[New Times] Last month Hendrik Hinkel and his colleague received a call from a resident of Kicukiro District who had seen the giant rock python in the neighborhood.

[New Times] In order to consolidate the gains made over the past few days in reducing Covid-19 cases, the government has resolved that current measures, including a total lockdown in Kigali and some eight districts in the country, will be extended fo...

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon says hundreds of civilians have fled Sagme, a northern village on the border with Nigeria, after a Boko Haram attack Saturday that left eight government troops dead and 13 wounded, according to a press release. The...

[Nation] When the dreaded Forkbombo cybergang relocated to Rwanda, their modus operandi was already known by security authorities, and they lay in wait and eventually arrested 12 individuals.

[New Times] The Government of Rwanda has allocated over Rwf27 billion to support the expansion of the school feeding programme to all students in pre-primary, primary and secondary schools in the current fiscal year.

[New Times] The head coach of the Rwanda national basketball team Cheikh Sarr has said that acknowledging the "underdog" label will be an asset for his team as they go into the upcoming final tournament of the Afrobasket competition.

[New Times] APR FC will hold a training camp in Morocco in a bid to prepare for the CAF Champions League.

[New Times] Renowned fitness coach Nelson Mukasa has become the first person in the country to introduce home live online aerobics sessions for people to keep fit and healthy after Kigali was put under lockdown due to the persistent Covid-19 pandemic...

[New Times] The districts will be able to refund the money on monthly basis from various revenue streams.

[CAF] Burundi and Kenya's Emerging Stars are through to the semi final stage of the CECAFA U-23 Challenge Cup on-going in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia.

[New Times] A 15-year-old Rwandan teen who was recently stabbed to death in London was mourned on Saturday, July 24 in an event that was characterized by calls on UK authorities to find ways of stopping knife violence, which has become rampant among ...

[VOA] Mbouda, Cameroon -- Cameroon's government has sent Defense Minister Joseph Beti Assomo, to the border between the English- and French-speaking regions amid increasing English-speaking separatist incursions into French-speaking towns and village...

[DW] The Democratic Republic of Congo is struggling to vaccinate its population amid growing cases of COVID-19. Skepticism, misinformation and poor infrastructure have forced the country to discard thousands of expired doses.

[ANGOP] Mungo -- Angola's Vice President Bornito de Sousa visited an agro-ecological farm on Friday and met with local authorities in Mungo municipality, central Huambo province.

[New Times] It was a bad day for cyclist Moise Mugisha who made his Olympics debut at the Tokyo Olympic Games after he failed to impress at the men's road race on Saturday, July 24, in Tokyo, Japan.

[East African] The 10-day lockdown in Kigali has seen thousands of residents tested and treated as the government rolls out mass testing in areas with most Covid-19 prevalence.

[ISS] 'Can new leadership transform the DRC's fortunes?' was the title of a seminar this week presented by the Institute for Security Studies (ISS) and the South African Institute of International Affairs (SAIIA). It was a good question.

[New Times] Swimmer Alphonsine Agahozo led the parade for the Rwandan Olympic delegation in Tokyo, Japan, during the opening ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Games on Friday, July 23, at Tokyo Olympic Stadium.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan handball player Natália Bernardo was the13th to parade at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Japan.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The agenda of the extraordinary plenary meeting for Tuesday (27th) was readjusted Friday, with the inclusion of the Bills on Unofficial Electoral Registration and on the Organic Law of General Elections

[ANGOP] Luanda -- National Assembly approved the resolution on the implementation of the Revised State General Budget (OGE) in the fourth quarter of 2020 and recommended the Executive to improve the instruments for assessing public accounts.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola reported Friday 224 new covid-19 cases, 202 recoveries and 4 deaths in the latest 24 hours.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan government will change the export rates and surcharges for oil derivatives, to mitigate the negative impact of illegal fuel exports on the economy and the subsidy that these derivatives benefit from in Angola.

[New Times] The Rwandan Embassy in Ethiopia in collaboration with the Rwandan communities living in Ethiopia and Djibouti on Friday, July 23, held a virtual event to celebrate Rwanda's 27th liberation anniversary.

[ANGOP] Caxito -- National Bank of Angola (BNA) launched Friday an awareness campaign on education and financial inclusion on Friday in Panguila market, northern Bengo province.

[Cameroon Tribune] he President of the National Communication Council ends a maiden tour to some media houses in Yaounde today July 23, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] Prof Elvis Ngolle Ngolle, lecturer at the International Relations Institute, Yaounde II University.

[New Times] The Ministry of Health, through Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), plans to carry out an extensive catch-up immunisation campaign targeting children who have missed out on basic childhood vaccinations during lockdown.

[New Times] Rwanda needs to significantly mobilise private sector investments in infrastructure to meet development goals in the mid- and long-term, a World Bank report has noted.

[New Times] AS Kigali have confirmed the signing of former Rayon Sports midfielder Fabrice Mugheni on a two-year deal after spending last season with Kenyan side AFC Leopards.