[VOA] Yaounde -- Human Rights Watch said in a report this week that LGBTQ people are suffering a fresh wave of persecution in Cameroon, where same-sex relations are illegal.

[CFR] The Voice of America now has a presence in Maiduguri, providing welcome firsthand reporting on the Boko Haram insurgency. A recent report describes the gradual resumption of cross-border economic activity with Cameroon in the far northeastern s...

[CPJ] New York -- Angolan authorities must refrain from arresting members of the press covering public events, and should return all equipment confiscated from journalist Jorge Manuel, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

[New Times] On 15th April 2021, Rwanda High Commission in Kenya in collaboration with the United Nations office at Nairobi in Kenya (UNON) marked the 27th commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

[New Times] "We must work together as a group to improve the game. We need teamwork to reach our target. This way, we shall be able to take Rwandan football to a higher level"

[New Times] Patriots basketball club have edged closer to securing the signature of England-based center Prince Ibeh Chinenye ahead of the upcoming inaugural season of the Basketball Africa League - BAL.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- Twenty-two people presented slight adverse reactions, in the last few days, after taking the AstraZeneca vaccine against Covid-19, in Malanje province.

[ANGOP] Ndalatando -- At least 3,276 citizens of the priority group have already been vaccinated against Covid-19, a campaign that started Saturday in Cazengo municipality, the provincial capital.

[ANGOP] Mbanza Kongo -- At least 1,366 people have already been vaccinated in Mbanza Kongo, Zaire province, in the first three days of the massive immunisation campaign against Covid-19.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- About 2,940 people have already been vaccinated against Covid-19 in Malanje province, since the beginning of the campaign three days ago, according to the head of provincial public health department, Yolanda Mote Ndosa.

[New Times] There was a slow start to students' return to school on Thursday, April 15 as few of them showed up for the mass transportation exercise organized for them by government.

[New Times] A cabinet meeting held on Wednesday, April 15 approved a strategy for electric mobility adaptation aiming at increasing electric vehicles and motorcycles.

[New Times] A prosecutor in France has requested that Genocide suspect Philippe Hategekimana, alias Biguma, be referred to the country's cour d'assises, or Assize Court, a criminal trial court that handles cases of genocide and war crimes.

[Cameroon Tribune] Dr. Christian Dennys-McClure presented the advance copies of his letters of credence to External Relations Minister, Mbella Mbella on April 13, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] Minister Mbah Acha Rose Fomundam was in Mbengwi with 177 free driving licenses for commercial bike riders and farm inputs to enhance agriculture on April 9, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] They graduated in a ceremony at the Mboppi Gendarmerie camp on Wednesday.

[Cameroon Tribune] Some 35 athletes from five countries took part in the competition that took place in Yaounde last weekend with Cameroon and Egypt finishing on top.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola will present, in July this year, for the first time, at the United Nations, the voluntary report on the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 20/30 agenda, under execution in the country since 2...

[ANGOP] Ndalatando -- Cuanza Norte province is currently in need of a new provincial library, due to its population density and education expansion, the provincial head for Culture, Tourism, Youth and Sports, Osvaldo Caculo, has said.

[Govt of Liberia] The President of the Republic, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has arrived in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo for a two-day visit. Dr. Weah and entourage touched down at the Maya Maya International airport at 1:10 PM local time.

[New Times] Two weeks before the start of the 13th Tour du Rwanda, local side Ignite Energy Benediction Club have confirmed their final line-up. The race is scheduled for May 2-9.

[New Times] Rwanda National Police (RNP), on Thursday, April 15, conducted the rotation of its two Formed Police Unit (FPU) contingents of 320 officers serving under the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Central African Republic...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan musician Paulo Flores is due to release a new album on April 30 in Portugal and digital platforms entitled "Independence",.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan musician Paulo Matomina has released, via digital platforms, a single entitled "Patroa", whose song proposes a reflection on the value of women, going against the trend of approaches that reduce women to sex.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- 1º de Agosto defeated by 2-0 Kabuscorp do Palanca on Wednesday in the fourth round of the second division of Luanda provincial football championship.

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Authority of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States, left Ghana on Thursday, 15th April 2021,...

[LINA] Monrovia -- The President of the Republic of Liberia, H.E. Dr. George Manneh Weah, has arrived in Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo for a two-day visit. Dr. Weah and entourage touched down at the Maya Maya International airport at 1:10 PM loc...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Head of State João Lourenço is travelling Friday to Brazzaville, Republic of Congo, to witness the swearing-in of local President Denis Sassou Nguesso.

[Govt of Liberia] President George Manneh Weah has extolled the invaluable partnership he has forged with Congo-Brazzaville's President, Denis Sassou Nguesso, over the last few years when he sought to become President of Liberia. He said the counsel ...

[New Times] A few months after the Ministry of Education ordered schools to stop asking for a pregnancy test as a precondition for admission, Riviera High School has defied the directive.