Brazzaville, Congo Basin

Authorities in the Republic of Congo have lifted a temporary ban imposed four months ago on the international adoption of children. The move to...

In a bid to support initiatives to restore and strengthen peace on the unrest-prone continent, wives of African heads of state or their...

Cassava is the staple food for many people in the Republic of the Congo. Cassava mosaic virus disease is threatening their food supply and their...

For the next two years, Germany will coordinate the Congo Basin Forest Partnership, which strives to improve conservation of tropical forests in the...

Under-funding and lack of political will have left Congo’s healthcare system in a “disastrous” state, according to a human rights group, which has...

The lack of municipal waste disposal services in the Republic of Congo’s capital has led to a proliferation of rubbish mountains that pose a serious...

A three-day forum on the Participation of NGOs in the 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights and 16th African...

A stretch of the railway linking Congo’s capital to the Atlantic port of Pointe-Noire has been flooded following heavy rains, cutting off a key...

The Republic of Congo's president Denis Sassou Nguesso has pledged free malaria treatment for the country’s young children and their mothers. He...

President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo, where oil is the leading raw material, has given his backing to plans by his Brazilian...