[UN News] On a recent visit to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Dr. Natalie Kanem, the head of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), the UN's sexual and reproductive health agency, bore witness to the horrific legacy of sexual violence in the co...

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] Bangui -- The country has recorded only 7,000 cases and 100 deaths, but the ensuing economic fallout has driven kids to the streets

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] London -- Investigations by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian found many Congolese women who said they were coerced into sex by men who said they worked for aid groups

[DW] The UN documented more than 4,000 cases of sexual and gender-based violence in the volatile region in 2020. A thousand women are on hunger strike now to highlight the drawn-out conflict.

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's regional councils this week called on the central government to grant promised autonomy and funds that they say would help resolve the country's separatist conflict. The regions have yet to receive a promised 20% of the st...

[Cameroon Tribune] Dissenting voices here and there, feelings of supremacy and inferiority resulting to disturbing surge in hate speech are pointers that the ship of national unity is far from being tranquil.

[Cameroon Tribune] The Prime Minister was received at the Mungo gateway to the South West Region by several personalities of the Region

[New Times] King Faisal Hospital has announced plans to offer advanced kidney treatment services, including kidney transplant, making it the first hospital to introduce the practise in the country.

[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the people of the Republic of Cameroon as you celebrate National Day on May 20.

[New Times] The national volleyball governing body, FRVB has named a provisional national under-20 women volleyball team of 18 players ahead of the upcoming 2021 (FIVB) World Championships that runs from July 9 to 18.

[ANGOP] Paris -- Angolan President João Lourenço Wednesday in Paris, France, met with the patron of the Institute Tony Blair Institute, the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

[Cameroon Tribune] Stakeholders are currently refurbishing the headquarters and holding technical meetings ahead of the continental event slated for June in Cameroon.

[Namibian] ANGOLAN nationals camping at various sites in the Ohangwena, Omusati and Kunene regions seeking humanitarian assistance in Namibia have been asked by their government to pack their bags and go home.

[Nation] Home side Patriots became the first team to qualify for the Basketball Africa League quarter-finals after edging out Madagascar's Gendarmerie Nationale Basketball Club (GNBC) 78-72 in Group A at Kigali Arena, Rwanda on Wednesday.

[Nation] Home side Patriots Club became the first team to qualify for the Basketball Africa League quarter finals after edging Madagascar's Gendarmerie Nationale Basketball Club (GNBC) 78:72 in the Group A tie at Kigali Arena, Rwanda Wednesday.

[RSF] Journalist Paul Chouta has been sentenced to 23 months' imprisonment and ordered to pay several million CFA francs in fines and damages after being held for two years awaiting a trial verdict in Cameroon. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) deplore...

[Nation] Angolan basketball giants, Petro de Luanda came into the Basketball Africa League (BAL) with the favourites tag on their shoulders.

[Cameroon Tribune] This was during a maiden visit to GICAM yesterday May 18, 2021 to lobby for their support.

[New Times] The Ministry of Education plans to maintain initial dates for national examinations for all candidate classes despite previous changes in the second term of the academic year.

[RFI] Rwanda and France are on track to renewing strong diplomatic ties, according to Rwanda's President Paul Kagame, who spoke with Radio France Internationale and France24 on the sidelines of the France-Africa summit convened by his French counterp...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola´s daily oil production average for April stood at 1.1 million barrels, of the predicted 1.2 million barrels per day, less than 115,047 barrels of crude oil, ANGOP has learnt.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- National Assembly (AN) elects Wednesday the new Ombudsman and his deputy.

[New Times] French President Emmanuel Macron, will be on an official visit to Rwanda next week, from May 27 to 28, according to media reports from Paris.

[New Times] Kiyovu SC's hopes of ending their 26-year league title drought were short-lived as they ended bottom of Group B following a 1-2 home defeat to Rutsiro FC on Monday, May 17, at Mumena Stadium.

[Cameroon Tribune] Sally Nyolo, artiste musicienne.

[New Times] Although they won medals at last weekend's athletics competition in Lusaka Zambia, Rwandan athletes Honorine Iribagiza and Martha Yankurije (women) and Yves Nimubona (men) still have a mountain to climb to secure qualification to represen...

[New Times] Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has put focus on sports as an avenue to help recover from the effects of Covid-19 and diversify tourism offerings in the country, the board's CEO, Clare Akamanzi has said.

[New Times] The Regional Centre of Excellence for Vaccines, Immunization and Health Supply Chain Management, located at the University of Rwanda in Kigali has secured $17 million (approximately Rwf17bn) funding to strengthen its capacity.

[State Department] New York -- Thank you, Mr. President. And let me start by thanking Under-Secretary-General Lacroix, Brigadier* Namata, Ambassador Edrees, and Minister of State Daud for your briefing today

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Four of the seven United State-based Angolan basketball players, summoned to join the senior men National Basketball Team, have already been in the country since last Tuesday.