[VOA] Yaounde -- Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French abbreviation MSF, has suspended its work in Cameroon's troubled Southwest region. The group is protesting a lack of progress toward the release of four MSF staff members ...

[RFI] The sentencing of 13 activists to one year in prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for speaking out against the government-imposed "state of siege" is an example of the curtailing of freedom in the public space, according to activ...

[Vanguard] At least 10 terrorists of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), including top commanders, were executed by its affiliates, Jama'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihad faction of Boko Haram in the North East of Lake Chad.

[New Times] Every year, just like other sectors, the sports fraternity in Rwanda holds activities to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Effective today, April 7, all sporting competitions will be put on hold for a week until April 13, as the sports fraternity joins the rest of the country to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Rwanda's international basketball referee Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza has been named among referees shortlisted to officiate the forthcoming Nile Conference games of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which gets underway from April 9-19 at th...

[CPJ] Dakar -- Cameroon's state media regulator should immediately reverse its suspension of journalists working with the privately owned broadcaster Equinoxe TV, and ensure that the outlet can operate freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists sai...

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a decision by Cameroon's National Communication Council (CNC) to suspend the head of one of the country's most outspoken and popular TV channels, one of its star presenters, and one of its leading curren...

[UN News] An estimated 6.3 million children under five, in six countries in Africa's Sahel region, will suffer from wasting this year, UN agencies and their partners warned in a publication issued on Wednesday.

[New Times] The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has introduced a mental health programme in schools in an effort to address mental health problems early among young people, the agency has said.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- An Angolan delegation headed by the Minister of State and Head of the Military Affairs Office to the President of the Republic Francisco Pereira Furtado is expected in Washington DC (US) to mark the 5th anniversary of the signing of...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa, François Fall, recognised Angola's role in addressing peace and security issues in the region.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan minister of Economy and Planning Mário Caetano João said Wednesday that the government plans to devise strategies for the graduation of Angola from Least Developed Country to Middle Income Country, focusing on gaps and adj...

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Wednesday April 6, received letters of credence from the new High Commissioner of Tanzania, Major General Richard Mutayoba Makanzo and the Ambassador of Libya to Rwanda, Ibrahim Sidy Ibrahim Matar.

[New Times] APR FC head coach Mohammed Adil Erradi is not pleased with the attitude of club captain Jacques Tuyisenge.

[New Times] Rwanda Media Commission (RMC) has warned journalists against divisionism and Genocide ideology, among other unprofessional conducts that may be committed during the commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda.

[Africa Renewal] Let's learn from the past and protect all populations from atrocities -- International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, 7 April 2022

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Felix Tshisekedi, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, is expected to arrive in Nairobi on Thursday to begin a two-day State Visit at the invitation of President Uhuru Kenyatta.

[RFI] The East African Community's (EAC) membership has grown to seven with the official admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member. The other members are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

[MSF] The organization calls for the release of four of its colleagues, unjustly detained

[DW] Rangers at the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo are said to have raped and killed indigenous people with the aim of driving them out. The park is largely funded by Germany.

[New Times] Rwandan youngster Noam Emeran is set to sign a new deal at premier league giants Manchester United.

[UN News] The UN chief on Tuesday together with the Security Council, strongly condemned an attack by suspected militia members, on peacekeepers serving in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), which left one Nepali 'blue helmet' dead.

[African Arguments] Critics say state-backed farming cooperatives have become a tool for recruiting people into the ruling party and are sowing division.

[New Times] Rwanda national women cricket team captain Marie Diane Bimenyimana is excited after the team defeated Nigeria in the final to clinch the Nigeria women T20 Invitational cricket tournament in Lagos last weekend.

[New Times] It has been a keenly contested 2021/22 Rwandan premier league so far this season with the league title being contested by APR and Kiyovu.

[New Times] Musanze FC head coach Frank Ouna Onyango believes his side is capable of eliminating 8-time champions Rayon Sports in the second leg of the 2022 Peace Cup at Kigali Stadium on April 19.

[allAfrica] April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days.

[UNFPA] Chanceline Nyiraneza's life changed for the worse when she fell pregnant at 17, while still in high school. She dropped out of school, was abandoned by her boyfriend and lost the support of her family.

[Namibia Economist] The 5th Session of Namibia -- Congo Joint Commission of Cooperation (JCC) will take place on 7 to 8 April virtually in Windhoek.