[DW] Idriss Deby took power in a coup decades ago and died fighting against rebels trying to oust him. Over 30 years, Deby has been a maverick figure in the Sahel region, with friends in the West but enemies close to home.

[UN News] Recent fighting between government forces and rebels in northern Central African Republic (CAR) has forced more than 2,000 refugees into neighboring Chad over the past week, the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) said on Tuesday.

[RFI] The French government holds "significant responsibility" for enabling the Rwandan 1994 genocide since it was aware that it was being prepared, according to an American report published by Kigali on Monday.

[Nation] Chad President Idriss Déby Itno State funeral will take place on Friday, military officials announced on Tuesday, hours after news broke of his death on the battlefield.

[allAfrica] Kinshasa -- The road to a clean energy future runs through the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- It has been confirmed that newly elected President Idriss Deby died today, apparently of injuries sustained in an attack.

[VOA] Edéa, Cameroon -- Cameroon farmer Rostand Simeu, 26, last year spent all his savings to start a plantain and banana plantation.

[Nation] The Democratic Republic of Congo has resumed use of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine

[Nation] Following the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno earlier on Tuesday, the army has suspended the government, the Constitution and Parliament.

[New Times] A team of legal experts led by American jurist Robert F Muse from the Washington-based law firm Levy, Firestone Muse LLP, on Monday, April 19 handed their report on the role of France in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, a report that ...

[New Times] The Government of Rwanda through the Ministry of Environment has signed a five-year agreement with Africa Wildlife Foundation to partner in boosting conservation efforts in the country.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame is this afternoon expected to attend the second regional meeting on the political and security situation in the Central African Republic, taking place in Luanda, Angola.

[New Times] In a bid to decongest correctional facilities, the judiciary has finalised 917 files involving minors and allocated them trial dates in the courts of law.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] N'djamena/Chad -- Chad's President Idriss Deby, who ruled his country for more than 30 years and was an important Western ally in the fight against Islamist militants in Africa, has been killed on the frontline against rebels i...

[The Conversation Africa] Rwanda's health sector has seen many reforms over the past two decades, which have greatly improved public health indicators. Communicable diseases have declined and the maternal mortality rate fell from 1,071 deaths per 100...

[New Times] The Muse Report, published on Monday April 19, in great detail shows how the French military operatives were relied upon on several occasions by the then government forces - Ex-FAR - during the war against the RPF/A.

[Capital FM] Kinshasa -- President Uhuru Kenyatta has arrived in Kinshasa for a three-day State Visit of the Democratic Republic of Congo at the invitation of President Felix Tshisekedi.

[New Times] APR captain Thierry Manzi has warned his teammates that tournament football is difficult as the 2020/21 league returns this weekend.

[New Times] Efforts to address the dissemination of genocide ideology, divisive politics as well as ethnic-based stereotypes bore fruits in the last four years.

[Daily Maverick] The sudden and mysterious death of Chadian strongman Idriss Deby -- supposedly on the battlefield -- has cast much doubt on the future stability of Chad and the region.

[New Times] The Fondation Yolande Mukagasana has welcomed the Muse Report on the for thrashing out the responsibility of France in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, describing the report as important and a way to reconciliation between the two cou...

[New Times] The Rwanda Energy Group (REG) basketball team are targeting to take home this year's upcoming pre-season tournament set for April 22 to 25, officials have said.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Heads of State and Government of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) Tuesday in Luanda paid a homage to Chadian President, Idriss Déby Itno, who died after sustaining injuries on the battlefront today...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, Tuesday in Luanda appealed to the rebel forces and the civil opposition in Central Africa Republic to contribute to the normalisation of the situation in the country.

[HRW] Nairobi -- AU Should Deploy Crisis Team to Ensure Civilian Protection, Rule of Law

[New Times] The Rwanda Cricket Association (RCA) has started preparations of the annual Genocide Memorial tournament, Kwibuka T20 Tournament, slated from June 4-13 in Kigali.

[New Times] Construction works on Nyanza District-based multibillion floor-tiles manufacturing plant kicked off last week.

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta on Tuesday made his first ever State visit to the Democratic Republic of Congo, seeking to strengthen business ties with Sub-Saharan Africa's largest country by land size.

[Premium Times] PREMIUM TIMES reported how the army said it was suspending the constitution, dissolving the parliament and imposing a military council, following the death Tuesday of Mr Deby, who had ruled Chad for over 30 years.

[VOA] Chad's army says President Idriss Deby has been killed in clashes with rebels, ending his 30-year grip on power in the Central African nation.