News | Brazzaville
| Congo Brazzaville munitions dump blasts 'kill scores' | |
BBC News - March 4, 2012 | |
 | At least 200 people are reported to have been killed following huge explosions at an arms dump in Congo's capital Brazzaville. The force of the blasts was felt several miles away in the city of Kinshasa, across the border in the Democratic Republic of Congo. |
| Kabila, Sassou meet in Kinshasa over security | |
Congo News Agency - April 16, 2011 | |
 | President Denis Sassou Nguesso of the Republic of Congo flew to Kinshasa on Friday to meet with President Joseph kabila of the Democratic Republic of Congo over security issues that have recently strained relations between the two countries. |
| Upcoming UN-backed summit to focus on sustainable management of rainforests | |
UN News - April 13, 2011 | |
 | Top officials from more than 35 nations covering the world’s three major rainforest regions will gather at a United Nations-backed conference next month to discuss the common challenges faced by these vital ecosystems that support more than a billion people. |
| DR Congo Recalls Ambassador to Brazzaville | |
Radio Okapi - March 26, 2011 | |
 | The Democratic Republic of Congo has withdrawn its envoy to the Republic of Congo, authorities in Kinshasa announced on Friday. The DRC's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Alexis Thambwe Mwamba, said in a statement that ambassador Esther Kirongozi will leave Brazzaville immediately. |
| Great Lakes Regional Summit to Focus on Congo Resource Exploitation | |
VOA News - December 15, 2010 | |
 | Eleven heads of state and government are to meet Wednesday in the Zambian capital, Lusaka, at a Great Lakes regional summit to look at the problem of illegal exploitation of natural resources in eastern Congo and the negative consequences this has had for the region. |
| Congo Celebrates 50th Anniversary of Independence | |
Congo News Agency - June 30, 2010 | |
 | An impressive parade of the Congolese Armed Forces, the national police and civilians took place on Wednesday in Kinshasa, on the new Triumphal Boulevard, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Democratic Republic of Congo’s accession to national and internationally sovereignty. |
| African leaders arrive in Luanda for CAN2010 opening ceremony | |
Xinhua - January 10, 2010 | |
 | African leaders began to arrive in Luanda on Sunday to attend the opening ceremony of the final-stage matches of the soccer African Cup of Nations, the most popular sports extravaganza on the continent. |
| CEEAC Summit Ends in Kinshasa | |
Congo News Agency - October 24, 2009 | |
 | The 14th summit of the Heads of States of the Economic Community of Central African States (CEEAC) ended in Kinshasa on Saturday. President Idriss Deby Itno was named new Chairman of CEEAC, replacing President Joseph Kabila. |
| Sarkozy Praises Congolese, Rwandan, Ugandan Military Cooperation | |
VOA News - March 26, 2009 | |
 | French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it is time for new momentum in cooperation between the Democratic Republic of Congo and its eastern neighbors to resolve years of conflict in the troubled Great Lakes region. |
| Torrential rains overwhelm two capitals | |
IRIN - November 1, 2007 | |
 | Flash floods that followed the heaviest rains in 50 years have claimed the lives of at least 32 people in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and wreaked havoc in nearby Brazzaville, capital of the Republic of Congo, officials said. |
