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Mon, 04 Oct 2021 16:39:19 GMT
West Africa: Focusing on Peace By Peaceful Means For Cameroon's Crises
[allAfrica] Welcome to allAfrica's Silencing The Guns series where we focus on peacebuilding on the continent. I am Mantsadi Sepheka from allAfrica and today our focus is Cameroon. The West African country has an escalating humanitarian crisis and is...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:08:07 GMT
Rwanda: Over 60,000 Students Fail National Exams, to Repeat Classes
[East African] More than 60,000 Rwandan students who failed the national exams will repeat their classes as the government moves to scrap automatic promotion to the next class.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 04:47:58 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon's Community Violence Adds to Lake Chad Basin Security Woes
[ISS] These clashes must be prevented from taking on a regional dimension, as happened with terrorism and organised crime.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:36:20 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: How We Helped Investigators in the WHO Sex Scandal Probe
[The New Humanitarian] London -- 'It wasn't clear whether they could help us find financial support.'

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:48:46 GMT
Chad: Twelve Darfuri Refugee Women and Girls Raped in Eastern Chad
[Radio Dabanga] Kounongou, Chad -- Twelve young women and girls from the Kounongou camp for Darfuri refugees in eastern Chad were raped by cattle herders on Sunday.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:19:27 GMT
Namibia: Namibia Bounce Back Against Rwanda
[Namibian] NAMIBIA's under 19 cricket team bounced back from their defeat to Tanzania last Friday with an emphatic 111-run victory against Rwanda yesterday.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:28:56 GMT
Rwanda: Basketball - APR 'Not Giving Up' On the Title Race, Warns Coach Cliff Owuor
[New Times] APR men's basketball team head coach, Cliff Owuor, has fired a warning to club rivals that his side won't easily give up on the title race as the team continues to work hard in the quest for their first league title since 2010.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:09:39 GMT
Rwanda: National Exams - 5 Things to Know About School Placements
[New Times] As the national examination results for primary and O'Level were announced, pupils and students who passed were allocated to different schools.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:06:41 GMT
Rwanda: Why Battle Against Illegal Logging in National Parks Is Not Over Yet
[New Times] Measures to counter illegal logging and poaching in Rwanda's national parks should maintain speed considering that the cases are still being recorded, conservation experts have said.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:52:44 GMT
Rwanda: New Report Highlights Gender Gaps, Poor Conditions for Miners
[New Times] The lack of employment contracts, insurance, personal protective equipment, and poor pay have been cited as some of the challenges that people who work for mining companies continue to face.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:34:12 GMT
Rwanda: Corporate Moves - Diane Dusaidi Appointed as AB Bank Board Chair
[New Times] Diane Dusaidi is the new Board Chairperson of AB Bank Plc, becoming one of the youngest and few women to sit at the helm of a board in the local banking sector.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:01:23 GMT
Cameroon: Economic Diversification - UN Official Applauds Government's Efforts
[Cameroon Tribune] Antonio Pedro, made the remark in a farewell audience granted him by Minister Felix Mbayu on September 29, 2021.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:01:20 GMT
Cameroon: Guinea Conakry - Coup Leader Sworn in
[Cameroon Tribune] The ceremony took place at the Mohammed-V Palace in Conakry on the eve of a public holiday celebrating the 1958 declaration of independence from France.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:01:18 GMT
Cameroon: Civil Status Registration - Second Phase Modernisation Process Launched
[Cameroon Tribune] The initiative was kick started on September 30, 2021 in Yaounde.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:01:15 GMT
Cameroon: Men's World Volleyball Championship - Cameroon in Tough Group
[Cameroon Tribune] The Vice champions of Africa have been pooled in Group D alongside France, Slovenia and Germany.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:01:13 GMT
Cameroon: Chantal Biya International Cycling Race - 12 Athletes to Represent Cameroon
[Cameroon Tribune] As preparations heighten few days to the competition, delegations of other participating nations began touching down the country over the weekend while others are announced today.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:28:11 GMT
Rwanda: Basketball - Patriots Turn Focus to Quarter-Finals
[New Times] After finishing on top of their Group, defending champions Patriots have turned attention to preparing for the quarter-finals of the Basketball league.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:23:16 GMT
Rwanda/Uganda: Amavubi Will Bounce Back Against Uganda Cranes - Haruna
[New Times] The national football team captain Haruna Niyonzima is optimistic the Amavubi will bounce back from the 1-1 draw against Kenya to get victory at home against the Uganda Cranes at Kigali Stadium on October 7.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:20:32 GMT
Rwanda: Cricket - Rwanda Bows Out of 2022 World Cup Qualifiers
[New Times] Rwanda have missed out on a chance to represent Africa at next year's 2022 ICC U-19 World Cup finals following disappointing performances during the Africa qualifiers coming to a conclusion in Kigali on October 6.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:18:03 GMT
Rwanda: Over 80% Pass PLE
[New Times] The Ministry of Education has released this year's results for Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE).

