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Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:56:59 GMT
Angola: Elections 2022 - What Next for the Opposition?
[Maka] Attempts by Angola's opposition parties to challenge the result of last month's elections in the Constitutional Court (Tribunal Constitucional) have faltered, with just a week remaining before the official swearing-in of the MPLA's João Loure...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 10:52:04 GMT
Central Africa: Central and West Africa Home to Almost a Quarter of Out-of-School Children Worldwide
[UNHCR] Fifty-seven million children, adolescents and youth are barred from attending school in the Central and West Africa region, representing 24.1 per cent of the 236 million out of school worldwide, warn the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), the U...

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 06:24:24 GMT
Rwanda: Kagame Mourns Queen Elizabeth II
[New Times] While paying his tribute, President Paul Kagame said the modern Commonwealth is the legacy that Queen Elizabeth II leaves after passing on at the age of 96.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 06:23:41 GMT
Rwanda: Construction of Base-Butaro-Kidaho Road to Finally Kick Off
[New Times] Works to execute the stalled Rwf65 billion Base-Kidaho Road project will start by the end of September this year, according to Emile Patrick Baganizi, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Transport Development Agency (RTDA).

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 06:03:11 GMT
Rwanda: Catholic Church Takes Over Lycée De Kigali
[New Times] The government is set to hand over Lycée de Kigali, one of the most prominent traditional secondary schools in the country, to Catholic brothers of the Marist order, according to the Ministry of Education.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:58:46 GMT
Rwanda: Minister Nshuti Flags Off Cyclists Touring Region
[New Times] The Minister of State in charge of East African Community Affairs, Prof. Manasseh Nshuti, on Wednesday, September 7, flagged off a group of cyclists that departed to Uganda as part of an ongoing bicycle tour in the East African Community.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:58:07 GMT
Rwanda: President Kagame Honours Obasanjo at AGRF Summit
[New Times] President Paul Kagame paid tribute to the outgoing chair of the Africa Food Prize Committee, Olusegun Obasanjo who is also the former president of Nigeria for his dedication to farming in Africa.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 05:57:07 GMT
Rwanda: Farmers Expected to Earn, Reduce Carbon Emissions in New Project
[New Times] Carbon farming in Africa has the potential to store up to 1.2 billion tonnes of carbon or 10 percent of the carbon reduction needed to avoid the catastrophic 1.5 degrees of global warming, according to experts.

Fri, 09 Sep 2022 04:51:07 GMT
Angola: Elections 2022 - Trouble Ahead?
[Maka] Angola's 2022 election seemed to go well. International observers dubbed the poll 'free and fair' and the official election organizer, the Comissão Nacional Eleitoral (CNE), declared the MPLA the victor with just over 51% of total votes cast....

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:13 GMT
Angola: Elections2022 - Botswana Congratulates João Lourenço for Re-Election As President
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Head of State of Botswana, Mokgweetsi Masisi, on Thursday congratulated his Angolan counterpart, Joao Lourenço, on his re-election as President of the Republic.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 13:36:06 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Among Countries to Pilot Oral Drug Treatment for Covid-19
[New Times] Rwanda has been selected among nine Sub-Saharan African countries where the use of antiviral oral drug treatment for Covid-19 will be piloted.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:37:38 GMT
Rwanda: French Judges Drop Rwanda Massacre Charges Against Army Peacekeepers
[RFI] French judges have dropped a case against French soldiers deployed during Rwanda's 1994 genocide. The men had been accused of complicity in crimes against humanity.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 06:25:03 GMT
Cameroon: Separatists Attack Bus, Kill 6 Civilians
[VOA] Bangourain, Cameroon -- Military officials in Cameroon say armed separatists killed at least six people and wounded nine when they attacked a bus on a highway in the country's troubled Southwest region.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 05:11:34 GMT
Rwanda: France Drops Investigation Into Soldiers' Complicity in Genocide
[DW] Investigating magistrates found no evidence that French troops were complicit in crimes against humanity during the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:03:24 GMT
Cameroon: Separatists Infiltrate Town, Abduct Youths
[VOA] Bangourain -- Authorities in Cameroon say anglophone separatists have attacked a francophone village that was hosting people displaced by the five-year separatist conflict. Officials in the town of Bongourain say the rebels torched homes and ma...

