[Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian] Butembo -- More than 20 Congolese women have accused aid workers of sexual abuse in new claims that include rape and unwanted pregnancies, with United Nations investigators uncovering similar alle...

[New Times] The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) and UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, have started rolling out a new mechanism in Rwanda to prioritise general food assistance to the most vulnerable refugees.

[UN News] The United Nations Security Council strongly condemned Monday's attack on the UN peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), in which one Malawian blue helmet was killed.

[ISS] In a rare show of solidarity, Chadians rejected the military junta endorsed by international partners.

[RFI] A Frenchman has been arrested in the Central African Republic after police discovered a "very large arsenal" of weapons in his home.

[New Times] A US-based Rwandan researcher, Prof. Aristide Gumyusenge, has been appointed as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the department of materials science, making him the only black faculty member in the departm...

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian convict Jacques Calvin Eyafa has been bound to a wheelchair at the Yaoundé maximum security prison for the past two years. But authorities say that hasn't stopped him from continuing to steal money from people ...

[New Times] Ruhengeri Referral Hospital in Musanze District has opted for a strong antibiotic to disinfect its neonatal care unit after 19 prematurely born babies died in March 2021, an unprecedented death toll, according to hospital authorities.

[New Times] Celebrations of the Eid al-Fitr are expected to take place on Thursday, May 13.

[New Times] The government has started providing food and temporary shelter among other aid support to families affected by the recent heavy rains across the country.

[New Times] American Attorney Gregory Wayne Abbot has appointed Providence Umugwaneza and Lucy Taus Katz to the Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission for a four-year term, according to a statement issued by his office.

[New Times] Patriots Basketball Club head coach Alan Major has confirmed that US rapper J. Cole will be part of his squad for the upcoming Basketball Africa League (BAL) inaugural season.

[New Times] KCB Group has offered to go beyond its initial proposal of 62 per cent stake in acquisition of Banque Populaire du Rwanda Plc owned by Atlas Mara Group to acquire 100 per cent, The New Times has learnt.

[New Times] Limited education opportunities for midwives has been cited as one of the stumbling block in the growth of the midwifery profession.

[New Times] After being out of action for a long time due to injury, Amavubi and APR striker Jacques Tuyisenge has said he has fully recovered and is fit to play again at the top level.

[Cameroon Tribune] A delegation of experts from the Confederation of African Football is in the country to prepare ahead of the draw ceremony that has been billed for June 25, 2021.

[New Times] Women football clubs are accusing the local football governing body (FERWAFA) of taking decisions, most especially related to finances, which go against their wishes.

[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- Doubts and perplexities have been expressed by representatives of civil society on the application of the state of siege in the provinces of North Kivu and Ituri in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) which ...

[New Times] Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Dan Munyuza is in Tanzania where he held a bilateral meeting with his counterpart, Simon Nyakoro Sirro, on Monday, May 10, to strengthen cross-border cooperation against transnational and organized crimes...

[ENA] President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the current head of the African Union, Félix Tshisekedi has arrived in Addis Ababa.

[This Day] The European Union (EU) has budgeted ?210 million for humanitarian interventions for countries in the Sahel and Central Africa in the ongoing year 2021.

[New Times] As construction workers landscaped the field where the maternity ward at Kabgayi Hospital in Muhanga District, they discovered remains of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] The global demand for macadamia outweighs the available supply, a situation that presents a business opportunity that Rwandans can tap into, according to actors in the horticulture sector.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The National Senior male Handball Championship Interclube beat 1º de Agosto (31-29) Monday, in which the coach José Pereira "Kidó" attributed the win to the maturity and commitment of his athletes.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's national senior women's handball team performs pre-competitive training session in Poland between 24 May and 4 June, ahead of the African Nations Championship (CAN2021) slated for 8 -18 June in the Yaonde, Cameroonian.

[New Times] Rivers Hoopers' head coach, Ogoh Adaudu, has announced his final 13-man roster five days before the much-anticipated inaugural Basketball Africa League (BAL) tips off on May 16 at Kigali Arena.

[UNFPA] KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of the Congo--Dr. Natalia Kanem, the Executive Director of UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency, will be visiting the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 12 May.

[New Times] The Rwanda Mountain Gorilla Rally has been ranked among the most prestigious events in the continental series despite the competition having been postponed last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.

[RFI] Chad's military claimed victory on Sunday in its weeks-long battle with northern rebels that led to the death of President Idriss Déby on the battlefield.

[ANGOP] Lobito -- Sonamet company has trained 1,500 technicians since 2010, including welders and boilers, with a view to reducing the number of expatriates from the Philippines, India and Pakistan in the Angolan oil sector, ANGOP learned.