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| Identifier | Subject | Date | Office | Classification | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07BRAZZAVILLE366 |
REBEL LEADER RETURNS TO BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) The leader of the "Ninja" rebel group, Frederic Bintsamou, known as Pasteur Ntumi, is set to return to Brazzaville on Monday, September 10 to assume his new post as a presidential advisor promoting peace in the aftermath of the civil war. Accompanying Ntumi will be at least 100 ex-combat [...] |
2007-09-07 17:42:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE368 |
BRAZZA IN BRIEF SEPTEMBER 7 2007 [...] (U) Frederic Bintsamou, also known as Pastor N'Tumi, announced he will arrive in Brazzaville on September 10th to take his appointed position as a Presidential Adviser on promoting peace in the aftermath of the civil war. Ntumi was appointed by President Sassou-Nguesso in May 2007 to appease t [...] |
2007-09-07 17:54:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE393 |
BRAZZA IN BRIEF SEPTEMBER 24 2007 [...] (U) RSG Global Coffey Mining, a London-South African-Australian mining consulting agency will coordinate and direct the 5,000-meter drilling for iron ore in the Zenaga region of RoC, the first phase of which is scheduled to be completed by December 2007. In the short time since the license was [...] |
2007-09-28 12:36:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE403 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, OCTOBER 5, 2007 [...] (U) Post celebrated the completion of a high school renovation by the U.S. Navy Seabees Detachment from Sigonella, Sicily. After thanking the Seabees, the Ambassador pointed out that this was the first cooperative effort between members of the U.S. and Congolese Armed Forces and that their suc [...] |
2007-10-05 14:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE406 |
BRAZZA IN BRIEF FOR OCTOBER 5, 2007 [...] (U) Post celebrated the completion of a high school renovation by the U.S. Navy Seabees Detachment from Sigonella, Sicily. After thanking the Seabees, the Ambassador pointed out that this was the first cooperative effort between members of the U.S. and Congolese Armed Forces and that their suc [...] |
2007-10-05 17:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON PGOV PREL PINR EAID PHUM SCUL MARR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE416 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF OCTOBER 12 2007 [...] (U) Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil , will arrive in Brazzaville October 15 for one day meeting with GRoC to discuss bilateral agreements and participate in the RoC launch of a campaign to provide immunizations for measles and distribution of bednets for children aged 5 years [...] |
2007-10-12 17:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EAID ECON SCUL MARR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE429 |
U.S. NAVY MAKES A BIG SPLASH IN CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...] |
2007-10-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE430 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF FOR OCTOBER 26, 2007 [...] (U) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso will deliver 'a message on the state of the nation' to Parliament on October 27, 2007. 2. (U) "A Dream Come True Thanks to Sassou" banners flew over the city of Pointe Noire as President Sassou-Nguesso inaugurated the construction of a major roadway to link [...] |
2007-10-26 16:31:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON ECIN EAID |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE431 |
CORRECTED (ADDED TAGS AND INFO ADDRESSES) U.S. NAVY MAKES A [...] (U) Summary. The U.S. Navy has been active in Congo-Brazzaville, and the small country is still feeling the benefits of its community outreach programs. A detachment of Seabees renovated two schools in the Brazzaville area, and on the heels of their departure, the USS FORREST SHERMAN made a po [...] |
2007-10-26 16:32:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL SCUL MARR KDEM PINR CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE439 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, 2 NOVEMBER 2007 [...] (U) The Renaissance Man: President Denis Sassou-Nguesso proclaimed in his state of the nation address that the Republic of Congo (RoC) is now in a full renaissance mode. Addressing Parliament on October 27, the President stated "The renaissance of the Congo is a visible, concrete and tangible a [...] |
2007-11-02 15:19:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | AEMR PGOV EAID PINR PHUM SCUL MARR ECON CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE449 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 16, 2007 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. Representatives of the London Club (LC) announced on November 15 that an agreement has been signed between the Republic of Congo (RoC) and the LC to forgive 77 percent of the US$643.6 million debt owed to LC creditors. Government bonds will be [...] |
