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Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:09:55 GMT
Rwanda: Activists Protest Against Burial in France of Genocide Architect Bagosora
[New Times] Le Collectif des parties civiles pour le Rwanda (CPCR), a civil society body based in France has implored the French government not to welcome the remains of the top genocide architect Col Théoneste Bagosora who succumbed to a disease in...

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:17:04 GMT
Rwanda: Why Catholic Church Considering Cyprien Rugamba, Mrs Rugamba and 6 Children for Sainthood
[New Times] Rugamba, his wife and six children were killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 08:09:07 GMT
Angola: Alarm Over Angola President's Huge UN Travel Budget
[Nation] Civil society members and political party representatives in Angola are criticising President João Loureço's budget for UN travel.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:17:58 GMT
Rwanda: Special Olympics - Pan African Games Shifted to 2024
[New Times] The Special Olympics Rwanda has announced that the 2nd Special Olympics Pan African Games which were scheduled in 2022 has been shifted to 2024, a move that will allow more preparatory period for participating countries.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:18:28 GMT
Rwanda: Genocide Mastermind Bagosora Dies in Malian Prison
[New Times] Col Theoneste Bagosora, the man considered the key architect of the Genocide against the Tutsi, has died in a Malian prison.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:56:36 GMT
Rwanda: Music, Sports, Education - Kigali Puts On New Cultural and Very East African Face
[East African] It has been in the making over the years, now a cultural revolution seems about to come of age in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 07:14:05 GMT
Rwanda: What Next After Winning Bid to Host 2025 Road World Champs?
[New Times] History was made when Rwanda earned the vote of confidence from the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) to host the 2025 Road World Championship, becoming the first African nation to host the world's most prestigious cycling event since i...

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:34:16 GMT
Rwanda: Will Rwanda Remain Stable If and When Kagame Finally Bows Out?
[Monitor] Paul Kagame has presided over Rwanda for decades and managed to keep it stable, earning himself the name "Rwanda's strongman".

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:36:01 GMT
Cameroon: Villagers Call for Help Against Elephants Destroying Crops, Houses
[VOA] Bakingili, Cameroon -- Conflict between Cameroonians and local wildlife has led to street protests Saturday in the western village of Bakingili. Farmers and villagers say elephants are destroying their plantations and scores of houses, reported...

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:25:46 GMT
Rwanda: Kigali Answers Critics On 'Hotel Rwanda' Hero's Conviction
[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.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 07:16:44 GMT
Mozambique: Kagame Says Troops Will Stay Put in Cabo Delgado to Ensure Stability
[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.

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 08:18:10 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Hits Target in Covid Vaccination Drive, Off EU Red List
[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...

Sat, 25 Sep 2021 06:25:47 GMT
Burundi: Transforming Young People's Lives Through Social Cohesion Project
[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...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:43:29 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon's Real Estate Nightmare
[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.

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:19:12 GMT
Burundi: Rights Violations Hidden Behind Façade of Democracy, UN Commission Finds
[VOA] Geneva -- U.N. investigators are accusing Burundi's government of hiding widespread rights violations and repressive measures behind a façade of democracy. The charge comes in a report by the Commission of Inquiry on Burundi submitted to the U...

Mon, 27 Sep 2021 05:15:17 GMT
Burundi: International Scrutiny of Rights Situation in Burundi Should Continue
[HRW] Item 4 Interactive Dialogue with United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Burundi

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 10:42:41 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda's President Kagame in Mozambique for State Visit
[East African] Rwanda's President Paul Kagame arrived in Mozambique Friday for a two-day state.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 14:27:52 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Kabila ICC Trouble? Victims File Complaint Against Ex-President At the Hague
[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.

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:27:59 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Over 40 NGOs Call on Donor Govts to Intervene to Stop New Logging Plans in the Congo Rainforest
[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...

Thu, 23 Sep 2021 00:06:54 GMT
West Africa: Russia's Wagner Play Undermines the Transition in Mali
[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.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:44:39 GMT
Cameroon: Pre-Emptive Responsibility
[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...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:50 GMT
Rwanda: Construction of Kigali's Green City Delayed to 2023
[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.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:47 GMT
Rwanda: Diane Tumutoneshe on Becoming First Rwandan Woman to Do FIFA Master in Sports Management
[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.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:45 GMT
Rwanda: Four Swimmers Set for Training Camp Ahead of African Championship
[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.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:43 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Turns to NGOs for Better Management of Health Posts
[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.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 06:48:40 GMT
Rwanda/Ethiopia: Women Football - Rwanda Takes On Ethiopia in U20 World Cup Qualifiers
[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.

Sun, 26 Sep 2021 13:06:48 GMT
Burundi: With Peace Restored, President Says Poverty Is the Remaining Threat
[UN News] The President of Burundi said on Thursday that, 60 years after the country's independence, "the restoration of peace, security, stability and social cohesion are a reality" in the African nation.

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:17:03 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Mihonya Trial Shows Link Between Environmental and War Crimes
[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...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:39:52 GMT
Chad: Hissene Habre's Victims Inch Closer to Justice, Reparations
[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...

Fri, 24 Sep 2021 07:37:08 GMT
Cameroon: Rebels Use Smuggled Anti-Tank Rockets to Kill 28 People
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon's military says separatist fighters have, for the first time, used anti-tank rockets smuggled from Nigeria to attack army convoys.



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