[East African] Rwanda has pushed back against criticism of the court verdict in the conclusion of the seven-monthlong trial of Paul Rusesabagina at Nyarugenge Court of Justice in Kigali. Rusesabagina was found guilty and handed a 25-year jail term.

[Nation] President Paul Kagame has praised the Rwandan troops deployed to fight insurgents in Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique for their good work fighting insurgents.

[East African] Rwanda hit the September global target of fully vaccinating 10 percent of its 12.9 million population against Covid-19 and is among countries recommended by the European Union to have unrestricted access for non-essential travel its te...

[UNFPA] GITEGA PROVINCE, Burundi--Rose Iranzi*, 24, from Mutimbuzi commune, was rarely at home. Nor did she do any housework. Instead she spent her time with her peers, looking for opportunities to consume alcohol. Her family considered her beyond he...

[East African] Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrived in Mozambique Friday for a two-day state.

[DW] As more people flock to Cameroon's cities, they are looking to buy land and settle down. But the process is fraught with uncertainties.

[East African] Former Congolese President Joseph Kabila could be in trouble after victims of his alleged misdeeds lodged a complaint at the International Criminal Court (ICC), accusing him of killing or torturing their relatives.

[Greenpeace] Kinshasa, 23 September, 2021 --  As international donors prepare to announce a purported 1 USD billion forest protection agreement with the Democratic Republic of Congo, the DRC government is planning to lift a moratorium on new logging...

[allAfrica] Washington, DC -- Reports that Mali's military junta has negotiated a prospective deal to bring in 1,000 Russian mercenaries from the notorious Wagner Group are anything but surprising.

[Cameroon Tribune] If nature cannot adapt to the whims and caprices of man, then it is left for man to readjust to the exigencies of nature. This is one of the main challenges environmentalists have not stopped reminding the population about. The inh...

[New Times] Construction of a model green city in Kinyinya sector, Gasabo District is expected to start in 2023, officials have said, following a prolonged bleak outlook.

[New Times] After five failed attempts, Diane Tumutoneshe has become the first Rwandan woman to be admitted into the world football governing body's (Fifa) master programme in sports management.

[New Times] Four national team swimmers will report to residential camp at La Palisse Hotel Nyamata for intensive preparations on Sunday, September 26, ahead of the 14th Africa Swimming Championship (CANA) next month.

[New Times] The government has embarked on a plan to hand over health posts to Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) in order to make them more efficient.

[New Times] Rwanda's credentials in the U-20 Women's World Cup 2022 qualifiers will be up for testing against Ethiopia when the two sides square off at Kigali Stadium on Friday.

[JusticeInfo.net] A former army captain who deserted to form a militia in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo was sentenced on September 21 to life in prison. Chance Mihonya was found guilty of crimes against humanity, war crimes and environment...

[VOA] Dakar -- Former Chadian president Hissene Habre was ordered to pay tens of millions of dollars to victims of human rights abuses after his conviction by a special court in 2017. But by the time he died in August, Habre's victims had still not r...

[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military says separatist fighters have, for the first time, used anti-tank rockets smuggled from Nigeria to attack army convoys.

[New Times] Rwanda has won the hosting rights for the 2025 UCI Road World Cycling Championships, becoming the first African country to organise the world's biggest cycling event since its inception in 1921.

[Monitor] The State minister for Environment, Ms Beatrice Anywar, has called for drastic action and buy-in from new legislators to fight environmental degradation, pollution and the climate crisis.

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[New Dawn] Angola Cables, a multinational provider of global connectivity solutions has launched a Sales Partnership Programme giving service providers and vendors the opportunity to market a range of products and services such as IP Transit, Remote ...

[Cameroon Tribune] The football governing body contested a GA convened by the 2009 Executive Committee and petitioned the Yaounde-Ekounou Court of First Instance which ruled in its favour.

[New Times] Preparations for the upcoming local government elections are underway. They were scheduled to take place in February 2021 following the expiration of the five-year term for the current leaders but were postponed due to Covid-19.

[New Times] The Ministry of Trade and Industries has released guidelines that should be followed by bars in order to be given permission to resume operations, key of which is the fact that all the employees of bars must have been vaccinated.

[New Times] Rwanda has set her eyes on putting in place instruments that remove barriers to trade and investment through increased collaborations with the private sector.

[New Times] The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement Jean-Damascène Bizimana has re-assured the beneficiaries of the Fund for Support and assistance of neediest survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi (FARG), saying they will continue...

[New Times] The new Minister for Justice and Attorney General, Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, has committed to the implementation of key areas of priority in his line of duty.

[New Times] The East African Community (EAC) Secretary-General, Peter Mathuki, on Tuesday, September 21, urged the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Secretariat to adapt an integration approach that is people-centred, market-driven and pri...

[New Times] Rwanda's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Vincent Biruta, has met with his Burundian counterpart Amb Albert Shingiro on the sidelines of the 76th United Nations General Assembly in New York, United States.