[allAfrica] Cape Town -- More than a dozen people have been killed and hundreds wounded in a series of powerful explosions at a military base in the Equatorial Guinea city of Bata, Al Jazeera is reporting.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- Rwanda still leads the world with the number of women in a lower chamber of parliament, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Sixty-one percent of members of the country's legislature are women.

[DW] A series of explosions has injured hundreds of people in the city of Bata in Equatorial Guinea. Many more are feared to be trapped under the rubble.

[RFI] Players from one of the biggest football clubs in Africa, Tout Puissant Mazembe, are practicing on the field ahead of their next game. On the sidelines in Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of Congo is their coach Maguy Safi, the first female coac...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Despite the effects of Covid-19 on all economies in the world, the Angolan government had already started to carry out certain and comprehensive economic reforms, even before the pandemic, said the director of the African Department...

[Nation] Veteran Congolese singer Josky Kiambukuta died at a hospital in Kinshasa, the DR Congo, after a long illness.

[HRW] Open Letter to All Commonwealth Heads of Government

[ANGOP] Cabinda -- Journalists from different public and private media bodies were urged to respect the legal notions and excel the rigour and responsibility in disseminating information.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola is due to take part from 7 to 12 March, in Kyoto, Japan, in the 14th Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, where transnational organised crime will be addressed and the Kyoto Political Declaration approved.

[Cameroon Tribune] The appalling stories of the yesteryears when Cameroon prided herself as one of the football powerhouses in Africa regrettably so with little or no infrastructures to show for the successes is now a thing of the past. So much time ...

[Cameroon Tribune] The new United Nations Children's Fund Cameroon Goodwill Ambassador was presented to the media in Yaounde on March 5, 2021.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- In the last 24 hours, Angola has registered 29 new cases, 16 recovered patients and one death.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- At least four billion kwanzas is the amount that Agridamba project, allocated to the Damba Penitentiary Establishment, in Mucari municipality, is investing in the promotion of agriculture and cattle breeding.

[Cameroon Tribune] After several years of fruitless attempts to qualify for the final phase of the Africa Nation's Cup, the Malagasy national team "The Barea" have finally done it. In recognition for what the team has done, the government has decided...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Petro de Luanda were defeated for the third time in the African Champion Clubs League, this time by the South Africa's Kaizer Chiefs 0-2, in the group C of the competition.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Progresso do Sambizanga conceded a 0-1 home defeat to Sagrada Esperança da Lunda Norte on Saturday, in the 14th round match of the national first division football championship Girabola2021.

[New Times] After a season without a league sponsor, top-flight clubs have saluted the new sponsorship deal signed between the National football federation (Ferwafa) and brewing company Bralirwa that will see the brewer effectively become the officia...

[New Times] The national football team, Amavubi start training on Monday, February 8 after coach Vincent Mashami announced a 31-player provisional squad to start preparations ahead of their double-tie Group 'H' clashes against Mozambique and Cameroon...

[New Times] Rwandan rally drivers have shown interest in participating in the forthcoming Kenya Safari Rally slated in Kenya in June.

[New Times] When the pandemic hit in March last year, many supposed the virus would pass and people would get back to their lives. It's been over a year now, and well, the prospect of ever going back to 'normal' keeps on moving further into the futur...

[New Times] Today, March 8, Rwanda joins the rest of the world to mark International Women's Day, a day dedicated to celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women; as well as calling for action for accelerating gender...

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- Partners in malaria elimination have come together on community engagement in malaria control and elimination, and shared tools and experiences on fighting the parasitic disease. The gathering on February 19 included resea...

[allAfrica] Johannesburg -- In the world, 1 in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Progress towards nutrition target is too slow, progress in Eastern and Southern Africa is too slow, according to the late...

[East African] Travel bans and strict coronavirus protocols implemented by key tourist source markets for Rwanda threaten businesses with closure.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Kinshasa -- With schools shut due to the pandemic, many Congolese children are illegally driving motorcycle taxis to support their families

[UNFPA] The start of 2021 has been a trying time for Rwanda's fight against COVID-19, with nearly 7,000 new infections and 104 deaths confirmed in just one month. For the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, Rwanda was reporting 270 new inf...

[Unicef] Kinshasa -- More than 1.7 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC. They were shipped to the country through COVAX, an alliance comprising the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI),...

[New Times] Fifty district and referral hospitals across the country on Thursday, March 4, received over 347,000 Covid-19 doses, hours before the vaccination exercise is set to kicks off.

[East African] Covid-19 tales dominate the nine one-minute film entries from East Africa competing for ?26,000 ($31,585) in prizes at the inaugural Mobile Film Festival contest between February 17 and March 17.

[New Times] The Nyarugenge Intermediate Court has postponed to March 19 the ruling for a public tender flouting case involving Caleb Rwamuganza, the former Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Finance and other former senior government officials.