[RFI] Authorities in English-speaking western Cameroon have appealed for calm after a policeman who killed a four-year-old schoolgirl was lynched by an angry mob. This comes just weeks after the new school year began in the troubled region, with stud...

[UN News] A Cameroonian woman who set up her own smoked shrimp business, has been recognized by the UN's Food and Agriculture Agency (FAO) for her contribution towards unlocking the potential of selling shellfish locally and abroad.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Oil revenue surplus to be collected this year will be earmarked for the implementation of the 2021 budget's Public Investment Programme projects, said Friday the Angolan head of State, João Lourenço.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço said Friday that the country's Tax Revenue projections indicate an increase of around 26 percent of 2021 General State Budget (OGE), which is estimated at 13.5 billion kwanzas.

[Namibia Economist] The Southern African Science Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) Council of Ministers has appointed Angolan Minister for Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria do Rosário Braganç...

[East African] Sierra Leone's President Julius Maada Bio has dismissed persistent criticism for his visit to Guinea earlier this week, saying that the state visit was in the interest of his country's national security.

[New Times] Divine Ingabire, the founder of I Matter, a youth-led organisation that seeks to end period poverty and stigma to menstruation in all Rwandan schools, has been nominated for AfricTivistes Civic Action Prize 2021.

[Seychelles News Agency] A cricket team from Seychelles will participate in the T20 World Cup Africa qualifier tournament in Kigali, Rwanda from October 16 to 17.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has granted pardon to former Prime Minister Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi, who has been serving a three-year jail term handed to him last year over issuance of bounced checks.

[This Day] Nigerians living in Angola have commended the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, his Angolan counterpart, President João Manuel Gonçalves Lourenço and the Nigerian Ambassador to Angola, Prof. Monique Ekpong for the relief brought b...

[New Times] Fully vaccinated travellers to Rwanda will no longer be required to quarantine at hotels upon arrival.

[New Times] The cabinet has nominated Alex Kamuhire as the new Auditor General, replacing Obadiah Biraro, who had served for 10 years.

[New Times] Preparations for the 14th Tour du Rwanda are underway after the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) - the world cycling governing body - approved the proposed dates.

[New Times] Government has eased the nationwide Covid-19 curfew, allowing people to make movements from 4am until midnight.

[New Times] The project to construct a multibillion central sewerage system in City of Kigali is yet to take shape, which continues to expose urban dwellers to threats stemming from poor waste management.

[ANGOP] Cuito -- The Republic of Romania intends to invest in the diamond sector, with the installation of diamond exploration industries in Nharêa Municipality, central Bié Province.

[Egypt Online] Board Chairman of Egypt Post Sherif Farouk and general director of Congo post inked a cooperation protocol in the field of training, exchanging expertise, e-commerce, financial and postal services, postal security, improving postal inf...

[Cameroon Tribune] External Relations Minister, Mbella Mbella led the Cameroonian delegation.

[Cameroon Tribune] The Ministers of Finance and Decentralisation and Local Development in a joint circular letter have given guidelines for the preparation of the budget for 2022 financial year.

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[Cameroon Tribune] This was championed by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Foundation through a conference that held in Yaounde on October 12, 2021.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President, João Lourenço, said this Wednesday in Luanda that, in Angola, there is room for investors, mainly in free areas and in new exploration zones in sedimentary basins, where it is necessary to quantify the potential...

[New Times] Jean de Dieu Bagirishya, the Rwanda Volleyball Federation's Vice President in charge of Competitions, has been convicted of forgery and sentenced to two years in prison.

[WHO-AFRO] Brazzaville/Kinshasa -- Ebola vaccination began today in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's North Kivu Province where a case was confirmed on 8 October. People at high risk, including contacts of the confirmed case and first responders...

[New Times] More Rwandans have embraced the concept and importance of saving thanks to the Covid-19 circumstances that have proved that relying on day-to-day income is untenable, especially in times of crisis.

[ANGOP] Lisbon -- The Ombuds Offices of Angola and Portugal signed on Tuesday, in Lisbon, an agreement aimed at strengthening bilateral cooperation ties.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Foreign Affairs minister, Téte António, held a working meeting this Wednesday, in Moscow, with his Russian counterpart, Serguey Lavrov, to review important issues of common interest that appear on bilateral and multilateral agenda...

[New Times] Investigators have shed light on circumstances under which thousands of Rwandan children, especially girls, are lured by sex offenders, often people who are well known to the victims, including family, neighbours and teachers.

[New Times] Members of Paliament have observed that there is improvement in the integration of refugees in the Rwandan society and labour sector as 4,047 have so far secured jobs in the country.

[VOA] Human rights activist Julienne Lusenge of the Democratic Republic of Congo was recently proclaimed the winner of the 2021 Aurora Humanitarian Prize for her work with wartime victims of sexual violence. She was one of five humanitarian finalists...