[East African] Seven people were killed and 28 others injured at the weekend after Angolan police foiled a protest in Lunda Norte province, 656 km north of the country's capital Luanda.

[ANGOP] Cuango -- The Commander General of the National Police, Paulo de Almeida, arrived this morning in the municipality of Cuango, Lunda Norte, to investigate the circumstances of the rebellion led by elements of the self-denominated "Lunda Tchokw...

[East African] Rwanda has protested the decision by the United Kingdom government to ban passengers who have been in or transited through the country.

[New Times] Rwanda received 284 recommendations from the United Nations Human Right Council, of which the country accepted to implement 160 and took note of 75 during the just concluded Universal Periodic Review that was held last week.

[New Times] A second group made of 79,000 households in Kigali, who currently have no source of income due to the latest Covid-19 lockdown celebrated Heroes Day with food relief, on February 1.

[New Times] Rwanda will not support 49 of the 160 recommendations made by the United Nations Human Right Council that will be implemented over the next five years, the Head of the Ministry of Justice's International Justice and Judicial Cooperation D...

[New Times] President Paul Kagame, on Monday, February 1, paid tribute to Rwandan heroes who exemplified and defended the highest values of patriotism and sacrifice for the wellbeing of the country and its citizens.

[New Times] The national basketball team head coach Henry Mwinuka has dropped five players from his provisional squad, as the rest embark on intensive preparations ahead of the upcoming second window of the Afrobasket qualifiers will run from Februar...

[Cameroon Tribune] Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute on January 29, 2021 had discussions with the new Vice President of the MTN Group for West and Central Africa, Ebenezer Asante.

[Cameroon Tribune] His Holiness, Pope Francis'prayers for the suffering people of the Ecclessiastical Province delivered during the Imposition event of the Pallium on the new Archbishop, Andrew Fuanya Nkea.

[Cameroon Tribune] The discussions at the Prime Minister's Office were part of the Secretary of State at the Vatican State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin's ongoing visit to Cameroon.

[Cameroon Tribune] Even though the game pitting Cameroon and DRC was played at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, fans in Yaounde came out massively to watch the lions overpower their opponents.

[Cameroon Tribune] President Paul Biya received His Eminence Cardinal Pietro Parolin in audience at the Unity Palace last Friday, 29 January 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] The Secretary of State at the Vatican State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin expressed readiness to collaborate with Cameroon during a dinner in Yaounde on January 29, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] The charity association of the First Lady has handed gifts to former patients at the Yaounde Leprosy Centre, yesterday, January 31.

[The Conversation Africa] Throughout history, ethnic stereotypes have been used to justify mass violence, exclusion, oppression, and inequality in many corners of the world. In times of violent upheaval and conflict, ethnic narratives often come to t...

[New Times] A young Rwandan lady, a software engineer by profession, Jeanne Bovine Ishemaryayo has developed a software programme dubbed "E-Rinde" loosely translated as "protect yourself" that helps frontline workers trace persons who may have come i...

[New Times] The national football team head coach Vincent Mashami has commended his troops for showing character despite their exit from the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) 2020 hosted in Cameroon.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Interclube lost last Saturday to Sporting de Cabinda by 0-1, in their stronghold and dropped to third position of the National Championship of football of the first division (Girabola), with 10 points.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The executive director of the 2nd Edition of the Peace Biennial, ambassador Diekumpuna Sita José, analyzed Friday, strategic and operational issues with the commissioner for gender promotion and human and social development of the ...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The leaders of the Girabola Petro de Luanda saw stopped their victorious marching by drawing to zero at 11 de Novembro Stadium with the Recreativo da Caála, for the seventh round match of the National football championship of the f...

[RFI] Countries of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) will hold another summit in 10 days to discuss the situation in the Central African Republic. A summit held on Friday reaffirmed the regional bloc's support for the val...

[DW] Nearly half of those fleeing crossed over into the Democratic Republic of Congo. The national army has been battling rebels since a presidential vote took place in December.

[New Times] If things go as anticipated, the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine will be in Rwanda in a matter of weeks.

[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Hassan Ben Bachir, secrétaire permanent du Programme élargi de vaccination.

[Cameroon Tribune] Though Cameroon was declared wild poliomyelitis-free on June 18, 2020, surveillance and immunisation efforts must be stepped up because two other polio types are yet to be eliminated.

[New Times] The Ministry of Sports on December 11 suspended the 2020/21 Rwanda Premier League season indefinitely after just three match days, having found that some players and clubs had violated covid-19 guidelines, which resulted in new cases.

[New Times] Residents who often face water shortage in some parts of Kigali city and Kigali peri-urban areas are likely to wait a bit longer after Covid-19 disrupted the progress of the water supply project.

[New Times] The national football team, Amavubi was eliminated from the CHAN 2020 tournament after suffering a 1-0 defeat to Guinea on Sunday, January 31 in Cameroon.

[IFJ] Burundi's media have faced a serious crackdown and harassment by the authorities since a 2015 crisis when the government of former president Pierre Pierre Nzurunziza provoked the destruction and shut down of several radio and TV stations and fo...