2007-11-16 11:39:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON EFIN EINV ELTN EAID PHUM ENRG CF |
| 07BRAZZAVILLE455 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 23, 2007 [...] EmbBrazzaville is an unclassified Post. 2. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso attended the official launch of the multi-national military maneuvers called Barh El Gazel being conducted as part of the peacekeeping operations under the auspices Economic Community of States Central Africa (ECCAS). [...] |
2007-11-23 13:45:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL ECON EFIN EAID ENRG CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE196 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JULY 25, 2008 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Kouilou region asks for forgiveness: A delegation of government leaders who represent the Pointe Noire-Kouilou area in their legislative duties, led by the Minister of Hydrocarbons Taty Loutard, presented themselves to President Denis Sasso [...] |
2008-07-25 16:59:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM ECON PGOV CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE233 |
UPDATED REPUBLIC OF CONGO RESPONSE - 63RD UNGA, HIGH-LEVEL [...] (SBU) This reftel provides an update to Reftel A regarding GROC attendance at the 63rd UN General Assembly: A. ATTENDANCE OF THE HEAD OF STATE -- President Sassou-Nguesso has no plans to attend B. ATTENDANCE OF THE HEAD OF GOVERNMENT -- Head of Government will not attend C. ATT [...] |
2008-09-04 15:35:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP UNGA KSEP |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE239 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE RESPONSE TO UNGA HUMAN RIGHTS PRIORITIES [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Charge met with Ambassador Giselle Ngondo, Ambassadeur Itinerant, special adviser to the Republic of Congo (RoC) Minister of Foreign Affairs Basile Ikouebe for the UNGA delegation. Charge emphasized the U.S. commitment to promote human rights [...] |
2008-09-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL UN |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE257 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE RESPONSE TO USITC [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. There are no exports from Republic of Congo (RoC) in the products listed in reftel to the U.S. at this time. Information provided follows reftel request but as information on export processes is difficult to obtain, the information following foc [...] |
2008-09-17 11:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD ASEC CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE291 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE GEARING UP FOR MAJOR ECONOMIC MILESTONES [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Summary: After 18 months of delays, reviews and stalled programs, Republic of the Congo (ROC) is making significant progress toward reaching its Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) completion point and achieving the promise of its debt r [...] |
2008-10-31 15:33:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE297 |
PRESIDENT SASSOU-NGUESSO'S CONGRATULATIONS TO [...] On Friday, 7 November, post received a letter of congratulations dated November 5, 2008, and addressed to President-elect Barack Obama from Republic of Congo President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. 2. BEGIN ORIGINAL TEXT: Monsieur le President, Votre brillante election a la presidence des Etat [...] |
2008-11-10 15:29:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | OPDC PREL OVIP ODIP CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE298 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - NOVEMBER 10, 2008 [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Congratulations to the United States: Republic of Congo (RoC) President Denis Sassou-Nguesso was one of the first among many African leaders to express his congratulations to Barack Obama through a Radio France International transmission. In [...] |
2008-11-10 16:02:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EAID PGOV CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE301 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - APRES CETTE MOIS, LE DELUGE [...] Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Summary. Torrential rains began in early November in Congo-Brazzaville (RoC). The small rainy season, designated October 1 through December 15, (Mid-Feb to May is the Big Rainy Season), had a mild start this year, but the ferocity and volume of rain [...] |
2008-11-14 11:26:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | OFDA EAID AEMR SOCI CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE305 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE - AMBASSADOR PRESENTS CREDENTIALS [...] No summary [...] |
2008-11-18 22:40:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ODIP PREL CF |
