[ANGOP] Lobito -- The acting Dutch ambassador, Marc Léon Mazairac, Saturday said his country planned to import avocados and lemons from Angola for consumption and export to other European countries.

[East African] Rwanda will forgo millions of dollars in tax exemptions from importers of expensive vehicles as it attracts high-end tourists into the country.

[New Times] The Government of Rwanda has kicked off the national vaccination programme for Covid-19, starting with health care staff as part of the high-risk groups, the Ministry of Health announced on Sunday, February 14.

[East African] Rwanda has started its first phase of vaccination against Covid-19 with the limited 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine administered to high-risk groups, including frontline workers.

[ANGOP] Ondjiva -- Mobilising new militants to balance and win the 2022 general elections will be main opposition UNITA party's priority in southern Cunene province this year.

[New Times] The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning has said that the Government proposes to increase the national budget for this fiscal year from Rwf3,245.7 billion that was approved by Parliament in June 2020 to Rwf3,464.8 billion.

[New Times] Health authorities on Sunday, February 14, rolled out a mass testing exercise for Kigali city residents who present symptoms of Covid-19.

[New Times] AS Kigali will need to be at their best in the second leg of the final round of the CAF Confederation Cup on Sunday, February 21 after losing the first leg 4-1 to CS Sfaxien at Stade Taieb Mhiri on Saturday, February 13th in Tunis.

[New Times] The National Post Office (Iposita) has adopted a codified addressing system that will make it possible for them to deliver packages and mails to the exact locations by use of grid code technology.

[New Times] The burial ceremony of celebrated Catholic priest, Father Ubald Rugirangoga is slated for the end of this month at his home parish in Western Province, The New Times has learned.

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[New Times] The Rwanda Cycling Federation (FERWACY) has announced that the national cycling team, Team Rwanda Cycling, will start training at the end of March ahead of Tour du Rwanda 2021.

[New Times] Top security officials from Rwanda and DR Congo on Sunday, February 14, concluded their meeting after agreeing on "a series" of recommendations and a plan of action that will help deal with security threats that affect both countries.

[New Times] The Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA), Secretary-General François-Régis Uwayezu says preparations are underway for the Rwanda Premier League which was suspended in December 2020 to resume in March.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Elections for the Angolan Sports Press Association (AIDA) will be held on 3 April, 24 years after the first ballot that elected Manuel Madureira, of Angolan National Radio, as president of the association.

[Centre 4s] A G 5 Sahel-France Summit is due to take place on 15 February in Ndjamena, Chad. Eight years after the successful deployment of French troops in Mali, the time has come for the allies to evaluate the situation so as to avoid the crumbling...

[Cameroon Tribune] They used the name of the Secretary General of the General Delegation for National Security to crook personnel of the Police Corps and the Ministry of Defence.

[Africa In Fact] In weakly institutionalised contexts, natural resource wealth tends to be a curse instead of a blessing. Where citizens are relatively powerless to hold ruling elites to account, resource wealth undermines development prospects. To t...

[New Times] Heavy rains and lightning have killed 25 people and left 51 others injured across the country since January this year, according to statistics by the Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA).

[DW] President Idriss Deby has ruled Chad for 30 years. His nomination to run for a sixth term in the April election is inflaming tensions in a country marked by economic woes and frustration with the political elite.

[Thomson Reuters Foundation] As world marks Red Hand Day, more attention must be paid to girls recruited by armed groups.

[New Times] The Inspector-General of the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Lieutenant General Jacques Musemakweli has died. He was 59.

[East African] The value of investments in Rwanda fell drastically by almost half from $2.46 billion in 2019 to $1.3 billion in 2020 primarily due to the coronavirus pandemic that affected the economy and investors worldwide.

[Nation] Australian coach Liz Mills will handle Kenya Morans in their Fiba Afrobasket Group "C"final round of qualifiers in Yaounde, Cameroon late this month.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- FC Bravos do Maquis defeated 1º Agosto by 3-2 on Wednesday in the 8th round of the national first division football championship, Girabola2020/21, played at Luanda's 11 de Novembro Stadium.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Petro de Luanda football team have been forced to leave three players due to injure, ahead of their encounter with Guinea Conakry's Horoya on Saturday in the first round of group C of the African Champions League to take pl...

[ANGOP] Uíge -- A library with capacity for 20 seats was unveiled on Wednesday in Negage municipality, northern Uíge province.

[ANGOP] Mbanza Kongo -- The works for the upgrading of the sports and cultural complex of the Cine Club Comandante Bula, in Mbanza Kongo city, northern Zaire province, are expected to be resumed this year.

[ANGOP] Lubango -- The 2021 edition of the carnival in the southern Huila Province will pay homage to six local carnival groups of adults and children that have stay put for the last ten years in the province.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The president of FIBA-Africa, Aníbal Manave, admitted Wednesday the possibility of the senior women team of 1º de Agosto to participate in the African Champions League of Basketball Clubs, although they have not won the internal c...