[The Conversation Africa] In countries with weak governance institutions, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where citizens are relatively powerless to hold ruling elites to account, resource wealth undermines developm...

[African Arguments] Tshisekedi has outmanoeuvred his predecessor and has now appointed a PM. But is a victory for the president one for the Congolese people?

[New Times] Local and regional exports have recovered to pre-Covid-19 levels following a sharp decline in April 2020 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic according to a report by the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, TradeMark East Afric...

[New Times] Several challenges related to the Covid-19 pandemic have frustrated plans to roll out a vaccination programme aimed at eliminating cervical cancer causing Human Papillomavirus (HPV) for girls aged 12, The New Times can exclusively reveal.

[East African] Hotel Rwanda hero Paul Rusesabagina on Wednesday morning told a Rwandan court that he is not Rwandan and his citizenship should be changed to Belgian in the court files.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola defended Monday in New York the adjustment of the UN-Women activities, in order to help the member states, mainly Africans, to reach "relevant tangible results" for the current Covid-19 context.

[CAF] Sunday Jang Junior scored a delightful header as Cameroon beat Uganda 1-0 at the Olympic Stadium in Nouakchott on Wednesday to see the young Indomitable Lions become the first side to book a slot in the quarter finals of the Total U-20 Africa C...

[New Times] Hospitals in Rwanda will now receive much needed medical supplies and personal protective equipment from drone firm Zipline on a 24-hour basis.

[UN News] Behind each case brought to the International Criminal Court (ICC), lie countless personal stories of horror, trauma and, sometimes, hope. "Life after conflict", a photo-led series published by the ICC, shows the devastating impact that war...

[New Times] Regional borders remain closed for most informal cross-border traders, thereby impacting negatively on the livelihoods of communities that depend on such trade, a new report published Wednesday, February 17, states.

[New Times] Rwanda has secured an initial commitment of $200 million from the African Export-Import Bank to support the country's preparations to host the Fund for Export Development in Africa (FEDA).

[New Times] Rwanda started its Group D campaign at the last window of the ongoing Africa Basketball championship (Afrobasket) qualifiers on a low note after losing to Mali 51-76 on Wednesday night at Salle Mohamed Mzali Arena in Monastir, Tunisia.

[New Times] Amavubi head coach will be named in time for the national football team's next 2022 Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) qualifier, against Mozambique, due March 22, Francois Regis Uwayezu, secretary-general, Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa)...

[East African] Rwanda's economic managers face a daunting task in the coming months to find new sources of growth to revive the economy, which is currently in recession. Coronavirus restrictions imposed by the government during the pandemic have had ...

[Cameroon Tribune] With already three points, the Junior Lions will be seeking for a spot in the second round of the competition.

[Cameroon Tribune] The decision was arrived at during the recruitment committee meeting that took place in Douala on February15, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] He leaves behind a historic legacy in the fields of medicine, politics and tradition.

[Cameroon Tribune] The Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines will be shipped through the Covax scheme.

[Cameroon Tribune] After the killing of three traditional rulers in Essoh-Attah in Lebialem Division by a group of terrorists, the people of the Division have launched denunciation demonstrations.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least forty five people recovered, eight new cases and one death is the balance of the last 24 hours, according to the Ministry of Health (MINSA).

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment, Jomo Fortunato, Tuesday in Luanda said he aimed to create a national plan for the reorganisation of Carnival, to engage the provincial delegations of culture and partners in a soluti...

[DW] Paul Rusesabagina was lauded as a hero in the West for saving people during Rwanda's genocide. His story inspired the film "Hotel Rwanda". Now he is on trial for terrorism in Kigali.

[ANGOP] Luena -- Some works of the Integrated Intervention Plan for Municipalities (PIIM) underway in Moxico will suffer financial readjustments, to adapt to the reality of the material prices currently practiced in the markets.

[UN News] An urgent appeal for $222.6 million was made on Tuesday by the UN refugee agency and partners to assist more than 315K Burundian refugees this year.

[UN News] Atrocities committed by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have become part of a systematic pattern to disrupt lives, instill fear and create havoc, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, expressing a...

[RFI] New witness testimonies have revealed more details about the murder of prominent Congolese human rights activist Floribert Chebeya and his driver Fidèle Bazana, over ten years ago, prompting calls for authorities to reopen the case and investi...

[RFI] Two men accused of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic have rejected all charges against them at the start of their trial at the International Criminal Court.

[ISS] Two years after winning the historic 2018 election, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Félix Tshisekedi recently dismantled the governing alliance he'd sealed with former president Joseph Kabila. But who will benefit from the new...

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- At least 60 people died when a passenger barge carrying more than 700 people sank on the Congo river at night, Reuters reports.

[DW] The two men face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic. These include murder, torture, mutilation, persecution and the conscription of child soldiers.