AllAfrica.com - Congo (Brazzaville)
Current news from IRIN, the United Nations news agency created to provide an African perspective on news events. http://allafrica.com/congo-brazzaville/
Les Depeches de Brazzaville
In French. Current news, video news, photographs. Three editions - Brazzaville edition, Saturday edition, DRC-Kinshasa edition. Published by L'Agence d'Information de l'Afrique Centrale (ADIAC). Based in Brazzaville. http://www.lesdepechesdebrazzaville.fr/
Mwinda Press - In French. Current news. http://www.mwinda.org/
In French, English. "a non profit organisation founded by young women that works for the empowerment of women and children through the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs)." Programs on health, the environment, ICTs, etc.. Information on women pygmies, l’Association des Peuples autochtones du Congo (APAC). Based in Brazzaville, Congo. [KF] http://www.azurdev.org/
In English and Italian. Life, music and initiation in the Equatorial Forest
of the Baka pygmies (Cameroon). Texts, photos and recordings by the ethnomusicologist
Mauro Campagnoli. Campagnoli's
site includes many photographs from Cameroun and the
Aka pygmies concert tour of Italy. http://www.pygmies.info
In French. The Bateke live in Gabon, Congo (Brazzaville) and Congo (Kinshasa).
Describes social organization, history, geography, language, music (with
audio clips), etc. Has maps, photographs. http://www.bateke.com/
In English, French, Portuguese. Full text, in
Adobe pdf. 110 p. Covers Nigeria, Gabon, Angola, Congo-Brazzaville,
Equatorial Guinea, Chad, Cameroon. Based in Baltimore, Maryland. [KF]
http://www.catholicrelief.org/get_involved/advocacy/policy_and_strategic_issues/oil_report.cfm
Find the holdings records of Congo-Brazzaville newspapers on microfilm
held by the Center for Research Libraries in
Chicago. Also available through AFRINUL. A few other libraries have added holdings in AFRINUL. There is also a 2004 list in PDF of Congo-Brazzaville newspapers and other African newspapers on microfilm. Film may be borrowed by CRL and CAMP members. Non-members pay $175 per loan. http://www.crl.edu/content.asp?l1=5&l2=23&l3=44&l4=27
In French. French explorer, founder of Brazzaville, Congo, Governor of the French Congo, born in Italy, 1852-1905. Biography, colonial history of Gabon, Congo River, slavery, photographs, illustrations, original documents. Chronology, bibliography. Includes 3-D Flash animated introduction and audio which requires a sound card and headset or speakers.
From the Centre des archives d’outre-mer (Archives nationales, Aix-en-Provence). [KF] http://www.brazza.culture.fr/
In French and English. Opposition Movement. Modeste Boukadia, president
is also president of the "Rassemblement pour le Changement, Force
Novatrice - Rally for Change, Innovative Force.” CDRC, founded in
1992, believes in "... le respect de la République et de la
démocratie." Statutes, news, press releases, political and
economic objectives, plans, and solutions. A letter from Modeste Boukadia,
to the Congolese people, justifying his presidential candidacy. Web site
based in Paris, France. [CA] http://www.idcongo.com/cdrc/
In French. President is Nguila Moungounga-Nkombo. Political association
created in "...Paris à l'initiative de plusieurs responsables
politiques congolais et de sympathisants français afin de faire
connaître la gravité de la situation prévalant dans
ce pays..." CERDEC history, news, letters, articles and structure
of the developing CERDEC-CEI (ex-USSR). Is opposed to the Sassou N'guesso
government. Web site based in Argenteuil, France. [CA] http://www.cerdec.org/index.php
In French. Its President is Professeur Jean-Pierre MAKOUTA-MBOUKOU. Has
petitions, press releases, articles. Is opposed to the government of Sassou
Nguesso. Based in France. http://perso.club-internet.fr/cicop/
Based in New York city, is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization which
does not accept govt. funding. Has a Press
Freedom Database.
