[RFI] The UN Security Council has denounced Wednesday's attack on the Central African Republic capital Bangui that left one blue helmet dead. It marks the first attack by the Coalition of Patriots for Change (CPC) rebel group on the capital, a key ob...

[The Conversation Africa] Armed men have killed at least six rangers and wounded several others in an ambush in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Virunga national park. This park is a sanctuary for endangered mountain gorillas. Staff worki...

[Africa In Fact] Scholar Richard Auty first coined the phrase 'resource curse' in 1993 to illustrate the confounding nature of the relationship between natural resource abundance and under-development. Intuitively we expect that natural resources wou...

[Monusco] United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced today the appointment of Bintou Keita of Guinea as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the C...

[CAF] FIFA President Gianni Infantino arrived in Yaounde on Friday morning ahead of start of the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN), Cameroon 2020.

[New Times] As nursery and lower primary pupils prepare to resume physical learning, some schools have cited uncompleted new classrooms as one of the challenges to welcoming back learners in the midst of the pandemic.

[DW] Government troops on Wednesday repelled an attack by armed rebels seeking to capture the capital Bangui. The conflict-ridden nation is on edge following the December 2020 election.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Construction works of Sanatorium Hospital in Luanda may end in July this year, said Thursday the Angolan Health minister, Sílvia Lutucuta, who foresees the re-opening of infrastructure by the year-end.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan candidate for the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment, Josefa Sacko, will be presented this Friday to the African Group of the Diplomatic Corps accredi...

[New Times] Medical workers have urged caution as the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Rwanda crossed the 10,000-mark, saying it is time to observe preventive measures more than ever before.

[New Times] We are doing everything possible to make the vaccines available. We applied and what remains now is to expedite the process but hopefully, by March they should be here.

[New Times] Due to accumulated rainfall and expected rains in the next three days, contingency measures should be put in place to avoid likelihoods of negative impacts associated with increased rainfall, especially in disaster-prone areas, Rwanda Met...

[New Times] The national football team, Amavubi, start the quest for Rwanda's first African Nations Championships (CHAN) silverware on Monday, January 18, when they take on regional arch-rivals Uganda at Stade de la Reunification in Douala.

[New Times] The Covid-19 pandemic has led to extraordinary human challenges in different aspects of life, and the workplace has not been spared.

[New Times] Volleyball is one of the country's leading sports disciplines, both in performance and nurturing home-grown talents.

[Namibia Economist] Brave Warriors interim coach Bobby Samaria Thursday revealed the 28 Brave Warriors for the upcoming African Nations Championship (CHAN) Finals in Cameroon.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The National Assembly (parliament) holds this Thursday, in Luanda, its first plenary meeting of the year 2021, which includes the analysis and voting, in general terms, of four legal instruments related to the Justice sector.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and Mozambique analysed aspects related to the strengthening of bilateral cooperation in the defence and security domain, in a meeting held between delegations of both countries, states an official note.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The cooperation between Angola and Cuba, in the education sector, was analyzed last Wednesday between the ministers of Angola, Luísa Grilo, and of Cuba, Ena Elsa Velázquez.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola and India intend to boost cooperation in the field of hydrocarbons, in order to contribute to a stable business environment between the two countries.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, swore in last Wednesday the Second Commander-General of the National Police (PN), Domingos Ferreira de Andrade, who wished him success in the performance of his duties.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Eighty two new positive cases, 119 recovered ones and 2 deaths is the balance of the last 24hours in the country, that sums a total of 18 425 infections recorded since the beginning of the newcoronavirus pandemic in Angola, in March...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The State-owned Angolan Diamonds Company (Endiama) recorded a global loss of two million carats of diamonds in 2020, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, a disease that has been hitting the world economy since December 2019.

[Nation] A Rwandan peacekeeper was killed and another injured in an attack on Wednesday morning by armed rebels on the outskirts of the city of Bangui in Central African Republic (CAR).

[New Times] When farmers in Bugesera District invested in watermelon growing along Lake Rweru in September last year, they were hoping to reap big.

[New Times] One week since the government banned inter-district and any other movements to and from the City of Kigali food sellers have raised concerns over the slump in supply.

[ISS] On 27 December 2020, citizens of the Central African Republic (CAR) were called to elect their president and 140 Members of Parliament amid renewed violence between non-state armed groups.

[New Times] The World Beach Volleyball Tour star 2 has been rescheduled to June this year.

[New Times] The 2021 edition of Heroes Cup Tournaments have been cancelled due to the spike in Covid-19 infections, Times Sport has established.

[New Times] Electrical installation activities carried out in all premises, whether residential or commercial, must be done by practitioners with valid permits issued by the Rwanda Utility and Regulatory Authority (RURA) effective March 1, the regula...