Supporters of President Denis Sassou N’Guesso cheer during the last rally of the presidential campaign in Brazzaville, Congo, Friday March 19, 2021. After 36 years in power, Republic of Congo’s ...

“WE ARE CELEBRATING the victory of our president,” says Arnaud Oyaba, standing next to a sweaty, chanting crowd. “And because they will give us some money to buy juice,” he adds, as an afterthought.

MORE THAN a decade ago the Republic of Congo, an oil-producing country of 6m people in central Africa, wanted to improve its decrepit health-care infrastructure. It paid €491m (then worth $658m) to a ...

After 20 years on the sidelines, Congo-Brazzaville has returned to the international financial stage. On Wednesday, the country issued its first Eurobond (a debt security issued in a currency ...

This is a prerequisite that must be met before the IMF will provide any further aid. The agreement – whose existence neither party wishes to confirm or deny – is being “finalised”. However, no ...

The Republic of the Congo this week entered the international bond market for the first time since 2007, signalling a new confidence in its economic reforms and fiscal management. After 20 years on ...