| 08BRAZZAVILLE310 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE DEMARCHE REGARDING UNGA RESOLUTIONS [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. DCM met with Lessard Safouesse Makayat, Deputy Secretary General, Chief of Multilateral Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Republic of the Congo (RoC) to present talking points regarding the three imminent resolutions that promu [...] |
2008-11-21 14:58:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL UNGA CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE101 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - APRIL 2, 2009 [...] French President's visit 2. Pointe-Noire port improvements to begin in October 3. Bilateral US-Congo trade 4. Venezuela Opens Embassy 5. First Conviction for Chimp Trafficking 6. Tibet, Anyone? 7. Who's in Charge? SARKOZY'S VISIT --------------- Â [...] |
2009-04-02 16:36:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ETRD PREL PGOV PHUM BEXP SENV CF CH FR VE |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE12 |
ANNUAL OVERSEAS SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL (OSAC) CRIME AND [...] No summary [...] |
2009-01-14 14:05:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ASEC AMGT APER |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE141 |
HCOC-DEMARCHE ENCOURAGE ROC TO SUBSCRIBE [...] No summary [...] |
2009-05-08 06:48:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETTC MNUC TSPA KSCA CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE143 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 11, 2009 [...] The date has been set: Presidential elections for the Republic of the Congo (ROC) will be held July 12. Eligibility regulations were published: a candidate must be of Congolese nationality, of good morality, must have 15 years of professional experience, be between the ages of 40 and 70, and [...] |
2009-05-11 14:39:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EINV ETTC ETRD PGOV CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE146 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MAY 15, 2009 [...] Presidential campaign is heating up: Although local press has remained mysteriously silent about the fact, a fire in the Republic of Congo's (ROC) President Sassou Nguesso's home village of Edou this past week destroyed at least two vehicles and a stockpile of election materials. Internation [...] |
2009-05-18 07:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV ECON SOCI EAID TBIO CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE15 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JANUARY 15, 2009 [...] NEW YEAR GREETINGS: We wish all our correspondents and well-wishers a happy 2009. After a holiday break, we today resume publication of "Brazzaville in Brief." It is our intention to publish this series each week, on Thursday or Friday, to highlight ongoing interesting developments in Braz [...] |
2009-01-15 14:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD SCUL KPAO CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE152 |
RESPONSE TO WORLD BANK MEMBERSHIP FOR KOSOVO [...] CDA met with Lessard Makayat, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of Congo (ROC) regarding the Republic of Kosovo's membership in the World Bank. ROC's recent affirmative vote on Kosovo's IMF membership was discussed. Although Mr. Makayat did not say ho [...] |
2009-05-27 12:20:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EFIN PREL CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE171 |
(SBU) CONGO'S FIRST LADY REQUESTS MEETING WITH U.S. FIRST [...] (SBU) On June 5, Congo(b)'s Minister of Health, Mrs. Emilienne Raoul, informed the Ambassador that Mrs. Antoinette Sassou Nguesso, spouse of President Denis Sassou Nguesso, requests an opportunity to meet First Lady Michelle Obama June 16 or 17. Mrs. Sassou Nguesso will arrive in Washington [...] |
2009-06-05 13:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | CONFIDENTIAL | OVIP PREL CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE172 |
(C) ELECTIONS SNAPSHOT: DISARRY ON ALL SIDES [...] 1.(C) Summary: Congo(B) will hold a Presidential election on July 12 for a seven-year Presidential term. With the filing deadline June 12, only Mathias Dzon has filed formal papers as a candidate from the opposition. In the non-Sassou camp, it is difficult to determine which of the pos [...] |
2009-06-05 15:41:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE173 |
SASSOU NGUESSO THROWS HIS HAT IN THE RING FOR JULY 12 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-06-08 13:50:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE178 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION 2009 [...] Ambassador met June 11 with J.A. Kolelas, Congo(B) representative to the International Whaling Commission. 2. Kolelas said that Congo was in agreement with the U.S. position. Regarding the chair and vice-chair, he said that he had recently attended a Japanese-organized "preparatory meeting" [...] |
2009-06-11 10:01:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIS PREL SENV IWC KSCA |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE180 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the [...] |
