Congo Basin, Africa

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...

The indefinite grounding of all Antonov aircraft in the Republic of Congo has brought much of the country’s domestic aviation to a standstill and...

More than fifty people have been killed after a plane crashed in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, causing president Joseph Kabila to fire his...

The Congolese President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, has called on former rebel leader Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pasteur Ntoumi, to return to Brazzaville...

Because of the civil wars that have ravaged the Republic of Congo over the past few years, monitoring of trypanosomiasis, or sleeping sickness, was...

At least 60 people have been affected by an outbreak of Monkeypox in the northern department of Likouala in the Republic of Congo, a health official...

Congo's former rebel leader, Frédéric Bintsangou, alias Pastor Ntoumi, is to take up his position in the government and participate in efforts aimed...

The incidence of diabetes is high and growing in the African Region and governments need to take quick remedial action to check the killer disease,...

Ministers of Health of the World Health Organisation (WHO) African Region, assembled in Brazzaville on the 31 August 2007 for the 57th Session of...

An Antonov cargo plane has crashed in Congo, killing thirteen people on board. The plane had just taken off from Kongolo, Katanga with a cargo of...