[The Herald] HE mentioned our name, of course he did, as the auditorium, packed with the leaders of world football, listened attentively.

[CAF] The five African countries at this year's World Cup have been handed tricky groups at the tournament with Tunisia drawn to face world champions France while Cameroon will play five-time winners Brazil

[Premium Times] Jay-Jay Okocha ,who represented Nigeria in three editions of the Mundial, was part of the football legends that conducted the 2022 World Cup draws

[This Day] *Briefed on Chad's political transition

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon is struggling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened 6,000 people with the bacteria and killed nearly 100 since February. Authorities have dispatched the ministers of health and water to affected areas and have begu...

[African Arguments] Moïse Muhindo Kisuba believes affordable instruments and training can break a cycle of violence that has claimed thousands of lives.

[VOA] Nairobi -- The Democratic Republic of Congo this week became the seventh country to join the East African Community. The regional trade bloc, which includes Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda, now reaches a quarter of Afr...

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- KCB Group PLC has received regulatory approval from the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) to merge its newly acquired Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) and KCB Bank Rwanda

[Leadership] Troops of the Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF), have eliminated scores of Boko Haram/Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists in the ongoing clearance operations around Lake Chad region.

[New Times] Barriers impeding girls' education are believed to have been worsened by the Covid-19 pandemic.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Finance minister Vera Daves said Wednesday in Luanda that Angola would possibly resort to a bailout if the country were not capable to pay its debts.

[New Times] Rao Hongwei, a Chinese diplomat who has served as the ambassador of his country to Rwanda since 2017 leaves next month, having come to the end of his tenure.

[New Times] Spanish coach Carlos Alos Ferrer is pleased after landing the Rwandan national team coaching role.

[New Times] Rwanda Football Association (Ferwafa) on Tuesday, March 29, unveiled Spaniard national Carlos Alós Ferrer as the new Head Coach of Amavubi. He replaces Vincent Mashami, who had taken over from German tactician Antoine Hey in 2018.

[New Times] Rwanda recorded Rwf10 trillion in mobile transactions last year, data by the central bank shows, owing to the increased awareness of the benefits of digital payments.

[New Times] The 2022 edition of the annual Kigali International Peace Marathon is scheduled for May 29, the Rwanda Athletics Federation (RAF) has announced.

[New Times] The local handball governing body (Ferwahand) has rescheduled the start of the national handball league to April 23.

[Nile Post] President Museveni has said that the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) joining East African Community is an event of great significance.

[DW] A Pakistani helicopter deployed as part of the UN's peacekeeping mission in the DRC has crashed with eight people on board. The Congolese army says rebels in the country's east shot the aircraft down.

[allAfrica] Cape Town -- Coronavirus lockdowns have contributed to "soaring rates" of sexual and gender-based violence across Africa, says a new report. And "almost all actors" in the continent's armed conflicts use sexual violence as a tactic of war...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Health authorities announced 10 fresh cases and the recovery of 5 patients on Wednesday, according to Covid-19 Daily Report.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is willing to provide technical and financial assistance to companies with sustainable projects, aimed at increasing national production, with emphasis on the cultivation of soybeans in An...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Issues related to strengthening parliamentary cooperation dominated Wednesday in Luanda, the audiences that the speaker of the National Assembly, Fernando da Piedade Dias dos Santos, granted to the ambassadors of Côte d'Ivoire, Por...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Economic Commission of the Council of Ministers on Wednesday restructured the Credit Support Project (PAC) to reverse the country's continuous and strong dependence on imports.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- National Development Plan (PND) 2018-2021 had an execution rate of around 65.75 percent, according to a statement from the 3rd Ordinary Meeting of the Economic Commission of the Cabinet Council, held Wednesday.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least eight hundred and fifty eight billion kwanzas is the amount provided by the Angolan government as part of a fund for home loans.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- A mission from the African Development Bank (AfDB) is in Luanda to present to the government details of the process of defining Angola's risk rating and economic review.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least sixty-eight billion kwanzas is the amount that the Ministry of Economy and Planning (MEP) has provided to the agricultural sector, in order to improve productivity in the five-year period (2018-2022), the national director ...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Central Bank of Angola (BNA) has made available 25 million coins of 200 kwanza, presented this Wednesday in Luanda to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Peace and National Reconciliation.

[New Times] Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente has said that efforts to recover from the Covid-19 crisis must be underpinned by multilateralism and collaboration between governments as well as international organisations.