Author: Chantel Mukeba

Emergency architecture unveiled in Brazzaville In a carefully choreographed ceremony held on 26 August in the capital, the Congolese Red Cross, with the technical and financial backing of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, activated the Disaster Relief Emergency Fund, better known by its acronym DREF. The launch, attended by senior government officials, multilateral partners and civil-society representatives, signalled an acceleration of the Republic of Congo’s cholera response at a moment when the epidemiological curve remains a source of regional concern (official launch communiqué, 26 August 2025). The Director of Cabinet at the Ministry of Health,…

Civil Society as a Vector of Preventive Health in Congo In the early light of 26 July, more than fifty members of the Lheyet-Gaboka Association for Development (ALGD) converged on the Republic Roundabout in Brazzaville to inaugurate what their president, Axel Ariel Dinghat Mouenokanga, framed as ‘a mobile seminar on longevity’. Far from a mere stroll, the march responded to World Health Organization findings that physical inactivity remains a leading risk factor for non-communicable diseases (WHO 2022). By convening citizens across professional, age and gender lines, the association transformed a routine fitness activity into a demonstration of civil-society commitment to…