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Republic of Congo

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Brazzaville
Head of state
Denis Sassou Nguesso
Head of government
Anatole Collinet Makosso
U.S. chargé d’affaires
Amanda S. Jacobsen
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U.S. Trafficking Report: Ghana Is Africa’s Only Tier 1 Country, Djibouti Moves Up and the Republic of Congo Drops to Tier 3

The State Department’s 2026 Trafficking in Persons report, released Oct. 8, keeps Eritrea on the bottom tier, upgrades Djibouti — host of the main U.S. base in Africa — to Tier 2, and places Ethiopia and Kenya on Tier 2. A Tier 3 ranking can cost governments non-humanitarian U.S. aid.

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Leaders: UN Protocol list of heads of state and government (19 Sept. 2026), updated for later official appointments. U.S. diplomats: each U.S. embassy’s official website. Photos: licensed (public domain or Creative Commons) with credit.