[Daily News] TANZANIA and Burundi have agreed to implement infrastructure projects that connect the two countries, in a grand move that will continue facilitating the movement of people, goods, and services.

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan has instructed the Minister for Industry and Trade Prof Kitila Mkumbo to work on all barriers facing the Tanzanian and Burundian business community.

[East African] Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan on Friday landed at the Melchior Ndadaye International Airport in Bujumbura for a two-day official visit in which she is expected to market her country as an investment destination and sign bilat...

[Monitor] Five suspected Congolese rebels were Friday morning killed in Zombo District in West Nile sub region where they had reportedly attacked a Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) detach in Zeu Sub-county.

[New Times] The Ministry of Education has announced that public transport and school buses have been arranged to facilitate candidates sitting their national exams to and from examination centres during lockdown.

[New Times] The Ministry of Health is targeting to test 106,000 Kigali residents in the next two days as part of a mass testing exercise to determine the prevalence of the pandemic.

[New Zimbabwe] The Zanu-PF government says is not concerned by the deployment of Rwanda armed forces to Mozambique's troubled Cabo Delgado region.

[East African] Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan is expected in Burundi Friday for a two-day State visit.

[Nation] Kigali -- Kenya Lionesses play home team Rwanda in the second semi-final match of the 2021 AfroBasket Women's Zone Five qualifiers at Kigali Arena from 7pm on Friday.

[New Times] There were plans to resume both the men's second division and women's football leagues this month but the recurrence of the highly infectious COVID-19 Delta variant in Rwanda has left the football governing body running out of options.

[East African] Rwanda has put its capital Kigali back under total lockdown for 10 days effective July 17 as the country battles a severe third wave that has seen fatalities increase over the last two weeks.

[VOA] Babadjou, Cameroon -- Cameroonian officials say anglophone rebels are taking a new tack in their fight to break away from the country's French-speaking-majority. Officials say the separatists have started disguising themselves as military troop...

[MSF] In a new report, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) warns of the lack of support available for survivors of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Given the magnitude of such violence and its impact, we call on the Congolese a...

[New Times] Last week, Bonheur Mugisha signed a two-year contract with APR after impressing last season with the army side which finished the campaign without losing a single match.

[Vanguard] West and Central Africa account for 24 percent of global open defecation, with 120 million people practicing it. Nigeria ranks second in the world with 38 million people, while eight countries of the region have more than five million peop...

[New Times] Tanzanian side Yanga SC has held a guard of honor for Haruna Niyonzima as a 'thank you' gesture after eight years' service that the midfielder had at the club.

[New Times] The national women's basketball team will be looking for a crucial win against Kenya when the two sides square-off on Friday in the semi-finals of the ongoing Afrobasket Zone V qualifiers.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- This Thursday, in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, African Heads of State and Government approved the Abidjan Declaration, calling on donours and international partners to mobilize resources of USD 100 billion for replenishment of the Inter...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Portuguese President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, is since Thursday night in Luanda, for the summit of the Community of Portuguese Language Countries (CPLP), to take place on Saturday.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President João Lourenço congratulated his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron on the National Day of his country on Wednesday, July 14th.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Maria Cândida Pereira Teixeira presented Wednesday her credentials to Panama as Angolan ambassador to the American country.

[Cameroon Tribune] During the last ten years nanbudo in Cameroon has been playing an important role in the development of the national sports movement.

[Cameroon Tribune] They were installed on July 14 with a call to diligent service.

[Cameroon Tribune] The National President of the Cameroon People's Democratic Movement (CPDM) has published a circular spelling out the general framework to govern the conduct of the elections.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Health authorities announced this Thursday the registration of 203 new cases of Covid-19, 5 deaths and the recovery of 36 patients in the last 24 hours.

[Citizen] Dar es Salaam -- President Samia Suluhu Hassan will on July 16, 2021 travel to Burundi for a two-day State visit, Sate House Directorate has announced.

[Daily News] PRESIDENT Samia Suluhu Hassan will make a two-day State visit to Burundi to strengthen relations with the eastern African neighboring country.

[East African] Liquid Intelligent Technologies and Facebook plans to build a metro fibre network in the Democratic Republic of Congo to connect East and West Africa by land.

[ISS] Cameroon loses about 33 billion CFA francs (almost US$60 000 000) annually through the illegal exploitation of timber. The trade may also be benefiting terrorist groups such as Boko Haram and separatist movements in Nigeria and Cameroon.

[CPJ] Lome, Togo -- Central African Republic authorities should drop their defamation investigation into journalist Landry Ulrich Nguema Ngokpélé and ensure that members of the press can work freely and safely, the Committee to Protect Journalists ...