[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville -- As part of the process for the election of the next World Health Organization Regional Director for Africa, a virtual live candidates' forum will be held on Wednesday 2 April 2025 from 09:30 to 16:00 Brazzaville time.
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[Nile Post] Rwanda's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has strongly condemned Canada's recent statement on the ongoing conflict in eastern DR Congo, accusing the North American country of overlooking Rwanda's security concerns and unfairly blaming it for the crisis.
[Egypt Online] The Republic of the Congo announced on Thursday its official support for Khaled El-Enany, Egypt's nominee for the position of Director-General of UNESCO (2025-2029), as part of President Denis Sassou Nguesso's appreciation for Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi and the strong ties between the two nations.
[RFI] Congo-Brazzaville and Madagascar are combining efforts to protect their primary forests, which support rich ecosystems and rare wildlife but face increasing threats from deforestation. The countries marked the launch of their conservation drive by planting 3,000 trees in Madagascar on Monday, African Environment Day.
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "According to credible witnesses, the two explosions that hit the crowd in Bukavu are attributable to the M23," a local source from the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu tells Fides.
[UNHCR] The governments of the signatory countries of the Yaoundé Declaration and the European Union met in Brazzaville last Friday for the second ministerial meeting of the Steering Committee of the Support Platform for Solutions in the context of Forced Displacement related to the Central African Crisis (CAR SSP). This meeting, organized under the auspices of the Republic of Congo, marked a key step in consolidating regional progress and adopting a 2025 Action Plan aimed at durable solutions for more