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Tue, 28 Sep 2021 04:29:30 GMT
Africa: Rwanda - the Emergence of an African 'Smart Power'
[ISS] The country's controversial CAR and Mozambique deployments should be seen as military diplomacy in support of economic ambitions.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 13:42:04 GMT
Rwanda: Round Ups of Poor, Gay, and Transgender People Linked to Commonwealth Meeting
[HRW] Nairobi -- Rwandan authorities rounded up and arbitrarily detained over a dozen gay and transgender people, sex workers, street children, and others in the months before a planned June 2021 high-profile international conference, Human Rights Wa...

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:57:39 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Humanitarian Crisis Worsens
[CAJ News] The dust has settled on the ethnic clashes that recently left at least 12 people dead in northern Cameroon but humanitarian needs are escalating.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:59:46 GMT
Rwanda: Zim, Rwanda Trade, Investment Conference Begins
[The Herald] More than 90 Zimbabwean businesses, together with Government ministries and related agencies will court their counterparts in Kigali, Rwanda during the inaugural Rwanda-Zimbabwe Trade and Investment Conference that begins today.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 14:01:48 GMT
Namibia: DR Congo Has Till Month-End to Pay for Quota
[Namibian] The acting executive director of finance, Francois Brand, has given the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) until 30 September to pay for the 27 300 tonnes of horse mackerel freezer governmental objective quota.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:17:08 GMT
Namibia: Dry Angola Drains Ruacana Power Generation
[New Era] Decreased power generation from the Ruacana power station is linked to low water flow in the Kunene River from Angola due to a dry rainy season in that country. This was the view of Namibia Power Corporation (NamPower) spokesperson Tangeni ...

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 08:45:14 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda - a Fictive Democracy Poster-Boy
[Daily Trust] Ask any African if they know of an African nation that is not a basket case of the global concept of democracy and eight out of ten would jump at you with shouts of Rwanda. The former Belgian colony has had the five-foot-ten Paul Kagame...

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:05:05 GMT
Rwanda: Why Many Innovative Projects Fail to Take Off
[New Times] Over the years, there have been many innovative projects by different young creative innovators, but some of these ideas never come to fruition while others continue to struggle due to different challenges they face.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:45:08 GMT
Rwanda: Human Rights Watch on the Spot for Fabricated, Biased Report
[New Times] Human Rights Watch has come under fire for the umpteenth time, for falsifying reports aimed at tarnishing Rwanda, with this year's report targeting the country's hospitality sector growth strategy and inclusivity.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:30:26 GMT
Rwanda: World Tourism Day - How Travel Industry Has Helped Promote Rwanda's Heritage
[New Times] On Monday, September 27, Rwanda joined the rest of the world to celebrate World Tourism Day which among other key messages this year focused the importance of the travel industry in preserving and promoting culture and heritage.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 05:28:35 GMT
Rwanda: Thousands of Youths Turn Up for Mass NID Photography as Covid-19 Restrictions Are Eased
[New Times] Tens of thousands of youths on Monday turned up in different designated areas to have their photos taken so that their national identification cards can be processed early two years after the exercise was suspended due to Covid-19.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 07:50:17 GMT
Kenya: KQ Starts Direct Cargo Flights From Johannesburg to DR Congo
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya Airways (KQ) has launched direct cargo flights between South Africa and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:56:15 GMT
Rwanda: Covid-19 - 21% of Target Population Are Fully Vaccinated
[New Times] Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has announced, on September 27, that at least 21 per cent of the target population in Rwanda are fully vaccinated.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:55:20 GMT
Rwanda/Uganda: World Cup Qualifiers - Mashami Names 36-Man Squad for Uganda Tie
[New Times] Vincent Mashami, the head coach of the national football team Amavubi, has summoned 36 players to prepare for the upcoming World Cup qualifier games against the Uganda Cranes.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:53:01 GMT
Rwanda: No Elections for District Officials in Kigali
[New Times] All the districts in the City of Kigali will not be involved in the local government elections slated for October 2021.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:52:13 GMT
Rwanda: Miss Yassipi, Hakizimana Win Huye Duathlon Sprint
[New Times] Miss Casmir Yassipi Uwihirwe is the winner of Huye Duathlon Sprint 2021 in the women's category.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:51:32 GMT
Rwanda: RIB Transfers Top Volleyball Official Case to Prosecution
[New Times] Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) last week transferred the case of Jean de Dieu Bagirishya, the second vice-president in charge of competitions at Rwanda Volleyball Federation (FRVB), to the prosecution.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:50:16 GMT
Rwanda: Long-Serving Lycée De Kigali Head Teacher Dies Aged 62
[New Times] Martin Masabo, who has been the head teacher of Lycée de Kigali for more than 20 years, passed away Monday, at around 9a.m, close family members have confirmed.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:49:14 GMT
Rwanda: She-Amavubi on Brink of Elimination From U-20 WC Qualifiers After Heavy Defeat
[New Times] SHE-AMAVUBI head coach Grace Nyinawumuntu was left disappointed after seeing her U-20 side suffer an embarrassing 0-4 home defeat to Ethiopia in the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup Costa Rica 2022 African Qualifiers second round at Kigali sta...

