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Spotlight | Congo
Brazzaville steps up trade diplomacy with Beijing ahead of FOCAC summit

Subscribers only By Antoine Rolland

Published on 27.10.2026 at 05:40 GMT 6 min read Lire en français

Congolese President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (left) and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in Beijing, China, September 2025. © Huang Jingwen/Xinhua via AFP

Congo is leveraging its vice-presidency of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the next edition of which will be held in the capital in 2027, to seek investment opportunities. Under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya, the government is pursuing a number of projects.

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Spotlight | Congo
Brazzaville steps up trade diplomacy with Beijing ahead of FOCAC summit

Congo is leveraging its vice-presidency of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the next edition of which will be held in the capital in 2027, to seek investment opportunities. Under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya, the government is pursuing a number of projects.

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Spotlight | Congo Brazzaville steps up trade diplomacy with Beijing ahead of FOCAC summit

Congo is leveraging its vice-presidency of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, the next edition of which will be held in the capital in 2027, to seek investment opportunities. Under the supervision of Deputy Prime Minister Jean-Jacques Bouya, the government is pursuing a number of projects.

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Morocco A new mining trader sources from the kingdom

Congo La Congolaise des Routes investigates ‘serious anomalies'

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Spotlight | Congo
Brazzaville steps up trade diplomacy with Beijing ahead of FOCAC summit

In Focus | Congo, Togo
Françoise Joly, the enigmatic French adviser to heads of state who became Moscow's conduit

Congo, DRC
Congo River road-rail bridge project prepares to enter new phase

Congo
New oil chief Stev Simplice Onanga inherits a boom

Morocco
A new mining trader sources from the kingdom

Congo
La Congolaise des Routes investigates ‘serious anomalies'

Congo
Pointe-Noire refinery project still in limbo