[East African] The United Kingdom has added Rwanda and Burundi to its travel ban red list to prevent the spread of new variants of Covid-19.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan health authorities have registered 226 recovered patients and 51 new cases in the last 24 hours.

[Nation] The Lingala music fraternity is mourning the death of former Kass Kass band singer Jean Papy Ramazani who died on Wednesday in North Seattle, USA.

[East African] Australian think tank Lowy Institute has placed Rwanda in sixth place in managing the Covid-19 pandemic and for making its information about the pandemic publicly accessible.

[African Arguments] Analysis of Rwanda's survey data reveals interesting findings about the country's youth, including a mysterious anomaly.

[MSF] In the last two years, the unrest in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo has forced thousands of people to flee their homes. Many have found refuge on the other side of the border between North and South Kivu, where they share limited reso...

[CISA] Goma -- A joint mission by the Association of Episcopal Conferences of Central Africa (ACEAC) and the National Episcopal Conference of Congo (CENCO), has revealed that people in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are living in great suff...

[Nation] Kenya dropped three places in the 2020 Corruption Perception Index (CPI) published on Thursday by Transparency International (TI).

[East African] Burundi's President Evariste Ndayishimiye on Thursday urged the country's media regulatory body (CNC) to hold an urgent meeting with media houses that were banned or sanctioned to discuss possible reopening of the businesses.

[HRW] Important Step Needs Follow-Up with Higher Level Suspects

[New Times] Testing people for Covid-19 from areas where they live, and free of charge, is an important factor showing that the Government cares about their health, Kigali City residents have said.

[New Times] ICT and Innovation Minister Paula Ingabire has been named founding board member of EDISON Alliance, a new global venture set to close the digital divide.

[New Times] Land titles are set to go 'paperless' as the government prepares to digitise the property registration process.

[East African] Uganda last week resumed repatriation of Burundian refugees from several settlements across the country, an exercise that had stopped following logistical challenges between the two countries and United Nations High Commissioner for Re...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Foreign Minister Teté António requested the support of the Indian ambassador, Pratibha Parkar, to influence her government to make Angola one of the priorities in acquiring vaccines against Covid-19, without constraints, as part o...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Minister for Telecommunications, Information Technology and Media, Manuel Homem, on Thursday expressed dismay at the death of journalist Joaquim Pereira de Almeida, who had been ill.

[New Times] Rwanda is ranked sixth globally among the countries that handled Covid-19 outbreak best, according to a new analysis that found smaller populations and capable institutions are the major factors in managing the global pandemic.

[DW] President Felix Tshisekedi is seeking to oust supporters of former President Joseph Kabila in an attempt to consolidate power. Prime Minister Illunkamba denounced the vote; an ally said that he would not resign.

[IPS] United Nations -- Central African Republic and in Niger held their presidential and parliamentary elections on 27 December 2020 to round up a challenging year where despite fears of disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, most countries in Afric...

[Egypt Online] The Foreign Ministry

[Cameroon Tribune] They include coach Anderson Sena and three footballers; Elana Zagueira, Jenifer Armadora and Juliana.

[Cameroon Tribune] Minister Mbella Mbella received the advance copies of the diplomatic documents of Ambassador Karim Ben Bécher on January 27, 2021 during an audience.

[Cameroon Tribune] Some 33 players have resumed training in Yaounde ahead of the two-legged intercontinental play-off against Chile in February 2021.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The second edition of the Kianda International Short Film Festival (Fesk-Kianda) that had as the stage the Brazil-Angola Cultural Center ended with the awarding of trophies to the winners of the various categories.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The minister of Culture, Tourism and Environment Jomo Fortunato Tuesday suggested the implementation of a national reading plan in the Angolan education system.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan senior male team of handball ranked in the 30th position of the world championship that takes place in Egypt, after being defeated last Wednesday by Morocco 29-30 in the penalty kicks.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan head of state, João Lourenço, today (Thursday) in Luanda held a private meeting with his counterpart from the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, with whom he discussed issues of common interest and related to the...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola has recorded 92 new cases, 90 recovered patients and 2 deaths in the last 24 hours.

[New Times] The positivity rate from the ongoing Covid-19 screening that is being done at the cell level in the city of Kigali is 4 per cent, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC).

[New Times] Rwanda generated $113.9 million from agriculture exports in the second quarter of the 2020/21 fiscal year compared to $120.6 million in the same period last year.