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 10:27:06 GMT
Burundi: Govt Gets New Prime Minister in Wake of Presidential Warning About Coup Plot
[RFI] Burundi's parliament on Wednesday approved the appointment of a new prime minister after President Evariste Ndayishimiye warned last week of a possible coup plot against him.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:13 GMT
Angola: President João Lourenço Highlights Angola-Brazil Partnership
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, highlighted this Wednesday the "essential" support of Brazil in the development of African countries, especially Angola.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:13 GMT
Angola: Elections2022 - Bishop Encourages President-Elect to Preserve Peace
[ANGOP] Ondjiva -- The bishop of the Eastern Diocese of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Angola (IELA) this Wednesday encouraged the President-elect João Lourenço to work for the preservation of peace and the sustainable growth of the country.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:09 GMT
Angola: Angola and Zambia Analyze Situation of Citizens in Conflict With Law
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The situation of Angolan citizens residing in Zambia and the implementation of the cooperation agreement in the field of defence and human rights, signed in April of this year, in Lusaka, dominated the meeting between the Ombudsman ...

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:28:16 GMT
Rwanda: Prosecution Takes Over Cogebanque Officials' Case
[New Times] Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has submitted the case file of the two senior executives at Cogebanque who were arrested on September 1 over suspicion of misusing property in public interest.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 16:06:12 GMT
Angola: Angolan Striker Akwá Free From FIFA Suspension
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The International Federation of Associated Football (FIFA) put an end, thirteen years later, to the suspension imposed on the former Angolan footballer, Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco "Akwá".

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:28:16 GMT
Rwanda/Djibouti: CAF Confederations Cup - As Kigali Coach Casa Mbungo Names Squad for Djibouti Trip
[New Times] AS Kigali head coach Andre Cassa Mbungo summoned a 20-man squad for this weekend's CAF Confederation Cup preliminary round game against Djibouti outfit Ali Sabieh FC.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:28:15 GMT
Rwanda: Cricket - Rwanda Women Beat Malawi, Maintain U19 World Cup Qualifiers Unbeaten Run
[New Times] Rwanda's U19 women national team on Tuesday, September 6, beat Malawi by 145 runs in game two to keep their unbeaten run at the ongoing ICC U19 Women T20 World Cup Africa qualifiers in Botswana.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:28:15 GMT
Rwanda: Rayon Sports Warn Police Ahead of Crucial Tie
[New Times] September 8

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 09:28:13 GMT
Africa: Africa U-18 Handball Championship - Egypt Crowned Champions, Rwanda Take Silver
[New Times] Final

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 07:26:12 GMT
Uganda: Kampala Should Learn Wetlands Conservation From Kigali
[Observer] Does the pearl of Africa have some environmental lessons to pick from the land of a thousand hills? I answer in the affirmative.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 14:23:28 GMT
Rwanda: Kigali City Gets a New Transport Payment Card
[New Times] Commuters in Kigali will now have options when paying for transport fare after a new player joined the market in what is seen a major boost to the country's cashless movement.

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 08:58:06 GMT
Angola: Angola Women's Team Beat Mauritius, but Fail Cosafa Semi-Finals
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola senior women's national football team beat Mauritius 3-0 on Tuesday, but failed to reach the semi-finals of the Cosafa Cup.

Wed, 07 Sep 2022 05:09:58 GMT
Central Africa: Cameroon, Chad Truckers Protest Bad Roads, Govt Ban On Heavy Trucks
[VOA] Yaounde -- Hundreds of truckers have stopped working on Cameroon's border with Chad to protest a ban on heavy trucking into Chad, which depends on Cameroon for 80% of its imported goods.

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:36:12 GMT
Chad: Will The National Dialogue Resume?
[allAfrica] There are doubts that the inclusive national dialogue will resume today, after being suspended since Saturday due to unrest in Ndjamena. The party which boycotted the Inclusive National Dialogue had intended to organize a rally on Saturd...



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