Main page: http://www.cpj.org
Database: http://www.cpj.org/cases/caseindex.html
In French. Official government site. President's biography, facts about the Congo, the Constitution (31 p. in PDF), Government members, the Pygmées population, Presidential Palace history, audio file of the national anthem. http://www.presidence.cg/
Congo-L
List concerning "Peace and Development in Central Africa."
To subscribe, send email to: listserv@home.ease.LSOFT.com
In the Message area put: subscribe Congo-L yourfirstname
lastname
Site of the Conseil National de la Résistance (CNR) based in France.
Its President is Révérend Pasteur Ntumi. Is opposed to the government of
Denis Sassou Nguesso. Has press releases, documents, etc. Site affiliated
with Jean-Claude Mayima-Mbemba and the Convention Republicaine des Democrates
Congolais (CRED-CONGO). [KF] http://www.congo-resistance.org
"During the month of October 1998, a Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors
Without Borders) team collected witness reports from women returning from
the Pool region whose children, suffering from malnutrition, were being
treated in MSF's feeding centres." http://www.msf.org/projects/congo_b/reports/1999/10/forgotten
Information on registering internet domain names for .cg, the top-level
domain name for Congo-Brazzaville. http://www.nic.cg
ECOFAC, Conservation et
utilisation rationnelle des Ecosystèmes Forestiers d'Afrique Centrale.
In French. ECOFAC, funded by the European Union, is concerned with
the environment and biodiversity of forests, animal life, etc. in the Cameroun,
Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Congo-Kinshasa, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome. Has the full text of its bulletin, Canopée,
on line. http://www.ecofac.org/
Election, Presidential July 12, 2009
Mathias DZON - Site has closed. It is archived at the African Politics Web Archive. See the Site List. In French. Presidential candidate. Leader of the Union Patriotique pour le Renouveau National (U.P.R.N) and of the coalition, Alliance pour la République et la démocratie (ARD) in the 2009 Presidential election. Biography, videos. http://www.mathiasdzon.com/
Denis SASSOU-NGUESSO - Site has closed. It is archived at the African Politics Web Archive. See the Site List. Images are not available. In French and English. President Sassou-Nguesso's re-election site. Includes videos. Candidate of the Parti congolais du travail. http://www.denisassou.com/ Romain Bédel SOUSSA - Election Présidentielle 2009 - Site has closed. It is archived at the African Politics Web Archive. See the Site List. In French. Site of opposition Presidential candidate Soussa in the July 2009 Election. See also Soussa's blog. http://www.romainsoussa.com
Alternance-Congo.com - In French. Coalition of many parties. Supports l ’ALLIANCE POUR LA REPUBLIQUE ET LA DEMOCRATIE (ARD) and Mathias Dzon. Dzon's biography in PDF. http://www.alternance-congo.com/ Congo-Site-Portail - Site has closed. Spécial élection présidentielle 2009 - Site has closed. In French. Videos from Congo's national television. http://www.congo-siteportail.info/Arret-sur-Images-Special-election-presidentielle-2009_ap1416037.html
In French. "le premier service
de messagerie internet congolaise." Features a "congolais
du mois" (May 2001 was a Congolese artist). Internet in Brazzaville.
http://www.emaila.net/
From the publication, Ethnologue: Languages of the World, 13th
ed. (Dallas, Tx.: Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1996), edited by Barbara
F. Grimes. Provides no. of speakers, dialects, linguistic affiliation,
etc.
Congo-B: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Cong.html
Main Page: http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/
Federation Internationale des Ligues des Droits
de l’Homme / International Federation of Human Rights Leagues
In French. Foundation to honor the memory of the founder of Brazzaville. Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, an Italian nobleman who joined the French navy and acquired the Republic of Congo territory for France. http://www.fondationdebrazza.com/
Search their large online database of articles for forests in the Congo.
The mission of Forests.org is to "contribute to the conservation of
rainforests, forests, biodiversity, indigenous cultures and the climate..." Based
in Madison, Wisconsin. [KF] http://forests.org/
Discussion is in French. Past messages are on the web site. The site
owner is Guy Roland NZALA-BACKA, e-mail : guyrol@france-mail.com http://www.host-web.net/congo/
In French. Masks, sculpture from Angola, Congo (Kinshasa and Brazzaville).
