[RFI] For more than 40 years Julienne Lusenge has been working tirelessly to help victims of wartime sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her courage and efforts to expose perpetrators and bring them to justice were finally rewarded a...

[RFI] Although a minority in Cameroon, the anglophone community, which makes up 20 percent of the west African country's population, is emerging as a force in the film industry. Now dubbed Collywood, four films have already been selected by Netflix, ...

[CAF] Madagascar earned their first victory in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with a hard earned 1-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday evening to revive faint hopes of battling for a ticket to the quadrennial showpiece.

[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- On 8 October 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention (MoH) reported a confirmed death of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Beni health zone, North Kivu province. This ...

[VOA] Geneva -- A U.N. official says a funding shortage means humanitarian aid will have to be cut for many of the nearly 10 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo facing multiple crises because of lack of money.

[VOA] An alleged participant in the 1994 Rwandan genocide faces a possible 30 years in prison after U.S. officials deported him to Kigali, where he was taken into custody after his arrival Thursday.

[VOA] Bamenda, Cameroon -- Cameroon's Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute visited the troubled western regions this week, calling for armed separatists to lay down their weapons or be killed. Civilians and rights groups say peace will only return if the...

[UN News] Conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and a lack of funding, are leaving humanitarians with a stark choice over who to assist, the UN humanitarian affairs office (OCHA) warned on Friday.

[DW] Chad's interim parliament, built to prepare Chad for civilian rule, has finally been announced after a five-month wait. But is the National Transition Council merely window dressing for the military junta?

[Cameroon Tribune] The encounter will be the return leg of the second round African zone qualifiers for the World Cup in Costa Rica next year.

[Cameroon Tribune] The mortal remains of Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya, King of the Bamouns arrived at the Yaounde-Nsimalen International Airport on October 7, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] The traditional rulers were also enjoined to engage their community members in developmental issues and conceive their own projects.

[Cameroon Tribune] Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute's peace-building mission featured take-home documents on actions and measures to address the situation in the NW/SW regions.

[Cameroon Tribune] It donated a huge consignment of didactic materials and benches to six primary schools in the peninsular.

[Cameroon Tribune] The objective of this partnership between the UCCC and Digital Transformation Alliance is to create viable of this partnership signed on October 6, 2021 competitive and prosperous communities.

[Cameroon Tribune] They have reaffirmed their commitment to ensure that the AFCON is well organised in the economic capital.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Kinshasa -- The Ministry of Health of the Democratic Republic of the Congo today announced that a new case of Ebola has been detected in the health zone of Butsili in North Kivu Province, where a previous outbreak was declared ...

[HRW] Nairobi -- The decision in the Court of Appeal of Ngozi to uphold the conviction and five-year prison sentence for a lawyer who had been affiliated to a human rights group in Burundi was a travesty of justice, Human Rights Watch and five other ...

[VOA] Geneva -- A report by U.N. human rights chief Michele Bachelet finds some progress has been made in the human rights situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo. However, the report finds extensive violations and abuses continue unabated in N...

[The Conversation Africa] For the past five years there has been conflict in the two English-speaking regions of Cameroon, with no solution or end in sight. There have been political, social and cultural differences and antagonisms for several decade...

[CAF] Substitute Karl Namnganda scored a sensational 90th minute goal as the Central African Republic stunned Nigeria's Super Eagles at home, beating them by a solitary goal in their third Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup qualifier.

[New Times] Prosecutors are seeking life imprisonment for Ignace Nkaka alias La Forge Fils Bazeye and Lt Col Jean-Pierre Nsekanabo, two former FDLR officials who are being tried in relation to terrorism charges.

[New Times] Rwanda's woes in the 2022 Fifa World Cup qualifiers extended on Thursday evening as they lost 1-0 to Uganda Cranes at Kigali Stadium.

[New Times] The government has set up a team to investigate the cause of the fire that gutted Kibagabaga Referral Hospital laboratory on Wednesday afternoon.

[New Times] The Ministry of Environment and the Finnish Meteorological Institute have signed an agreement to cooperate in the fields of meteorology, climatology and air quality.

[New Times] The United States government on Thursday, October 7, deported Oswald Rurangwa, alias Oswald Rukemuye, a genocide fugitive who was the leader of Interahamwe militia in the Gisozi sector of Kigali during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] The United States will on Thursday, October 7, deport Oswald Rurangwa, alias Oswald Rukemuye, a genocide fugitive who was the leader of Interahamwe militia in the Gisozi neighbourhood of Kigali during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Rwanda Governance Board (RGB), on Friday, October 8 will publish the Rwanda Governance Scorecard (RGS) 8th Edition, which will among other things, reflect on the implication of Covid-19 effects on the performance of some sectors.

[New Times] Rwanda is out of the Women's U-20 World Cup qualifiers following a humiliating 8-0 loss to Ethiopia over two legs in the second round.

[DW] Civil society organizations are calling for fathers in Rwanda to have more paternity leave. But some say men's attitudes to childcare and housework need to change first.