Congo-Brazzaville


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Congo-Brazzaville

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Congo

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Republic of Congo

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(Placename) a republic in W Central Africa: formerly the French colony of Middle Congo, part of French Equatorial Africa, it became independent in 1960; consists mostly of equatorial forest, with savanna and extensive swamps; drained chiefly by the Rivers Congo and Ubangi. Official language: French. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Brazzaville. Pop: 4 492 689 (2013 est). Area: 342 000 sq km (132 018 sq miles). Former names: Middle Congo (until 1958)
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SamehShoukry meet with Congo-Brazzaville's counterpart Jean-Claude Gakosso in Cairo on April 14, 2019- press photo CAIRO --14 April 2019: Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and his Congo-Brazzaville's counterpart Jean-Claude Gakosso discussed ways of enhancing bilateral relations as well as international and regional issues of mutual concerns, said Foreign Ministry spokesperson Ahmed Hefzy on Sunday.
CONGO MIGRANTSAn estimated over 35,000 people fleeing from the central DRC's Kasai Province have reportedly been living in Angola since 2017.The Congolese arrived mainly in Dundo, the capital of the north-eastern Luanda Norte Province.Luanda Norte Province, located 656km north of the capital Luanda, shares borders with both DRC and Congo-Brazzaville.
President Dr Mokgweetsi Masisi has expressed happiness with results of the joint Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) and International Conference of the Great Lakes Region summit (ICGLR) which he attended in Congo-Brazzaville on December 26.
November 3, 2018 (KHARTOUM) - Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir extended an invitation to the Congo-Brazzaville's President, Denis Sassou Nguesso and the President of Gabon Denis Sassou Nguesso to attend the opening session of Khartoum peace process to end the conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Mr Salama, the WHO's Deputy Director-General of Emergency Preparedness and Response, said Mbandaka's location on the Congo river, widely used for transportation, raised the prospect of Ebola spreading to surrounding countries such as Congo-Brazzaville and the Central African Republic as well as downstream to Kinshasa, a city of 10 million people.
(TAP) - Tunisia will participate in the 3rd meeting of the High Level Committee of the African Union (AU) on the Libyan crisis, scheduled for Saturday, September 9, in Congo-Brazzaville.
Download Berri meets Congo Brazzaville FM NNA - Speaker of the House, Nabih Berri, welcomed, at Ain-el-Tineh on Saturday, Foreign Minister of Congo-Brazzaville, Jean-Claude Gakosso, and a delegation of Lebanese expatriates, with talks featuring high on the bilateral ties and the role of the Lebanese Diaspora.
The lack of transport capacity has previously held back the exploitation of reserves in Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon but rail- ways were planned that would bring a new source of export revenue for a region that is overly dependent on oil.
The lack of transport capacity has previously held back the exploitation of reserves in Gabon, Congo-Brazzaville and Cameroon but railways were planned that would bring a new source of export revenue for a region that is overly dependent on oil.
Les autorites de la Republique democratique du Congo (RDC) et du Congo-Brazzaville ont annonce la suspension du visa pour le trafic entre le deux Etats.