[New Times] Rwanda continues to battle the Covid-19 pandemic with cases gradually rising each day.

[AI London] Authoritarian governments using Pegasus software sold by the Israeli surveillance company NSO Group Jamal Khashoggi family members were targeted with Pegasus software 'They paint a picture of legitimacy, while profiting from widespread h...

[UN News] Cameroonians who have been displaced by conflict and climate change in the north of the West African country are turning to aquaculture as an alternative source of income, thanks to support from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (F...

[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.

[UN News] Some 52,000 people have been displaced by flooding in Burundi since March this year, following the rise of waters in Lake Tanganyika in East Africa and most need humanitarian assistance, according to the UN's International Organization for ...

[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.

[New Times] Some of the suspects in the terror case involving Paul Rusesabagina and other members of FLN militia have resorted invoking the Lusaka Ceasefire Agreement, saying they should be let off and reintegrated in the Rwandan community.

[New Times] Effective Saturday July 17 the City of Kigali and eight other districts will be placed under a 10-day lockdown. As a result of the new restrictions, various government institutions have issued new guidelines.

[New Times] Meal delivery services offered by restaurants are some of the previously essential services that have been halted in 11 districts- including Kigali- placed in lockdown as part of efforts to control the spread of Covid-19.

[New Times] General Konstantinos Floros, the Chief of Defence Staff of the Greek Defence Force, said on Friday, that his Rwandan counterparts visit to Greece was opening new horizons in Greece military cooperation with Africa.

[New Times] Rwandan peacekeepers (Rwanda Battle Group III and Rwanda Medical Contingent VI) serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) were on Friday, July 16, decorate...

[New Times] The minister of health, Dr. Daniel Ngamije said that a second test to determine the spread of delta variant will be conducted on those who tested positive for Covid during the course of Kigali mass testing exercise that kicked off Saturda...

[New Times] Muslims in Rwanda are preparing to celebrate Eid-Al Adha while coping with all restrictions in place to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

[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...

[VOA] Geneva -- The U.N. refugee agency says a series of attacks by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has forced nearly 20,000 civilians to flee for their lives.

[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...