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:48:16 GMT
Rwanda: Top Seed Karenzi Off to Egypt for M15 Sharm El Sheikh Tourney
[New Times] Rwanda's top seed Bertin Karenzi headed to Egypt in the wee hours of Monday morning ahead of the ITF M15 Futures Sharm El Sheikh (ATP Challenger Tour), which gets underway Thursday, September 3 in the capital Cairo, Egypt.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 06:46:28 GMT
Rwanda/Morocco: Rayon Sports Sign Moroccan Striker
[New Times] After recruiting Lahssaine Ayoub on loan from Raja Casablanca, Rayon Sports have signed another Moroccan striker, Rharb Youssef from the same club on a one-year deal.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:16:41 GMT
Cameroon: Combating Roadside Drugs - Pharmacists Call for Greater Collaboration
[Cameroon Tribune] This was during the 11th edition of the international day of the pharmacist, on September 25, 2021 in Douala.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:13:10 GMT
Cameroon: 'The Selection of Cameroon Did Not Happen By Chance'
[Cameroon Tribune] Why did you choose Cameroon to host the regional office of Afreximbank?

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:08:19 GMT
Cameroon: State House - Italian Ambassador Bids Goodbye
[Cameroon Tribune] President Paul Biya on Friday September 24, 2021 granted a farewell audience to Marco Romiti who has come to the end of his diplomatic stay in Cameroon.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 15:05:39 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon-Italy - Outgoing Ambassador Decorated Grand Officer
[Cameroon Tribune] This was during a State diner offered in his honour by Minister Felix Mbayu on September 24, 2021 behalf of the President of the Republic.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 12:45:02 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Massacre Mastermind Dies
[VOA] Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus who tried to protect them were killed, died in a hospital in Mali on Saturday.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:29:55 GMT
Nigeria: Insecurity - 330,000 Nigerians Seeking Refuge in Chad, Niger, Cameroon - Govt
[Daily Trust] The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, says 330,000 Nigerians are refugees in Chad, Niger Republic and Cameroon owing to protracted insurgency and banditry in the north as w...

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:17:04 GMT
Rwanda: Why Catholic Church Considering Cyprien Rugamba, Mrs Rugamba and 6 Children for Sainthood
[New Times] Rugamba, his wife and six children were killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:09:55 GMT
Rwanda: Activists Protest Against Burial in France of Genocide Architect Bagosora
[New Times] Le Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), a civil society body based in France has implored the French government not to welcome the remains of the top genocide architect Col Théoneste Bagosora who succumbed to a disease in...

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:56:12 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Arrests Five Policemen Over Torture Video
[Independent (Kampala)] Five Cameroonian policemen have been arrested on suspicion of torture after a video was made public showing police officers torturing a detainee, according to a senior police officer.



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