Brazzaville releases its Christmas curfew, for the first time since March 2020
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In Congo, Brazzaville had been living under curfew every evening since March 2020 and the Covid-19.
For Christmas, Friday, December 24, this measure was lifted.
No curfew on December 31 for New Year's Eve either.
An evening and a night with no time limit, what is it like?
Report between small businesses, bars, and prayer.
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With our correspondent in Brazzaville,
Loïcia Martial
Used to shutting off their pumps at 7 p.m., the twin stations in the Nkombo district delivered fuel until 9 p.m.
This is where this taxi driver, who requested anonymity, helped himself.
“
We can work all night.
Personally, I stop at midnight at the most,
”he says.
Seated in front of bottles of beer in a bar, with his friends, Euloge is enjoying New Year's Eve.
“
At the height of the Coronavirus, there was a curfew.
But, today there is not.
It makes us feel good.
We can have fun in peace
”, rejoices the young consumer.
In front of the esplanade of the National Radio and Television Center, Boris does not want to stop his business.
“
I do credit transfer and other transactions.
Tonight I'm doing it until I'm tired so I quit,
”he says enthusiastically.
It is at the church that Prince will wake up.
“
In everything we first thank God.
So I will go to church tonight,
”he promises.
In Congo, New Year's Eve will also be experienced without a curfew.
But it will be applied from 11 p.m., after the holidays, especially in Brazzaville and Pointe-Noire.
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