[DW] The number of people killed in the blasts in Bata more than tripled from the initial estimates. The president attributed the explosions to "negligence" and ordered a probe into the incident.

[DW] Child soldiers and other victims of Congolese militia leader Bosco Ntaganda are to be awarded millions of dollars by the International Criminal Court.

[East African] Kinshasa -- Legendary TPOK Jazz singer Josky Kiambukuta died in a Kinshasa hospital on Sunday.

[New Times] As Rwanda joined the rest of the world to celebrate the International Women's Day, on Monday, March 8, President Paul Kagame called on both local and international communities to combat gender disparity and exclusion,

[Daily Maverick] The Joe Biden administration has reinstated Magnitsky sanctions on Israeli businessman Dan Gertler for 'extensive public corruption' in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), overturning a secretive and irregular action carried out ...

[DW] In eastern Congo, militias killed more than 2,000 people in 2020. The many rebel groups in the volatile region have several women as members. DW met a female combatant who was a victim of violence before taking up arms.

[Monitor] Once upon a time, the East African Community (EAC), a six-member regional bloc of Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda and South Sudan - admitted in 2016 - was both vibrant and buoyant. Not just to keen observers, but anyone could tell ...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Covid-19 vaccination in elderly people and with underlying diseases in Luanda will start on Tuesday, the Health minister announced Monday.

[HRW] Nairobi -- Drop Baseless Charges; Investigate Intelligence Service

[New Times] As agricultural season B nears, the Ministry of Agricultural and Animal Resources has called on farmers to embrace the use of fertilizers considering that low uptake is derailing efforts to increase productivity.

[New Times] By the end of business on the first day of Covid-19 vaccination in Rwanda a total of 75,056 people had been vaccinated, and so far, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC), no side effects have been reported.

[New Times] A total of 75,056 people received Covid-19 vaccine jabs on Friday, March 5, as the vaccination exercise kicked-off country-wide.

[East African] The East African Community member states are eyeing the Democratic Republic of Congo market of 86.7 million people and are eager to have the vast country join the bloc.

[New Times] The President of the European Union (EU) Council, Charles Michel, on Monday, March 8, applauded Rwanda's Covid-19 vaccination exercise.

[East African] Rwanda kicked off its first phase of countrywide vaccinations on March 5. It targets high risk groups including frontline and healthcare workers, elderly people above 65 years of age, those with underlying conditions and disabilities.

[New Times] First Lady Jeannette Kagame has called for ways to ensure that the gender-friendly policies put in place by the government will sink into the lower parts of society.

[New Times] Five Rwandans were on Sunday, March 7, deported from Uganda after being illegally detained in the country for varying periods.

[New Times] The President of the European Union Council, Charles Michel, and the Secretary-General of Organisation internationale de la francophinie (OIF), Louise Mushikiwabo, on Sunday, March 7 graced a Covid-19 vaccination exercise at Mayange Healt...

[Cameroon Tribune] Today's edition of the newspaper has been exclusively managed by the female staff of the newsroom.

[Cameroon Tribune] Minister Felix Mbayu on March 5, 2021 received in audience the Acting Ambassador of the United States to Cameroon, Vernelle Trim Fitzpatrick.

[Cameroon Tribune] This was on Friday March 5, when female workers from the regional delegation of Labour and Social Security went visiting.

[Cameroon Tribune] Cameroon's Penal Code and the National Gender Policy Document are some of the tools used by the government to empower women in the country.

[Cameroon Tribune] Below is the special of the Prime Minister, Head of Government, Joseph Dion Ngute on March 5, 2021 in the ongoing Government Response Strategy against the COVID-19 pandemic.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola has defended the participation of women in peace processes, considering this to be crucial in the quest for sustainable solutions to conflicts and in dynamic changes involving world pacification and security.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The South African and British variants of the Covid-19 virus have been detected in Angola, on passengers who arrived from abroad.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan government has secured jobs for 24,586 women from 2019 to date, the minister for Social Action, Family and Women Promotion, Faustina Alves, said Monday in Luanda.

[New Times] Paralympian Hermas Cliff Muvunyi has started preparations for the 2021 Paralympic Games, where he will be one of the few athletes that will represent Rwanda.

[Cameroon Tribune] Caiman Girls of Douala and FC Ebolowa Girls played the kick-off game of the Guinness Super League in Douala on Saturday March 6, 2021.

[RFI] A young film company is taking over the scene in the Cameroonian capital Yaoundé: Gurl Boss Production, as the name implies, is a production company for women, by women.

[This Day] President Muhammadu Buhari has condoled with his Equatorial Guinea counterpart, President Teodoro Obiang Mbasogo, over the explosions at a military base in Bata which has wreaked havoc in the city.