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Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:16:04 GMT
Rwanda: Govt Extends School Teaching Time By Five Hours a Week
[New Times] The Ministry of Education has added five teaching hours to the weekly timetables of all primary and secondary schools in a policy shift it said was designed to fix the learning gaps caused by disruptions of coronavirus.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:55:28 GMT
Cameroon: Teachers Call for Better Protection From Conflict
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- The song "Oh Teachers" by Cameroonian singer Aunty Clo blasted through speakers Tuesday at Yaounde's city council courtyard with about 200 teachers listening.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:38:06 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Violence, Aid Access Constraints Continue to Obstruct Humanitarian Efforts - UN Official
[UN News] Violence and access constraints in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continue to hamper humanitarian operations in a context where one in three people need assistance, the senior UN official in the country told the Secu...

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:05:00 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Sexual Abuse During Humanitarian Operations Still Happens. What Must Be Done to End It
[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization (WHO) is under fire after allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse surfaced last month. More than 50 women accused aid workers from several organisations of crimes that took place during the...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 15:03:14 GMT
Gambia: U.S. Serves Court Documents on Jammeh
[The Point] Official court documents of the U.S. District Court of Maryland acquired by The Point confirmed that the Yahya Jammeh Family in Equatorial Guinea have been served with U.S. Court documents requiring their response to suits of forfeiture a...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:55:37 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Struggles With Vague Chinese Mining Contract
[Nation] More than a decade after the Democratic Republic of Congo signed, and, a year later, renegotiated a mining contract with the Chinese, it still faces the question of what really is in there.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 13:57:35 GMT
Chad: Habré Is Dead but Victims' Right for Compensation Lives On
[JusticeInfo.net] On September 15, an African Union team arrived in Chad to help starting up the Trust Fund for the Victims of Hissène Habré's crimes. Habré's victims have been granted millions of dollars of compensation by two different courts. H...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:07:14 GMT
Burundi: In Burundi's Hills, Red Hot Pepper Leads to a Farming Revolution
[East African] The mist covered the hills and a soft wind blew gently over the fragmented fields of Rwanyege village.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:41:11 GMT
Central African Republic: Militia Increase Attacks On Aid Workers
[CAJ News] HUMANITARIAN workers in the Central African Republic (CAR) are under increased attacks by militants in the volatile country.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 06:54:21 GMT
Rwanda: Passport Power Rankings Record Widest Gap in Travel Freedom
[New Times] Increasing barriers to entry over the past 18 months since the outbreak of Covid-19 pandemic have resulted in the widest global mobility gap, according to the just published edition of the Henley Passport Index.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:57:04 GMT
Rwanda: How ADF, Is Are Linked to Insurgents in Mozambique
[New Times] In October 2017, armed extremists linked to the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) launched an insurgency in Cabo Delgado, the northernmost province of Mozambique, purportedly in a bid to establish a caliphate.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 05:49:50 GMT
Chad: Zulum, Seven Lake Chad Govs Meet in Cameroon Over Regional Security
[This Day] Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Zulum, and seven other governors within the Lake Chad Basin, on Monday, met in Yaoundé, Cameroon, to discuss regional security cooperation and the path to improve stability.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:15:14 GMT
Cameroon: Surmounting Security, Economic Challenges
[Cameroon Tribune] Stakeholders are determined to find solutions to the complex crisis in the Lake Chad Basin region which is causing a severe humanitarian impact on the population.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:15:11 GMT
Central Africa: Security in the Lake Chad Basin - Minister, UN Official Analyse Situation
[Cameroon Tribune] External Relations Minister, Mbella Mbella received in audience the Special Representative of the Secretary General and Head of UNOCA, François Louncény Fall on October 4, 2021.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 08:15:05 GMT
Cameroon: The Commonwealth Education Trust - Cameroonian-Born Betty Abeng Is New CEO
[Cameroon Tribune] The 45-year-old lady had already served as a board member since 2019 before her recent appointment.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:28:51 GMT
Nigeria: Insurgency - Eight Lake Chad Governors Meet in Cameroon
[Daily Trust] Eight governors within the Lake Chad Basin, met in Yaounde, Cameroon, on Monday, to discuss insurgency and regional security cooperation.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:25:11 GMT
Nigeria: Zulum, 7 Other Lake Chad Govs Meet Over Regional Insecurity
[Leadership] Borno State governor, Babagana Umara Zulum, alongside seven other state governors within the Lake Chad region, on Monday, met in Younde, Cameroon, to discuss regional security cooperation and path to improve stability.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:10:40 GMT
Cameroon: Golf - Issa Nlareb Gets French Support
[Cameroon Tribune] The contract was officialised during a press conference at the Yaounde Golf Club on Saturday, October 2, 2021.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:10:36 GMT
Cameroon: Illegal Wealth - Pandora Papers Reveal Hidden Assets
[Cameroon Tribune] Almost 12 million documents that reveal hidden wealth, tax avoidance and money laundering by some of the world's rich and powerful men have been uncovered.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:10:30 GMT
Cameroon: 2022 Women's AFCON Qualifiers - Lionesses in Camp
[Cameroon Tribune] Some 23 players recently shortlisted by Coach Gabriel Zabo are preparing for the double-header against Central African Republic.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 12:01:20 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Bees Sweeten Relationships Between the Twa and Bantu Communities in Eastern DRC
[RFI] On the outskirts of Kabalo, a small town in Tanganyika province, Democratic Republic of Congo, the brush is buzzing with the sound of bees. Honey is a diet staple of both the Twa and Bantu communities who live there.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:52:17 GMT
Rwanda: How Citizens Can Participate in Budget Formulation Process
[New Times] The government through the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning is making efforts to increase citizen participation in the national budget through the introduction of simplified booklets dubbed citizen guide.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:51:33 GMT
Rwanda: How Genocide Survivors, Perpetrators Raised Rwf100 Each to Start Coop
[New Times] Survivors and perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, in Bugesera District, are reaping from unity and reconciliation joint efforts as well as agribusiness in which they jointly ventured with each member's contribution of Rwf...

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 10:12:22 GMT
Rwanda: Go-Karting League Returns to Kigali Arena
[New Times] Kigali Arena will host the third edition of the Go-Karting event for both the junior and senior divisions.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 09:20:28 GMT
Rwanda/Uganda: Midfielder Djihad Bizimana Ruled Out of Uganda Cranes Tie
[New Times] AMAVUBI holding midfielder Djihad Bizimana will miss the upcoming FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Qualifier match against the Uganda Cranes slated for October 7 at Kigali Stadium.

Tue, 05 Oct 2021 08:58:08 GMT
Rwanda: CAF to Build an International Stadium in Rwanda
[New Times] The President of the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA), Olivier Nizeyimana Mugabo, says that CAF has agreed to build an international stadium for Rwanda.

Wed, 06 Oct 2021 07:26:30 GMT
Rwanda/Uganda: Familiarity in Uganda Vs Rwanda Duel
[Monitor] Back -- to-back Fifa World Cup qualifying matches between Uganda and Rwanda on Thursday and Sunday are littered with so many anecdotes that the affair looks weightier than just points.

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...

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.

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.



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