2009-06-12 12:45:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE181 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Full scale NIV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. On 18 February, the Consular Section issued its first NIV. This was the first NIV issued in the Republic of the Congo in 12 years. Prior to the opening of the New Embassy Compound on 20 January, consular service [...] |
2009-06-12 13:34:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CMGT ASEC CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE198 |
(C) CONGO-B/EU: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION "NOT A PRIORITY FOR [...] No summary [...] |
2009-07-01 08:50:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PINR CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE202 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - CAMPAIGN OBSERVATIONS [...] (SBU) Summary. Brazzaville has been generally quiet since the start of campaigning last Friday. The campaign in the capital has so far displayed little energy, though things have been picking up since the weekend. Even though he has been out of town, Sassou has been the most visible candidate in [...] |
2009-07-02 10:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINS CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE206 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 7 JULY [...] (SBU) President Sassou-Nguesso is dominating the campaign. In Brazzaville, his commercials flood television and the radio. Pro-Sassou rallies, as yet without the candidate, occur almost every day and draw hundreds of people, often drawn by popular musicians hired from Kinshasa. Sassou T-shirts [...] |
2009-07-08 15:29:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE207 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE: CAMPAIGN UPDATE, 8 JULY [...] (SBU) The Opposition Front on July 7 held its biggest rally in Brazzaville so far outside the Massamba-Debat Stadium not far from the Embassy. Police estimated the crowd to number 700-800, while FSN poloff who was present put the figure at about 1,000. Although all three Front candidates were pre [...] |
2009-07-08 15:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PHUM CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE209 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - CAMPAIGN UPDATE, JULY 9 [...] (SBU) Brazzaville has remained unusually quiet considering it is the last week of the presidential campaign. Two relatively large pro-Sassou rallies took place on July 8, one in theTalangai neighborhood in the northwest and one in the Makelekele neighborhood in the south. But the opposition stage [...] |
2009-07-09 15:35:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE228 |
SUBJECT : OVERVIEW OF FRENCH AID TO THE REPUBLIC OF THE [...] (U) Summary: In a detailed press interview, Nicolas Normand, French Ambassador to the ROC, described the major areas of GOF aid efforts in the ROC. Currently, the GOF has a multi-faceted aid program that focuses on intervention in infrastructure development, cultural advocacy, environmental is [...] |
2009-07-30 11:02:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL CF FR |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE23 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - JANUARY 22, 2009 [...] As we noted last week, the U.S. Embassy in Brazzaville has now opened in the new embassy compound. Our address is: Boulevard Maya Maya Brazzaville, Republic of Congo The main embassy number is (country code 242) 612-2000. We will be updating our website information over the next severa [...] |
2009-01-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ENRG PREL PGOV AMGT ABLD CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE241 |
(U) MEDIA/DEBT: LES DEPECHES DE BRAZZAVILLE EDITORIALIZES [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-20 08:55:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EFIN PREL PGOV PHUM CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE242 |
64TH UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY: HIGH-LEVEL ATTENDANCE AND REQUESTS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-08-21 12:14:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL OTRA OVIP KSEP CVIS UNGA CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE275 |
FRAUD SUMMARY - BRAZZAVILLE [...] Embassy Brazzaville is an unclassified post. 2. For the first time in 12 years, full scale NIV, IV and ACS consular services are now available at Embassy Brazzaville. NIV and ACS operations went live with the opening of the New Embassy Compound in February 2009. IV operations resumed in la [...] |
2009-09-28 18:09:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KFRD CVIS CPAS CMGT ASEC CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE285 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - OCTOBER 1, 2009 [...] (U) President Denis Sassou Nguesso and a large delegation of sixty arrived in New York on September 17. Sassou, First Lady Antoinette, the Foreign Minister, the Minster of Forestry, the Minister of the Environment and 25 others travelled on a chartered plane via Cape Verde. 2. (U) In hi [...] |
