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Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:10:14 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Retired NBA Legend Dikembe Mutombo Battles Brain Cancer
[DW] NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in league history, is being treated for a brain tumor. The 56-year-old from Congo is notoriously politically engaged on his wartorn home country's behalf.

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 08:59:55 GMT
South Africa: Welcome to Kigali... Uh, I Mean Kampala
[Scrolla] Former finance minister Tito Mboweni happily tweeted on Friday that Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, was "an African example of the possible dream".

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 14:38:06 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon, Chad Say Border River Floods Displace 100,000
[VOA] Yaounde -- Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000 homeless. Cameroonian officials brought assistance to ...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 07:09:41 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Wanted Ex-Intelligence Chief Returns to Congo
[HRW] Last week Kalev Mutond, the former director of the Democratic Republic of Congo's National Intelligence Agency (Agence nationale de renseignements, ANR), emerged from the shadows. Fearing arrest, Mutond had fled the country in March 2021, just ...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 06:45:39 GMT
Burundi: Human Rights Watch Submission to the Universal Periodic Review of Burundi
[HRW] During the reporting period, many trends documented since the beginning of Burundi's human rights crisis in April 2015 persisted. In late April 2015, public demonstrations broke out in response to the late president Pierre Nkurunziza's decision...

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 04:52:35 GMT
Chad: President Delays Elections and Expands His Powers
[DW] With elections pushed back by a further two years, Chad's military ruler Mahamat Deby is set to stay on as president. He's also gained expansive new powers as part of several presential resolutions passed

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 14:13:59 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: In a Vital River Basin, Chinese Mine Dredges With Impunity
[Global Press Journal] Basoko, Democratic Republic of Congo -- In January, officials ordered Xiang Jiang Mining to cease operations near the Congo River. Nine months later, the mine is still open - and residents are still protesting.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 06:22:29 GMT
Cameroon: Armed Separatists Prevent Health Workers From Assisting Monkeypox Patients
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases.

Sun, 16 Oct 2022 06:31:17 GMT
Africa: Africa Is Not a Continent of Problems - Kagame
[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Thursday told over 9,000 young people attending the Youth Connekt Summit in Kigali that they are Africa's powerhouse and the future.

Fri, 14 Oct 2022 12:06:00 GMT
São Tomé and Príncipe: SCNL Welcomes Sao Tome Birdlife and Government Partners
[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of the implementation of the activities of the EU-funded Project, PAPFor, strengthening the Birdlife partnership is key to achieving the outcome of the PAPFor Project. As such, the Society for the Conservation of...

Thu, 13 Oct 2022 07:22:53 GMT
Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea National Day - 2022
[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend our congratulations to Equatorial Guinea in honor of the 54th anniversary of your independence on October 12.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:35:09 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Surge in Intercommunal Violence Leaves Scores Dead - United Nations
[UN News] More than 140 people have been killed in horrific intercommunal violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, briefing journalists in Geneva, that some victims had been be...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:28:16 GMT
Chad: Ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby to Create Unity Government 'In Next Few Days'
[RFI] Chad's ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has said a "government of national union" would be created in the coming days to steer the course toward new elections following a forum on the country's future.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 12:28:04 GMT
Cameroon: Soccer Authorities Slam Allegations of Magic in National Team
[allAfrica] According to Radio France Internationale, Cameroon's national soccer team and the soccer federation are using spells and magic. The October 6 report alleges that most Cameroonian footballers rush to remote villages deep in the equatorial ...

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 18:16:27 GMT
Angola: Angolans Say Government Must Act On Climate Change, Even If It's Expensive
[Afrobarometer] Citizens also want climate action from business and industry, developed countries, and ordinary people.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 06:47:06 GMT
Cameroon: Girls Call for End to School Shutdowns
[VOA] Yaounde -- In Cameroon, hundreds of displaced girls have protested the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. Close to a million Cameroonian children have lost school time in recent years due to the separatist conflict in west...

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:37:16 GMT
Rwanda: Teams Start Intensive Training Ahead 2022 World Sitting Volleyball Championships
[New Times] The 24 players of the national women and men sitting volleyball team will begin a 10-day intensive residential training camp at Gisagara Gymnasium on Friday, October 14.

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 05:21:39 GMT
Rwanda: Meet 14-Year-Old Niyomufasha, a Fast-Rising Football Referee
[New Times] Soccer enthusiasts who play from the Kamena Stadium know Emmanuel Niyomufasha, the kid who has been blowing the whistle as a centre referee while officiating matches of veteran teams since 2021.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:47:24 GMT
Central Africa: Terrorists and Poachers Take Aim At the Congo Basin's Guardians
[ISS] Park rangers need training and equipment to match the growing threat from sophisticated armed groups

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 05:01:57 GMT
Burundi: Exit of Nkurunziza's Men - What Evariste Ndayishimiye Should Do Next
[The Conversation Africa] Burundi's president, General Évariste Ndayishimiye, recently sacked the country's prime minister Guillaume Bunyoni after alleging that Bunyoni was plotting a coup against the government.

Mon, 10 Oct 2022 10:52:09 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda to Restore Drought-Resistant Trees Amid Rising Temperatures #AfricaClimateCrisis
[New Times] Researchers in Rwanda are tirelessly carrying out experiments on 20 degraded indigenous (native) tree species so as to recommend those that are resistant to drought and can sequester large quantities of carbon dioxide to cope with climate...

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 13:11:46 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Reports Increase in Mental Health Disorders Among Patients
[Independent (Kampala)] Kigali, Rwanda -- Cases of mental health disorders have increased in Rwanda since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 14:20:21 GMT
South Africa: The 145th Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Assembly Debates International Migration and End to Human Trafficking Among Other Things
[Govt of SA] IPU Assembly to debate international migration and end to human trafficking among other things

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:30:54 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Sees 100% Increase in Mental Health Care Seekers
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 07:10:44 GMT
Rwanda: Three Top Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authorities Executives Sacked
[New Times] Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente on Monday, October 10, dismissed three top executives of the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authorities (RURA).

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:59:06 GMT
Angola: President Visits Ministry of Mineral Resources Headquarters
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço Monday visited the new facilities of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, where he learned about the level of the organisation and functioning of that ministerial department.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:59:06 GMT
Angola: Secretary of State Calls for Sale of Oil to Dignify Economies
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Secretary of State for Oil and Gas José Alexandre Barroso Monday in Luanda called on African countries to use all the resources resulting from the sale of oil to dignify their economies.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:59:03 GMT
Angola: Bai Announces Sales of More Than 900,000 Shares On Stock Exchange
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) announced Monday the sale of 972,500 own shares on the Angola Debt and Securities Exchange (BODIVA).

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:54:53 GMT
Rwanda: Kina Music Eyes U.S. Market
[New Times] Kina Music Label, Rwanda's biggest record company and home to artistes such as Nel Ngabo and Igor Mabano, has unveiled plans of taking its services to the US next month.

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 06:47:30 GMT
Rwanda: Female Police Officers Undergo Trainers' Course on Prevention of Child Soldiers
[New Times] Seventeen female Police officers, on Monday, October 10, started a two-week 'Training of Trainers' course on the prevention of recruitment and use of children as soldiers.



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