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:18:01 GMT
Rwanda: National Exams - 60,000 Set to Repeat School Year
[New Times] A total of 44,176 Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) pupils and 16,666 Ordinary Level candidates, who sat their national exams this year, are set to repeat their respective grades due to poor performance in national examinations, the Minis...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:17:58 GMT
Rwanda: Girls Beat Boys in O'level Exams
[New Times] Seven out of the top ten best performers in the Ordinary Level (O'level) national examinations are girls, according to the results released by the Ministry of Education on Monday, October 4.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 07:17:55 GMT
Rwanda/Botswana: Rwandan Forward Bertrand Iradukunda Joins Botswana Premier League Side Township Rollers
[New Times] Botswana Premier League club Township Rollers have officially acquired the services of Rwandan forward Jean-Bertrand Iradukunda.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:36:29 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Leaders of South Sudan, Uganda and DRC Arrive in Addis Ababa
[ENA] Addis Ababa -- The Presidents of South Sudan, Uganda and Prime Minister of Democratic Republic Congo have arrived in Addis Ababa today to partake in the inaugural ceremony of new government formation in Ethiopia.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 05:33:16 GMT
Rwanda: Girls Shine in Ordinary Level Exam Results
[New Times] Seven out of the top ten best performers in the Ordinary Level (O'level) national examinations are girls, according to the results released by the Ministry of Education on Monday, October 4.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:12:06 GMT
Cameroon: "Governors' Forum Would Bolster Support Towards Eradicating Terrorism, Poverty"
[Cameroon Tribune] Mamman Nuhu, Executive Secretary, Lake Chad Basin Commission and Head of Mission of the Multinational Joint Task Force.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 11:07:46 GMT
Nigeria: 500,000 Nigerian Refugees in Cameroon, Niger, Libya, Others - Govt
[Daily Trust] Kaduna -- The National Commission for Refugees, Migrant and Internally Displaced Persons (NCFR) has said that about 500,000 Nigerian refugees are awaiting repatriation from Cameroon, Niger, Chad, Libya, Mali and other countries. It also...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 06:48:50 GMT
Nigeria/Central African Republic: CAR's Wild Beasts 'Strategising' in Douala, to Arrive Lagos Today
[This Day] Ahead of the Match-day three of the 2022 World Cup qualifying clash between Nigeria and the Central African Republic (CAR), Super Eagles opponents, the 'Wild Beasts' arrived in Douala, Cameroon yesterday to fine-tune ahead of the trip to L...

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 08:44:17 GMT
Africa: New Global Probe Exposes African Leaders' Secret Offshore Wealth
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- A number of African leaders have been named by an international consortium of journalists as secretly owning assets overseas which show some of them to be enormously wealthy compared to the citizens of their own countries.

Mon, 04 Oct 2021 14:07:06 GMT
São Tomé and Príncipe: São Tomé and Principe/Angolan Missionaries' Role Highlighted
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan authorities Sunday in São Tomé and Principe praised the role played by the Angolan missionaries from the community of Teresina's Sisters, saying that the work contribute to the education of teenagers and young girls in tha...



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