[RFI] The head of Chad's military junta, Mahamat Idriss Déby Itno, left N'Djamena on Sunday for a "friendship and working visit" to France, according to a statement from his office.

[CAJ News] Kinshasa, DRC -- INVESTORS are planning to raise $40 million towards the commencement of the Manono project in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

[New Times] AS Kigali football club has bid farewell to midfielder Muhadjiri Hakizimana whose contract run out last month.

[New Times] As Rwanda celebrated the 27th Liberation Day ceremony, the youth have pledged to keep the liberation legacy through developing their nation and sustain what was achieved in these 27 years after the liberation struggle.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Politician Filomena Vieira Lopes was elected, on Saturday in Luanda, president of the Bloco Democrático (BD- Democratic Bloc) party with 65 percent of the valid votes.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Sunday, July 4 received Ambassador Abdoulaye Diop, Mali's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Village Urugwiro.

[New Times] The Minister of Youth and Culture, Rosemary Mbabazi, has encouraged Rwandan youth to imitate the courage and diligence characterized RPF-Inkotanyi's youth during the battle to liberate the country.

[New Times] Saint-Paul rescue mission is among the best operations mounted by the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA) in the wake to put an end to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] AS Muhanga goalkeeper Emile Mbarushimana is in Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB)'s custody where he faces corruption charges connected to match fixing during the just-concluded Rwanda Premier League.

[New Times] Fighting and overcoming Covid-19 is a continuation of the work of liberation in a bid to allow the country to resume normalcy and reduce vulnerability, President Paul Kagame has said.

[New Times] Rwandans and the friends of Rwanda across the globe on July 4, celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Liberation Day, which brought an end to the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 and ushered in a new dawn for the country.

[New Times] Rwandans and the friends of Rwanda across the globe today July 4, celebrate the 27th anniversary of the Liberation Day, which brought an end to the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 and ushered in a new dawn for the country.

[Crisis Group] In his year in office, Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye has shown an appetite for reform and re-engagement with international partners. In this Q &A, Crisis Group experts assess whether ruling-party hardliners will hold the co...

[New Times] Following successive incidents where thousands of fish suffocated due to lack of oxygen leading farmers to count losses in millions, the government has said that they are thinking of incorporating fish farmers in the agricultural insuranc...

[New Times] A mining accident killed five people, on Friday July 3, in Muhororo sector of Ngororero District.

[New Times] The women's U-20 national volleyball team face the Netherlands in their opening match at the 2021 FIVB Women's U20 World Championships.

[New Times] A total of 3,200 head teachers from public and government-aided primary schools will undergo a one-year Continuing Professional Development (CPD) course that will be hosted at the nearest Teacher Training College (TTC) in their districts.

[New Times] It is not only the government's responsibility to singlehandedly fight Covid-19; civil society and private sector should also come on board, to help the enforcement of the measures in place to contain the pandemic.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, congratulated the President of the United States of America, Joe Biden, on his country's Independence Day, 4th of July.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola announced, this Saturday, 83 new infections of Covid-19, plus 139 recoveries and 4 deaths in the last 24 hours.

[ANGOP] Lusaka -- The Vice-President of the Republic, Bornito de Sousa, on Friday in Lusaka, Zambia, honoured the figure of Kenneth Kaunda, a committed pan-Africanist, lover of peace and freedom of peoples.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Head of State, João Lourenço, expressed his regret at the death, of illness, of the former Ombudsman, Carlos Alberto Ferreira Pinto, which occurred on Friday.

[DW] The UN Security Council accuses Russian mercenaries of human rights violations in the Central African Republic. Western mercenaries and companies also operate in Africa -- often in a highly opaque manner.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- There has been widespread condemnation in Cameroon of the killing and beheading of government troops and civilians, including an influential cleric, by suspected separatist fighters. Cameroonian officials say June was the b...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- With a sole goal scored by Vidinho, in the 62nd minute, Petro de Luanda qualified this Saturday for the semi-finals of the Angola League Cup in football, by beating Recreativo do Libolo, at the 11 de Novembro Stadium.

[OCHA] In the Central African Republic (CAR), the situation remains tense in Alindao after Unité pour la paix en Centrafrique (UPC) combatants regained control of strategic positions on 30 June, and following the departure of Russian bilateral force...

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns logging company FIPCAM's judicial harassment of Cameroonian journalist Nestor Nga Etoga for the past five years after he investigated some of its practices. RSF calls on the company and Cameroon's justic...

[New Times] Theogenie Mukamusonera, the eighth child in a family of nine, had a tough life growing up following the death of her father. At one point, she had to drop out of school because her mother could not afford her school fees.

[New Times] A total of 200 young players are looking forward to gracing the first intake of the Paris Saint-Germain Academy which will start operations in Rwanda in September, the football governing body (Ferwafa) has announced.

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) joins its partner organisation Journalist in Danger (JED) in the Democratic Republic of Congo in condemning an attack by ruling party activists on a TV journalist who was doing street interviews about the latest ...