Based in Strasbourg, France and Pointe-Noire, Republic of the Congo. http://www.galerieloango.fr/
Campaigns include reports of secret payments to the son of the President in connection with oil sales. See also New York Times article, Dec. 10, 2007 "Unlikely Ally Against Congo Republic Graft." http://www.globalwitness.org/pages/en/corruption_in_oil_gas_and_mining.html
Founded 1989 at the Univ. of Durham (UK). Has a keyword searchable News Database which retrieves articles from the BBC Summary of World Broadcasts, West Africa, Keesings, and other sources.Has a discussion list, Int-Boundaries. [KF] http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk http://www-ibru.dur.ac.uk/resources/newsarchive.html
Full text reports such as Interim Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Progress Report ,
Republic of Congo: Selected Issues and Statistical Appendix,
press briefings and more. http://www.imf.org/external/country/COG/index.htm
In French. "Journal de l'Association des democrates Congolais en
France" Director, Dabout Hilaire. Editor in chief, Nika Mabiala. Has
editorials, news, archives, and links to articles by the AFP related to
the Republic of the Congo. Text of former candidate for the Supreme Court,
André Milongo's, program for a better future. Web site based in
France. [CA] http://www.mwinda.org/
"In this study, we propose to use high resolution satellite imagery
to map areas of forest clearing and general land cover types for the entire
Central African tropical region." "The resulting land cover map
will be integrated in a socio-economic study to assess the trends and patterns
of deforestation by including demographic and social and environmental
policies." Concerns Cameroon, Central African Republic, Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Zaire. By Sasan Saatchi and Al Wong, The Jet Propulsion
Laboratory, Pasadena, Cailfornia. http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/centralafrica/africa.html
In French. Official site of the novelist, poet, born in Congo-Brazzaville. Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2006 for Mémoires de porc-épic. Biography, bibliography, photographs, press articles, appearance schedule. See also excerpts from African Psycho. and Broken Glass. http://www.alainmabanckou.net/
In French. Blog of the Congolese writer, poet. Winner of the Prix Renaudot 2006 for Mémoires de porc-épic. Mabanckou's biography, his essays. RSS feed: http://congopage.com/backend.php?id_rubrique=217 http://congopage.com/rubrique217.html
Basic information, information on mainly the oil
industry. By MBendi Information Services (Pty) Ltd. a business consulting
company in Claremont, South Africa. http://www.mbendi.co.za/cycocy.htm
In French. Information on the history of Congo-Brazzaville; includes
pictures, sources are not given. Links to Congolese music sites and
other Congo-related sites. Maintained by Jean Missie. http://www.citeweb.net/bonjour/
In French. Parti d'opposition, dont le Président-Fondateur est
M. Bernard Kolélas, ancien Député-Maire élu
de Brazzaville, ancien Premier ministre. Speeches, press releases from
the l'opposition congolaise en exil. http://www.mcddi.org/
Has unique full text documents on political, economic matters. From Marek
Enterprise, Inc., a U.S. business based in Reston, Virginia and owner of
the Africa Information Service (AfIS). http://www.marekinc.com/NCN.html
In French. Information on the province du Bas-Congo, the Congres Mondial
Kongo – Mfuma Ne-Kongo (CMK), North American Congo-related activities,
news from various sources. Online edition of La Cité africaine
de Matadi (la CITAF. Journal indépendant publié à Matadi,
chef lieu de la province du Bas-Congo. écrite de la société INFOR-
TRADING créé en mai 1991). Discussion forums, Kongo art.
