[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço was distinguished by the African Union on Friday with the Recognition Award of the Heads of State and Government, whose countries have ratified the Agreement for the Creation of the African Continen...

[New Times] The 21st ordinary meeting of the Summit of the East African Community Heads of State is set to take place virtually on Saturday, February 27, with consideration of the request by the DR Congo to join the six-member bloc high on agenda.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Women March Basketball Tournament, initially planned for 26 January to 02 March, was delayed until later next month due to technical and operational grounds, Angop has learnt.

[ISS] The arrangements to transition the turbulent Central African Republic (CAR) to normality could be described as the triumph of naive hope over brutal reality. Attempts to administer justice and hold elections in that country are certainly heroic...

[East African] A three-judge panel has ruled that Paul Rusesabagina's trial will be held in Rwanda, quashing his request for the case to be moved to Belgium where he is a citizen.

[HRW] An attack by Cameroonian soldiers on March 1, 2020 has come to light in which soldiers raped at least 20 women, including four with disabilities, arrested 35 men, and killed one man, Human Rights Watch said today. The attack on the village of E...

[AI London] Civilians killed and injured during the December 2020 elections in the Central African Republic

[The Conversation Africa] On February 23, the Italian ambassador to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Luca Attanasio, his bodyguard Vittorio Iacovacci and their driver Mustapha Milambo were killed in eastern Congo. They were part of a convoy th...

[The Point] The Gambia U-20 team arrived at the Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on Tuesday ahead of their 2021 Africa U-20 Youth Championship quarter-final encounter with Central Africa Republic on Friday 26 February 2021 at the Stade Olympique at 7 p...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least thirty-three State assets have been privatised, from 2019 to 2020, since the implementation of the Privatisation Programme (PROPRIV), contributing to the treasury with AKZ 355 billion, the Institute for the Management of St...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- About three billion Kwanzas have been invested in 2019 in the opening of 171 water boreholes and the purchase of 20 trucks to mitigate the effects of drought in Cunene, the provincial governor said on Thursday.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola registered, in the last 24 hours, 55 new cases, 17 recovered patients and one death.

[RFI] In the Deido neighborhood of Douala, Cameroon's economic capital, you'll find a small shop belting out authentic music on vinyl from the 1980s and 90s--Disco Saint Paul. A shining example of how traditional records still remain the top choice f...

[HRW] Over the past four years, Cameroon's Anglophone regions have been caught in a deadly cycle of violence that led to a major humanitarian crisis, with almost 700,000 people displaced and three million in need of aid. Human Rights Watch estimates ...

[CAF] Scorer twice during the Total U-20 AFCON, the young Cameroonian striker Junior Sunday Jang is overwhelmed by superlatives and comparisons with the attackers who wore the jersey of the Indomitable Lions, but his coach prefers to see him chart hi...

[CAF] Both second place finishers from their groups, first timers Central Africa Republic (CAR) and Gambia will clash in the final quarter final of the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) at the Stade Olympique in Nouakchott on Friday.

[CAF] Goalkeeper Danlad Ibrahim was the hero saving one penalty while another came rattling off the crossbar as Ghana beat Cameroon 4-2 on post match penalties in Nouakchott on Thursday to qualify for the Total Under-20 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) ...

[New Times] Rwanda and Belgium are set to increase ties and cooperation in the financial sector, buoyed by an agreement between Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) and the Belgian Finance Centre (BFC).

[New Times] The Ministry of Sports, in collaboration with local football governing body (Ferwafa), will announce a new head coach of the national football team on Friday, February 26.

[New Times] Rwandan Graduates Genocide Survivors Organisation (GAERG) and the Association of Student Survivors of the Genocide (AERG) have embarked on the activities to be undertaken from February 23 to April 5, 2021 ahead of 27th commemoration of 19...

[New Times] Rwanda Finance Limited (RFL) has called on members of the Rwandan Diaspora with professional skills in the financial sector to consider bringing them home.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the gradual return of Nigerian refugees in Cameroon, Niger and Chad to the country from February 27, 2021.

[UN News] Despite a successful presidential election and other noteworthy progress, the Central African Republic (CAR) continues to be plagued by violence and volatility, the UN peacekeeping chief told the Security Council on Tuesday.

[This Day] Abuja -- JR Firms, an agribusiness firm with headquarters in Nigeria, has announced partnership with Sanit Wing Rwanda through the acquisition of 11 per cent stake in the company.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The minister of Telecommunications, Technologies and Social Communication, Manuel Homem, Wednesday in Luanda, stressed the need for an update to the social communication laws, seeking their adjustment to the present context.

[CAJ News] Bangui -- THE escalating violence in the Central African Republic (CAR) is denying education to hundreds of thousands of children.

[New Times] The City of Kigali and Bugesera District will have almost a three-fold water supply increase, thanks to a new water project that went operational this month.

[New Times] Rwandans could start using locally produced cooking gas from Lake Kivu by the end of 2022 thanks to a project that seeks to process methane into Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).

[Monitor] Uganda's exports to DR Congo registered an all time high, signaling manufacturer's renewed efforts to capture new markets after encountering blockades in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania.

[New Times] The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) says they have submitted all the requirements that the Ministry of Sports asked from them to resume the 2020-2021 Rwanda Premier League.