[State Department] ReadoutOffice of the SpokespersonApril 27, 2021

[Seychelles News Agency] Tourism and education are two areas where cooperation is expected to be developed between Seychelles and Rwanda, the newly accredited high commissioner of Rwanda to the island nation said on Tuesday.

[Cameroon Tribune] The Jumbam Family Foundation this year is assisting 17 widows from the two regions with 5.5 million FCFA to enable them rebuild their lives.

[East African] At least two people were killed Tuesday as Chadians took to the streets to protest the military takeover of the government following the sudden death of President Idriss Deby Itno last week, local media reported.

[East African] The newly appointed Prime Minister of Chad, Albert Pahimi Padacké, has urged Chadians put aside their differences and work for the peace and stability of the Sahel nation.

[VOA] At least two people were killed Tuesday in the central African country of Chad during protests demanding the country's transitional military government transfer power to civilians.

[ISS] The Boko Haram crisis in the Lake Chad Basin has harmed women's livelihoods. Extremists and other armed groups have looted and destroyed markets, cutting off many women's access to supplier credit lines.

[RFI] Chad's military junta on Monday named Albert Pahimi Padacké as the country's new prime minister. Padacké previously served as Chad's prime minister from 2016 to 2018, until the role was scrapped by deceased president Idriss Déby.

[Centre 4s] Very often the danger arises from where it is the least expected! In the Sahel, the violent death of President Deby is a stark confirmation of that. The unexpected disappearance of the warrior president, Idriss Deby, has reshuffled the ca...

[JusticeInfo.net] Four years after his life sentence was upheld on appeal, former Chadian president Hissène Habré is to remain in jail. On April 20, the Senegalese judiciary rejected his request for a temporary release on health grounds. But Habré...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, Tuesday said that it was essential to create understandings to boost the organisation of the Portuguese-speaking African Countries (PALOP) in the interest of the member states.

[New Times] Rwanda and Denmark have signed two agreements that will see the two countries strengthen bilateral ties, officials said on Tuesday.

[New Times] With four days left until the start of Tour du Rwanda, SKOL Brewery Ltd has terminated its annual Rwf240m contract with Rwanda Cycling Federation (Ferwacy).

[New Times] The Minister of Justice, Johnston Busingye, has expressed gratitude to the UK Members of Parliament (MPs) who are pushing for the trial of suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi who are roaming freely in the European nation.

[New Times] Genocide suspect Beatrice Munyenyezi will be arraigned in court on Wednesday, April 28.

[New Times] A total of 159 Burundian refugees on Tuesday voluntarily repatriated from Mahama Refugee Camp to their home country, officials confirmed.

[New Times] The International Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) has posted a team of ten lawyers and investigators who will stay here indefinitely to work on genocide mastermind Félicien Kabuga's case.

[New Times] AS Muhanga on Sunday, April 25 announced that 10 of their players and two members of the club's technical staff tested positive for coronavirus while they were preparing for a warm-up match against Sunrise FC.

[New Times] Musanze FC coach Innocent Seninga says there is little time to get players back to full fitness ahead of the return of the Primus national league in five days.

[East African] In April 2020, Chad President Idriss Deby led his soldiers to fight Boko Haram in Sambisa Forest in Borno, in neighbouring Nigeria. However, this mission was not viewed as an incursion but part of a regional collaboration targeting the...

[DW] In 1994, Rwanda's ethnic Hutus massacred an estimated 1 million Tutsis. The country's younger generation is seeking to heal old divisions between the groups, but this comes with its own set of challenges.

[New Times] Ecobank Rwanda staff, on April 25, visited Kamonyi Genocide Memorial site located in an area commonly known as 'Kibuza' to pay tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and donated Rwf5 million to help in the preservation ...

[Vanguard] The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the Inter Regional Coordination Centre, ICC, Yaoundé, Cameroon, have formed a partnership to galvanise regional and international efforts to counter the menace of sea pir...

[East African] Democratic Republic of Congo President Felix Tshisekedi is increasingly being viewed as his own man. He has succeeded in shaking off his predecessor and perceived puppeteer Joseph Kabila and even gone ahead to be elected chair of the A...

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[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan parliament on Monday ratified the cooperation agreement between the Republic of Angola and the Kingdom of Spain on security and the fight against crime.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The health authorities on Monday announced the recovery of 196 patients, 101 new cases and four deaths.

[ANGOP] Cunene -- The current context of fight against corruption in the country requires from the judicial magistrates continuous capacity building, in order to defend with more rigour and efficiency the legality.

[DW] Chad's new military rulers have named Albert Pahimi Padacke as prime minister of a transitional government. Opposition politicians have slammed the move.

[Nation] Yaounde -- Chad's military has named the country's former Prime Minister Albert Pahimi Padacke as head of the transitional government. Mahamat Idriss Deby, head of the Transitional Military Council, announced the appointment in a decree sign...