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Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:26:16 GMT
Rwanda: Regional Activists Call for More Women to Have Role in Peacebuilding
[New Times] There is need for concerted efforts by all stakeholders to preserve gains made and strengthen the capacity of women to ensure they take a prominent and equal role in peacebuilding processes.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:13:08 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Is Open for Dialogue but Says No Plans for Talks With Uganda 'Now'
[Citizen] Kampala -- Uganda has invited Rwanda for an ad-hoc meeting to discuss and verify the implementation of an agreement that both countries signed in 2019 to put an end to their long standing bilateral tensions.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:07:21 GMT
Rwanda: Zim, Rwanda in Transport Deal
[The Herald] Zimbabwe and Rwanda have partnered in capacity building initiatives and technical exchange programmes in transport infrastructure development.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:22:04 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Urged to Fix National Petroleum Reserve Shortfall
[New Times] The Parliament's Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has blamed ineffective planning on the failure by government to achieve its target in implementing the petroleum policy whereby 150 million litres of petroleum reserve would be in depots, b...

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:27:26 GMT
Rwanda/Tanzania: Simba FC Appoint Hitimana As Assistant Coach
[New Times] Tanzania Vodacom Premier League side Simba have appointed former Rayon Sports coach Thierry Hitimana as their new assistant coach on a two-year contract until the end of 2022, with an option for renewal.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:26:35 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Wins Second Game At T20 World Cup Qualifiers
[New Times] The national women cricket team on Sunday, September 12, registered their second victory over Eswatini to keep their unbeaten run during the ongoing ICC Women's T20 World Cup Qualifiers taking place in Gaborone, Botswana.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:25:00 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Will No Longer Import Maize, Wheat and Soybean Seeds
[New Times] The Government of Rwanda will not be importing seeds of maize, wheat and soya, in the coming agricultural season A and will not help the farmers that buy the imported seeds, said the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources Gerardine ...

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:24:18 GMT
Rwanda: Environment Wins As Local Investor Produces Affordable Cooking Energy
[New Times] A Rwandan company, OAK Investments, has come up with a solution to make clean cooking affordable.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:22:34 GMT
Rwanda/Somalia: APR Frustrated By Mogadishu City Club in CAF Champions League
[New Times] APR FC were left frustrated after being held to a scoreless draw by Mogadishu City Club in this year's CAF Champions League preliminary round first leg match at the Stade El Hadj Hassan Gouled on Saturday.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:21:29 GMT
Rwanda: Rwandans With Blood Group Type O Urged to Donate
[New Times] Rwandans have been called to donate blood, with focus on people with Type O blood group which officials say is in high demand at the medical facilities across the country.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:58:33 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Kicks Off Quest for Africa Women's Volleyball Championship Against Morocco
[New Times] Sunday fixtures

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 13:40:31 GMT
Angola: German State-owned Bank Fined for Angolan Loan Exposed in Luanda Leaks
[International Consortium of Investigative Journalists] KfW-Ipex-Bank, an import-export bank, had loaned more than $55 million through an Angolan bank to a brewery controlled by Isabel dos Santos.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:48:09 GMT
Cameroon: UNHCR - Refugee Needs Increase Faster Than Resources Can Cope
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The United Nations refugee agency UNHCR says Cameroon continues to be one of the world's most neglected displacement crises, with refugee needs increasing far more quickly than are available resources. The central African c...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:21 GMT
Angola: Paulo Flores Enchants At Lisbon Festival
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan musician Paulo Flores participated, on Friday night, in the first edition of the Festival Nossa Lisboa (Our Lisbon Festival), at the Altice Arena, in the Portuguese capital.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:21 GMT
Angola: Angolan Vice-President Arrives in Lisbon
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Vice-President, Bornito de Sousa, arrived in Lisbon Saturday night to attend the funeral of former Portuguese President Jorge Sampaio.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:21 GMT
Angola: Ambassador João Quiosa Presents Credentials in Ghana
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The new Angolan ambassador to Ghana, João Domingos Baptista Quiosa, presented Friday in Accra his credentials to the West African country's President Nana Akufo-Addo.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:20 GMT
Angola: Minister Reaffirms Bet On Health Professionals' Educational Training
[ANGOP] Cuito -- The Minister of Health, Sílvia Lutucuta, reaffirmed this Saturday in Cuito city, Bié province, the Government bet on continuous education process of health professionals in order to improve technical skills, management capacities a...