2009-10-01 12:56:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN PGOV PHUM PREL CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE325 |
BUDGET TRANSPARENCY DEMARCHE DELIVERED TO MINISTER OF [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-12 09:02:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON EFIN PREL ZF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE328 |
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO 2009 TIP INTERIM ASSESSMENT [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-16 12:25:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KWMN PGOV PHUM SMIG |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE329 |
UPDATE-OVER 20,000 DISPLACED BY VIOLENCE IN DRC INTO [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-17 14:51:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CF CG EAID PREF PREL PHUM |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE331 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: NOVEMBER 18, 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-18 09:03:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL CF EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE336 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE VISAS VIPER FOR NOVEMBER 2009 [...] (SBU) Post's Visas Viper Coordinator (CONS) convened a Visas Viper meeting on 25 November 2009 to discuss activity for the month of November 2009. Viper Committee is comprised of Ambassador Eastham, DCM, ROS, CONS, and ECON/PD (Back-up CONS). There were no actionable viper issues during the re [...] |
2009-11-27 07:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | CF CVIS CMGT PTER PINR ASEC KVPR |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE337 |
(SBU) CONGO(B) GOVERNMENT UNEASY OVER EVENTS IN NORTHERN [...] No summary [...] |
2009-11-27 15:10:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PINS PGOV PREL PREF CF CG |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE345 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: DECEMBER 10, 2009 [...] (U) According to the GROC, there are now 77,488 displaced persons in camps spread along the Congo-Brazzaville bank of the Oubangui River, primarily in the Likouala region. Reports on both sides of the border indicate that what began as an ethnic conflict has now evolved into an organized rebel [...] |
2009-12-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL CF EFIN EAGR EINV ETRD |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE349 |
(SBU) EUROPEAN UNION ASSESSES SUPPORT TO NATIONAL PARKS [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-14 07:15:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAGR EAID CF CT CG CM GB |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE362 |
REFUGEE UPDATE - 88,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA REGION [...] (U) Over the last two months, 87,789 DRC refugees have crossed the Ubangui River into the Likouala region of the Congo in order to flee fighting in the Equateur province of DRC. DCM and RefCoord visited five of the approximately 60 refugee sites between December 17 and 19. The refugees are sp [...] |
2009-12-23 11:28:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CM CG CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE368 |
(SBU) BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF: DECEMBER 31, 2009: BUDGET, [...] No summary [...] |
2009-12-31 11:23:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV EFIN PREL CF CH ELAB PINS |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE4 |
CONGO(B) - MAY 2009 UN UNIVERSAL PERIODIC REVIEW OF HUMAN [...] Embassy Brazzaville has been in touch with both the government focal point for the Universal Periodic Review of Human Rights and the principal human rights NGO in Congo(B). 2. On the government side, the focal point is Valentin Mavoungou, Director General of Human Rights and Fundamental F [...] |
2009-01-07 10:44:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PHUM UNHRC |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE52 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - 2009 TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS REPORT [...] Responses are according to questions 23-27 of reftel. 2. Current situation: The information for this report was provided to Post by officials of UNICEF, the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) and the Ministry of Health (MOH)who work with trafficking concerns. The Republic of Congo (ROC) is a destina [...] |
2009-02-17 06:56:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE72 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF - MARCH 12, 2009 [...] In an operation running through March 2, the Congolese government bought a total of over 2,500 firearms, 66,000 rounds of small arms ammunition, and several hundred grenades, rockets, and artillery shells from the Pool area. The operation was financed with a 500 million CFA Congo government [...] |
2009-03-12 19:38:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PARM PINS ECON PREL EFIN MASS CF CH |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE79 |
