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Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:04:34 GMT
Rwanda: RwandAir Scoops Two Awards in Latest Global Airline Rankings
[New Times] RwandAir, the national carrier has been ranked as Africa's second-best airline for this year's world's best airlines report by SkyTrax, an international air transport rating organisation, informally known as the 'Oscars' of the aviation i...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 05:54:49 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Sex Abuse Scandal Rocks World Health Organization, But What Now?
[The New Humanitarian] Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo -- 'This is a dark day for WHO.'

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:17:10 GMT
Rwanda: We Need Quality Teachers From Zimbabwe - Kagame
[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Wednesday told a delegation from Zimbabwe led by their Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Frederick Shava, that Rwanda urgently needs quality teachers from their country.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 03:53:23 GMT
Cameroon: How Illegal Fishing Off Country's Coast Worsens Maritime Security
[The Conversation Africa] In Cameroon there is growing awareness that there's a direct relationship between illegal and unregulated activity in the fisheries sector, and maritime security in the waters off the country's coast.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:13:31 GMT
Rwanda: World Heart Day Marked With Call for More Digitalised Care for Patients
[New Times] On Wednesday, September 29, Rwanda joined the rest of the world to observe World Heart Day, an event that was for the second time running marked as the world struggles to fight Covid-19.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:09:17 GMT
Rwanda: Over Rwf5.7 Billion to Boost Skills in Tourism, Hospitality Sector
[New Times] Rwanda TVET Board (RTB) has signed a Rwf5.7 billion agreement with the European Union (EU) to produce a qualified labour force in the country's tourism and hospitality sector.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 06:42:46 GMT
Rwanda: Minister Ngamije Honours Rwandan Epidemiologists for Fighting Covid-19
[New Times] The Minister for Health, Dr Daniel Ngamije, has commended Rwandan epidemiologists for their great role in the relentless fight against Covid-19 for nearly two years since the outbreak of the global pandemic.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:16:37 GMT
Rwanda: New Law Sets Leaner District Councils
[New Times] The new law governing organisation and functioning of the district has provided that the district Council must be composed of 17 councillors. Previously, the number of councillors would vary from one district to another.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:15:37 GMT
Rwanda: Handball Tournaments to Resume in October
[New Times] Handball tournaments will resume in October after they were suspended due to the increase of Covid cases in Rwanda which resulted in lockdown of many districts.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:11:47 GMT
Rwanda/Uganda: Amavubi Players Start Camp Ahead of Uganda Cranes Tie
[New Times] The national football team, Amavubi on Wednesday, September 29 started camp at La Palisse Hotel in Nyamata ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifier match against the Uganda Cranes slated on October 7 at Kigali Stadium at ...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:10:44 GMT
Rwanda: We Are Ready to Fight for Ticket to World Cup-Ndikubwimana
[New Times] THE national U-19 cricket team captain Didier Ndikubwimana has fired a warning to rivals that the hosts are keen to grab a ticket to the 2022 ICC U-19 World Cup as the hosts open the qualifying campaign against Tanzania on Thursday, Septe...

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 08:07:23 GMT
Rwanda: Rugby - 7 Aside Tournaments to Start in October
[New Times] The Rugby governing body is considering resuming Rugby competitions beginning with 7-a-side competitions next month.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:53:53 GMT
Rwanda: Rayon Sports Sign Malian Striker
[New Times] Malian striker Sanogo Souleymane, who has been on trial at Rayon Sports for the last two weeks, has signed a two-year contract.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:35:17 GMT
Cameroon: Far North - Promising Future for Special Reconstruction Plan
[Cameroon Tribune] Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on September 28, 2021 chaired the Inter-ministerial meeting dedicated to the Special Reconstruction Plan for the Far North Region.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:35:15 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon-EU Cooperation - Parties Discuss Upcoming COP 26
[Cameroon Tribune] Minister Felix Mbayu received EU delegation led by Philippe Van Damme on September 28, 2021.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:35:12 GMT
Cameroon: South West - Cocoa, Coffee Producers' Desk Operational
[Cameroon Tribune] Agriculture and Rural Development Minister gave the kick off in Buea on September 24, 2021.