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:18 GMT
Angola: Covid-19 - Angola Reports 399 New Infections, 5 Deaths and 46 Recoveries
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan health authorities announced this Saturday the record of 399 new cases, 5 deaths and the recovery of 46 patients, in the last 24 hours.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:16:32 GMT
East Africa: Burundi Schools Open As Uganda Insists On Jabs First
[East African] Schools in Burundi are set to reopen on Monday September 13, after a three-month long holiday, amid a surge in Covid-19 cases countrywide.

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 10:46:28 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Violence Against Civilians in Eastern DRC Reaching New Heights, UN Says
[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency is calling for more effective measures to protect millions of civilians in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo subjected to killings, kidnappings and savage abuse by armed groups.

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 19:04:03 GMT
Uganda: Rwanda Is Open for Dialogue but Says No Plans for Talks With Uganda 'Now'
[Monitor] Uganda has invited Rwanda for an ad-hoc meeting to discuss and verify the implementation of an agreement that both countries signed in 2019 to put an end to their long standing bilateral tensions.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 06:15:05 GMT
Rwanda: Rwandair Expanding Its DR Congo Presence
[East African] RwandAir will expand its footprint in DRC this month through new routes of Kigali-Lubumbashi and Kigali-Goma, adding to the Kigali-Kinshasa one, which has been one of the busiest these past two years.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 05:27:18 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Human Rights Abuses Intensifying in Eastern DR Congo - UNHCR
[UN News] An alarming number of human rights abuses have been carried out against civilians this year by armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) said on Friday.

Sun, 12 Sep 2021 12:54:21 GMT
Angola: Sagrada Draw in Champions League Qualifier
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Lunda Norte's Sagrada Esperança drew 0-0 against Zimbabwe's FC Platinum in a match played on Saturday for the first "leg" of the qualifiers of the group stage of CAF Champions League.

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:59:59 GMT
Angola: Covid-19 - Angola Reports 315 New Infections and 9 Deaths
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan health authorities reported , this Friday, the registration of 315 new cases, 9 deaths and the recoveries of 88 patients, in the last 24 hours.

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:26:24 GMT
East Africa: Minorities Still Face Discrimination Despite Rights Laws
[East African] A recent forum held in Kigali that brought together sexual minorities from across the region, including the LGBTI community, concluded that discrimination is still rife. It is also entrenched in cultural biases and indiscriminative law...

Fri, 10 Sep 2021 13:22:37 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Agrees to IMF Deal but Players Worry Over Looming Purge of Sector
[East African] The Democratic Republic of Congo's decision this week to launch a programme meant to clean the lucrative mining sector is causing jitters among players who may have benefited from skewed contracts.

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 18:59:56 GMT
Angola: Angola Rally Team Secure Second Place At Kalahari2021
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angola Rally Team, made up of the two drivers João Lota and Nuno Santos, won today the second place, in the SXS class, of the Kalahari Rally2021, in motorsport, disputed in South Africa.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:36:57 GMT
Cameroon: 2021 Cameroon Leadership Summit - Equipping, Empowering Youth for Economic Development
[Cameroon Tribune] The conference organised in Yaounde by Strategies To Empower People, STEP, sought to change the endemic mindset of dependence on others to succeed in life.

Mon, 13 Sep 2021 08:09:49 GMT
Cameroon: UPC - Division Persists Prior to Congress
[Cameroon Tribune] The eighth ordinary congress slated for the Yaounde Conference Centre on September 11-13, 2021 is organised by the Secretary General, Dr Baleguel Nkot.



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