The Lisungi project has supported 147.389 poor Congolese families through cash transfers; in addition, 5.000 young people in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire have been selected to acquire new skills for employability

The African Institute for Multidisciplinary Applied Research awarded Congolese financial expert and writer Armel Silvère Dongou an honorary doctorate at a ceremony held in Dakar, Senegal

Import of machetes and motorcycles has been banned in the country in a bid to curb incursions of armed groups in rural areas

In Brazzaville and four other locations across the country, 645 candidates, mostly science baccalaureate holders, have been applying since September 24 for a place at the National Training Center for Statistics, Demography and Planning

Norinco, China North Industries Corporation, and Nigerian SecPro Africa have been entrusted for the equipping of Congo's land armed forces and its Republican Guard