Thu, 30 Sep 2021 07:21:24 GMT
Rwanda: Cabo Delgado - Rwandan Forces Help Pregnant Woman Deliver
[New Times] Rwandan troops deployed to Mozambique's northernmost province, Cabo Delgado, are not only focused on fighting the terrorists in the restive region where they have been deployed for nearly three months now.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 10:17:40 GMT
Southern Africa: South Africa Edge Malawi, Angola and Mozambique Draw
[Cosafa] Hosts and holders South Africa claimed a 2-1 victory over Malawi, while Mozambique and Angola played to a 2-2 draw in the opening Group A matches at the 2021 COSAFA Women's Championship in Nelson Mandela Bay on Tuesday.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:48:36 GMT
Chad: Victims of Habré's Rule Haven't Been Paid a Cent of the Compensation Due to Them
[The Conversation Africa] What happens when survivors of atrocities are granted a large sum of reparations but the court which ordered the reparations has disappeared and the person responsible for paying the reparations has died?

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:11:21 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Abuse Allegations 'A Sickening Betrayal of the People We Serve' - WHO Chief
[UN News] Sexual abuse and exploitation allegedly carried out by World Health Organization (WHO) staff during the UN health agency's response to an Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is "a sickening betrayal of the people we...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 06:09:08 GMT
Rwanda: Muvunyi to Retire After 2024 Paris Paralympics
[New Times] Paralympian Hermas Cliff Muvunyi has announced that he will retire after competing at the 2024 Paris Paralympics.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:43:54 GMT
Rwanda: Biruta Implores Rwanda, Zimbabwean Private Sectors to Leverage Trade Pacts
[New Times] Private sector players in Rwanda and Zimbabwe have been urged to take advantage of the available tools for development and sustainable growth in Africa such as the Africa Continental Free Trade Area Agreement.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:43:11 GMT
Rwanda: Call for Stronger Trade Ties as Zimbabwean Embassy is Opened in Kigali
[New Times] The Republic of Zimbabwe officially inaugurated its resident embassy in Kigali on September 28.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:42:02 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Police Peacekeepers in South Sudan Awarded 'UN Service Medal'
[New Times] The United Nations, on Tuesday, September 28, awarded the 'Peacekeeping Service Medal' to Rwandan Police peacekeepers serving under its mission in South Sudan (UNMISS).

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:40:19 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Football League Postponed to October 30
[New Times] The national football governing body, Ferwafa has confirmed that the 2021/22 national football season will kick off on October 30 from the initial date of October 17.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:38:50 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda, Zimbabwe Sign Five Pacts to Boost Trade
[New Times] Rwanda and Zimbabwe have signed five cooperation agreements in ICT and e-governance, environment and climate change, agriculture and livestock, tourism and business events

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:37:09 GMT
Rwanda: Masabo Eulogised as a 'Passionate Educationist'
[New Times] Friends, students and colleagues of late Martin Masabo, are mourning the 64-year-old, describing him as a man who had sacrificed his life to deliver quality education for all Rwandan generations.

Tue, 28 Sep 2021 12:57:03 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda - Bagosora, A Major Player in a Genocide Without Mastermind
[JusticeInfo.net] The death, on 25 September, of the man who was presented as the brains behind the 1994 genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda, attracted little media attention. Sociologist and Rwanda specialist André Guichaoua looks back at the journey ...

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:47:57 GMT
Cameroon: Fight Against Accident - Monitoring Intelligence Device in Place
[Cameroon Tribune] The Minister of Transport says the first phase to be carried out nationwide will last for one month.

Wed, 29 Sep 2021 07:47:55 GMT
Cameroon: Charlotte Fuh Timben - Dreaming Big in Nollywood
[Cameroon Tribune] The rising actress who hails from Bamenda in the North West Region wants to conquer the Nigerian Film Industry.



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