the Congo New ways to pay old-age pensions are being discussed, as they have to implement a 34-month settlement of unpaid pensions