(SBU) IMF, WORLD BANK ON SAME PAGE ON CONGO [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: At the conclusion March 6 of a mission by the IMF to assess Congo's progress with its current PRGF (Poverty Reduction and Growth Facility) program, mission chief Robert York briefed interested diplomatic missions and international organizations, along with key financial interl [...] |
2009-03-18 16:07:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON EFIN IMF IBRD |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE80 |
EU/USA/UNDP MEET WITH MINISTER IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS: [...] (SBU) SUMMARY: On March 17, at the initiative of the European Union, the EU (commission and presidency (Belgium) plus the resident chiefs of mission of France and Italy), the UNDP resrep/resident coordinator, and the U.S. Ambassador met with Minister of Territorial Administration Raymond Mboul [...] |
2009-03-19 10:27:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL KDEM CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE83 |
DECISION TO FLY FLAG AT HALF STAFF FOR THE LATE FIRST LADY [...] No summary [...] |
2009-03-19 14:44:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT PREL CF GB |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE85 |
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE REPORT ON FORCED LABOR AND CHILD LABOR IN [...] The Republic of Congo-Brazzaville (ROC) is not an industrialized economy and production of goods for both export and domestic use is very limited. The natural resources economic sector (oil and timber)is largely controlled by foreign investors which adhere firmly to labor laws and do not have [...] |
2009-03-24 08:21:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EIND ELAB ETRD PHUM SOCI CF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE91 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE - DEMARCHE DELIVERED ON AFGHANISTAN AND [...] Per reftel, EmbOff met with Daniel Owassa, Secretary General, Chef du Cabinet, of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the Republic of the Congo (ROC). Talking points regarding the new strategy for meeting the challenges in Afghanistan and Pakistan were presented to Owassa. 2. In response, [...] |
2009-03-31 08:42:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL NATO MARR MOPS PK AF |
| 09BRAZZAVILLE97 |
CONGO/BRAZZAVILLE INVESTMENT CLIMATE REPORT 2009 [...] No summary [...] |
2009-04-01 14:55:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | OPIC USTR EINV EFIN ETRD ELAB PGOV KTDB CF |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE17 |
REFUGEE UPDATE-NEARLY 107,000 DRC REFUGEES IN THE LIKOUALA [...] (U) According to UNHCR Brazzaville, the number of displaced in Congo-Brazzaville now totals 106,674. There are approximately 15,000 additional displaced persons in the Central African Republic. Although the displaced population has grown by nearly 20,000 since the last report (REF A), anecdotal [...] |
2010-01-15 08:33:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL PGOV UNHCR WFP CT CF CG |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE20 |
TFHA01: CONGO BRAZZAVILLE PLEDGES ONE MILLION USD TO HAITI [...] Congo announced January 20 that it will provide one million USD to the relief effort for Haiti. Post provided host government with information on how to contribute through the UN relief web. 2. Local press has been neutral and factual in its limited reporting on the response to the cris [...] |
2010-01-21 09:16:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID ECON PGOV PREL HA CF |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE37 |
BRAZZAVILLE IN BRIEF, FEBRUARY 3, 2010 [...] (U) Christmas came late to Congo, as the World Bank and IMF announced January 28 that Congo(B) had achieved HIPC "completion point," a significant step toward debt relief for the country. According to the IMF and World Bank, the decision will generate total debt service savings of USD 1.9 billi [...] |
2010-02-03 22:01:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EFIN PGOV PREL CF |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE48 |
REPUBLIC OF CONGO: INFORMATION ON CHILD LABOR AND FORCED [...] Summary: According to Congo's most recent census of 2005, 71 percent of children between the ages of 5 to 17 work, 97 percent of which work in the home. Exploitative child labor in the Republic of Congo is estimated by the government at 1339 children, of which 10 percent are girls. Children pr [...] |
2010-02-12 13:22:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EIND ETRD PHUM SOCI CF |
| 10BRAZZAVILLE53 |
DRC REFUGEES IN LKOUALA- LOGISTICAL CHALLENGES AND [...] (U) SUMMARY: The government of Congo-Brazzaville (GROC) estimates the total number of DRC citizens displaced to ROC now totals 115,077. Since mid-January, UNHCR has registered over 40,000 displaced persons and expects that the total number of registrations will be about 10% below the GROC's est [...] |
2010-02-22 14:37:00 | Embassy Brazzaville | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL UNHCR WFP CF |