By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Congo-B
Negotiations between the Congolese government and workers’ representatives at Marien-Ngouabi University were suspended on 5 November. The executive pledged to pay the June 2026 salary soon, while talks on salary arrears are to resume at a later date, according to Ferdinand Owonda cited by ACI.
Negotiations between the Congolese government and Marien Ngouabi University unions have provisionally put salary arrears for four months at 15.5 billion CFA francs. The unions still need to consult their members on a possible suspension of the strike, while registration for new baccalaureate graduates and seven entrance examinations is being prepared, according to Brazza-Infos.
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The Congolese government has launched the Youth Skills Development for Employability Programme, which aims to train and guide one million people aged 16 to 35. Planned over five years across the country’s 15 departments, it will offer training in digital skills, agriculture, crafts and services, according to ACI.
🇨🇬 Republic of Congo · Source: ACI ·
Senegal’s Civil Forum calls on the government and National Assembly to engage in institutional dialogue after the 2026 supplementary budget was rejected on 3 November. The organisation says MPs can scrutinise budget assumptions and request information before any examination, according to its 6 November statement.
🇸🇳 Senegal · Source: Senego ·
Congolese President Denis Sassou-N’Guesso left Brazzaville on 25 October to take part in the third Russia-Africa Summit, scheduled to be held in Moscow on 28 and 29 October 2026. Leaders are expected to discuss economic cooperation, security, and scientific and technological exchanges, according to Journal de Brazza.
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Sassou-N’Guesso calls for faster global reforestationDenis Sassou-N’Guesso on 6 November called on UN member states, companies and partners to turn the United Nations Decade for Afforestation and Reforestation 2027-2036 into funded and measurable programmes. The call was made in Brazzaville during National Tree Day, according to ACI.
Chad appoints magistrates to several courtsA presidential decree appoints numerous magistrates to several Chadian courts, notably the Court of Appeal and the N’Djamena High Court. Decree No. 2935 /PR/CSM/2026 also changes the composition of several judicial benches and prosecutors’ offices following the approval of the Superior Council of the Judiciary, according to Alwihda Info.The week in Africa
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