Republic of the Congo 2018
Yearbook 2018
Congo. In May, General Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko was sentenced to 20 years in prison. According to Countryaah.com, Brazzaville is the capital city of Republic of the Congo, a country located in Central Africa. Mokoko was previously one of President Denis Sassou-Nguesso’s close advisers but chose to run in the 2016 presidential election, an election that Sassou-Nguesso won. Now the general was accused of planning a coup against the president. The reason why Mokoko was arrested in June 2016 was a film shoot in which he expressed his support for a plan to have Sassou-Nguesso deposed. Seven other people were sentenced in their absence to 20 years in prison.
- According to Abbreviationfinder: ROC is an three letter acronym for Republic of the Congo.
In August it was announced that the so-called Ninjamilis, active in the Pool region in the southern part of the country, had agreed to lay down their weapons. This is as a result of the peace agreement concluded at the end of 2017. The militia’s leader, Frédéric Bintsamou (also called Pastor Ntumi), appeared in public for the first time in August since the agreement was signed.
In March, Congo, as one of a total of 44 countries, signed an agreement on a new free trade area, the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The agreement was signed at a summit in Rwanda’s capital Kigali. For this to take effect, the agreement must be ratified at national level.
Congo (Brazzaville) – Brazzaville
Brazzaville
Brazzaville, capital of the Congo; 1. 6 million residents (2012). Brazzaville, located on the northern shores of the Congo River, is Congo’s administrative and cultural center. The city has the university (founded in 1972) and several colleges and research institutes. Furthermore, the regional headquarters of the World Health Organization (WHO) is located in the city.
The city’s industry includes textile and metal industry. Brazzaville is also a major transit port for other Central African countries, and the rail link is with Pointe-Noire on the Atlantic coast as well as the international airport (Maya Maya).
Brazzaville, founded in 1880 by Brazza, became of early strategic importance to French interests in Africa and was the capital of French Equatorial Africa in 1910–58. In 1960, Brazzaville became the capital of the Republic of Congo (later Congo).