Issues of L'observateur Kongo (mensuel d'information Culturelle,
politique et scientifique de la communauté Ne-kongo). Articles such
as a brief account of Jesuits
in the Congo region. Based in Toronto, Canada. http://www.ne-kongo.net/
Has press releases, reports, communiques, articles from its print bulletin, Lumiere. The
OCDH is based in Pointe-Noire, Republique du Congo. http://membres.lycos.fr/ocdh/
Extensive information, in French, on Francophone
Africa and French-African
relations. Formerly Agence de cooperation Culturelle et Technique,
ACCT, an inter-governmental organization for French-speaking countries
created in Niamey in 1970 by Leopold S. Senghor, Habib Bourguiba, and Hamani
Diori. http://www.francophonie.org
"created in 1986 with the support of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) and Canadian and African non-governmental organizations (NGOs)." Topics include blood diamonds, the African Peer Review Mechanism, NEPAD and development.
Links to African civil society organizations. Based in Ottawa, Canada. http://www.pacweb.org/
Not alot. General information, short article (from World Rainforest
Report, 1996, V.13, N.1) on how the logging industry is causing the destruction
of forests and killing of wildlife for meat in Congo-Brazzaville.
Based in San Francisco, Calif. http://www.ran.org/ran/
Provides a directory of human rights organizations and other NGOs in
the Congo. Produced by the Canadian organization, Banque internationale
d'information sur les Etats francophones, BIEF. http://www.acctbief.org/repdroit/dr_congo.htm
In French, English, Spanish. RSF (based in Paris) supports freedom of
the press world-wide. Its site includes reports of actions against journalists
in Africa.
It has copies of protest letters sent by the organization regarding violations
in African countries. http://www.rsf.fr/
Republic of Congo Official Web Site
This site no longer exists. Had a directory of government offices and
embassies. Was the official site of the government of Pascal Lissouba.
Had a speech from President Pascal Lissouba, a bibliography of his scientific
papers. http://www.amb-congo.fr/congo/index.htm
Has a report, "NGOs and ICTs use in Republic of Congo" by
Sylvie Niombo Ngouémé, published May 2003, 9 pages. Covers
telecom, internet service costs, infrastructure with respect to NGOs in
the Congo. In
Adobe pdf. "The SSRC is an independent, nonprofit organization.
Based in New York City." http://www.ssrc.org/programs/itic/tcsdocs/
Transparence,
Bulletin Europeen d'information sur le Congo-Brazzaville
"TRANSPARENCE est le produit d'une volonté de faire changer les
choses au Congo." Contains messages about the political situation
in the Congo posted to a discussion list on Africa (in French), a petition
by Congolese intellectuals abroad, statements by Bernard Kolelas, President
of the Alliance URD-FDU (opposition party), information on the Universite
Libre du Congo, freedom of the press, the Feb. 1997 memo from the Opposition
on the presidential election, etc. Jean-Claude Mayima-Mbemba is the Directeur
de la Publication and representative of the Alliance URD-FDU to the European
Union. http://www.multimania.com/jecmaus/congo.html
A visa/passport expediting service for U.S. citizens. One can print out
a visa application form in
Acrobat or Common Ground format. Uses the CIA World Factbook information
though did not have the latest edition. http://www.traveldocs.com/cg/index.htm
A draft survey of Information Policy in Africa by Marius Francisco for
the UN ECA. Covers the history and current state of information technology
and computerization in Cameroon, Congo-Brazzaville,
Cote d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Tanzania, Senegal. http://www.sas.upenn.edu/African_Studies/ECA/infrmtks.html
United Nations. High Commissioner for Refugees, Refworld
Has full text reports, use the search
engine to locate information by keyword. Be sure to put in Search
All Databases under the box "Limit Scope of Search" to
obtain the most complete results. Has a collection of country
reports from various sources.
Provides a list of the President, Cabinet members, the Governor of the
Central Bank, the country's Ambassador to the U.S., and its U.N. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/world-leaders-1/world-leaders-c/congo-republic-of-the.html
Has a map, information on geography, people, government, economy, transportation,
communication, defense. https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cf.html
Thomas, U.S. Legislative Information, is a great resource. Keyword
search access to the full text of the U.S. CONGRESSIONAL
RECORD(similar to parliamentary proceedings or debates)
and to Congressional legislation. Select Search Congressional
Record to search content for sessions of Congress: 105th
(1997-98) - 104th (1995-96) - 103rd (1993-94). http://thomas.loc.gov/
U.S. Department of State. Report on Human Rights Practices.
