Pointe-Noire was a port city on the coast of the country of Congo. It was the closest deepwater port to the country of Sangala. In the four weeks prior to Day 7, two ships set sail from Pointe-Noire to the Port of Alexandria in Washington, D.C. One of the ships contained the prion variant pathogen weapon, which had been transported overland from Sangala by Benjamin Juma's men. ("Day 7: 10:00pm-11:00pm")