Republic of Congo media guide

The Republic of Congo has a varied media landscape with around 20 TV channels, 40 radio stations and 20 newspapers. However, many media outlets, especially TV channels, have close ties to government allies.

The country's authoritarian government "routinely pressures, threatens and incarcerates" journalists, says Freedom House.

Broadcasting outlets from across the Congo River in Kinshasa, DR Congo, can be seen and heard in Brazzaville.

Rebroadcasts of Radio France Internationale and the Voice of America are available on FM. The country was the initial host of Africanews, a pan-African news network and subsidiary of France-based Euronews.

There were 930,000 internet users by December 2021, comprising 16% of the population (Worldinternetstats.com). Facebook is the leading social network.

• Media guides by BBC Monitoring

Press

• Le Choc - Brazzaville

• L'Observateur - Brazzaville

• L'Humanitaire - Brazzaville

• Le Tam Tam - Brazzaville

• Les Depeches de Brazzaville

• Les Echos du Congo - Brazzaville

• La Semaine Africaine - run by the Catholic church

Television

• TV Congo - operated by state-run Radiodiffusion Television Congolaise

• Africanews - pan-African news channel, initially headquartered in Brazzaville

Radio

• Radio Congo - operated by state-run Radiodiffusion Nationale Congolaise

• Radio Liberte - private