See Congo, Republic of. Visa requirements, safety & crime, medical facilities, traffic safety, etc. http://travel.state.gov/travel/cis_pa_tw/cis/cis_1765.html#c
Information on Congo-Brazzaville's oil, natural gas, and electricity.
Has an economic, energy, and environment overview and information on political/economic
factors affecting the energy sector. See also the Energy Production/Consumption
page at: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/world/country/cntry_CF.html
Congo-B: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/congo.html
Multi-disciplinary research unit on comparative studies of the Third
World. Includes a list of theses,
a few on the Congo, completed at U. Paris II and maîtrise
and DES completed at the Universite Nationale de Brazzaville.
U. Natl. Brazzaville theses: http://www.sedet.cicrp.jussieu.fr/sedet/Afrilab/Afrtrav/CONGO.HTM
Univ. Paris 7 site: http://www.sedet.cicrp.jussieu.fr/sedet
Concerns the political situation in the Congo. Is opposed to President
Denis Sassou Nguesso. Based in Diemeringen, France. http://perso.club-internet.fr/voxhumana
Article in the e-journal, Mots Pluriels, No. 7, 1998. Includes
an interview with Henri Lopes by Jean-Luc Aka Evy (1997). http://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/MotsPluriels/MP798jmvpres.html
Wildlife Conservation Society - "Africa's Last Eden to Become
National Park"
July 6, 2001 article on
the "the protection of what scientists are calling the most pristine
rain forest [the Goualogo Triangle] left in Africa." "The agreement
marks the first time a timber company working in Africa has voluntarily
turned over virgin forest in the name of conservation." The Goualogo
Triangle will be added to the Nouabale-Ndoki National Park. [KF] http://wcs.org/3422?newsarticle=12246
Related articles.
Nov. 1996 report in
the Christian Science Monitor, "Why I Was Banned from a Congo Rain
Forest" which criticizes the role of foreign logging companies.
On the site of Forests.org. http://forests.org/archive/africa/bancongo.htm
Critical
comment on danger to the forest by the German company, Congolaise
Industrielle des Bois, CIB. http://www.whirledbank.org/environment/logging.html
Carret, Jean-Christophe - "L'entreprise
au fondement de la cite" In French. In Adobe PDF. On the role of the Congolaise Industrielle
des Bois, CIB and "....les conséquences de la présence
de l’entreprise sur la vie des habitants de Pokola, village où sont
logés les ouvriers dont certains, les pisteurs, sont des Pygmées." Chapter
in the book, L'Afrique des entreprises, by Françoise Tiphine
(Paris : Documentation française, 1998). On the site of the Centre
for Industrial Economics at the Ecole des Mines de Paris. http://www.cerna.ensmp.fr/cerna_mondialisation/prog/fr_01_paysemergents.html
"German Loggers to Leave 'African Eden' Untouched" by
Andrew C. Revkin in the New York Times, July 7, 2001, p. A5. Print
article.
Very useful guide for locating information from the vast World Bank site.
Has a page for the Congo (GNP,
population, growth rate, infant mortality, life expectancy, illiteracy
rate, safe water, etc.). http://www.worldbank.org/html/schools/regions/ssa/congorep.htm
Has a campaign to save apes and chimpanzees from the illegal hunting
and sale of the animals. Includes an account of rescuing
chimpanzees in Cameroon and the Congo. They support a letter
writing campaign to ask President Pascal Lissouba to ban the manufacture
of bullets used only to kill gorillas and chimpanzees. http://www.kilimanjaro.com/wspa/wspa.htm
In French. A directory of businesses and professionals in the Republic
of the Congo. YellowOnline which has U.S. and international yellow pages
is based in Los Angeles, California. http://www.yellowonline.com/congo/
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