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Brazzaville, 4 March 2021 (ECA) – The President of the Republic of Congo – Denis Sassou Nguesso, in his capacity as Chair of the Congo Basin Climate Commission (CBCC) and the United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA) – Vera Songwe, met on Wednesday in Brazzaville to discuss Africa’s position ahead of Cop26. The President asked ECA’s Executive Secretary to work with him to build a common African position on pertinent issues pertaining to the continent in the lead-up to the 26 th Conference of Parties  (COP26) to the Un...

The East African Saturday February 27 2021 The medical team picks up the bodies of Italian ambassador, his bodyguard and driver after they were killed on February 22, 2021, in Goma, DRC. PHOTO | AFP Summary Authorities in the DR Congo are now scrambling to understand whether they were victims of circumstances or the diplomat was targeted. The killing has elicited questions among diplomats and analysts, especially why the ambassador, supposed to be very well informed, chose to travel without an escort from the UN army (Monusco) and without the FARDC. Advertisement The government of President F...

The 2.5 million tons per year facilty will cost $600m. Named Atlantic Petrochemical Refinery, this unit will be built on 240 hectares and must officially offer more than 5,000 direct and indirect jobs. It aims to diversify and consolidate the industrial fabric of the country which depends essentially on oil, its first source of export. The project follows an investment agreement concluded in 2020 between the Congolese government and the Beijing fortune Dingheng investment Co Ltd. The amount of the contract is 600 million dollars, according to a parliamentary source contacted by AFP, but who ...

24th January 2021 Permanent Secretary to the President (PSP) Elias Magosi’s quest for SADC’s top post is set to be met with a fierce challenge following an announcement from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) that they shall also be fielding a candidate for the job. This week the Government Communications released a communique announcing Magosi’s candidacy for the regional organization’s top post. “The Office of the President wishes to inform that the Government of the Republic of Botswana has decided to field Mr. Elias Mpedi Magosi as Botswana’s candidate for the position of ...