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Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:58:43 GMT
Rwanda: Prosecution Publishes Names of Sex Offenders
[New Times] The National Public Prosecution Authority (NPPA) has started publishing the names of people who were convicted of sex offences in a move that has received wide support from rights activists.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:56:49 GMT
Rwanda: Why Kigali Traders Are Turning Away From Mobile Money Payment Option
[New Times] Traders have expressed dissatisfaction with the approach to the commission imposed for payments received through momo-pay codes with some declining to accept payment through the avenue.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:29:32 GMT
Rwanda: Farmers Urged to Harvest Rainwater to Offset Shortage
[New Times] The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) has predicted a drier than usual season for the October-December period for much of the East African region.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:39:54 GMT
Central African Republic: ICC Should Pursue Higher-Level Rebel Suspects
[HRW] Confirmation of Charges Hearing in Commander Case Starts Today

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 04:42:56 GMT
Chad: Lake Chad Basin Joint Task Force - Thousands of Boko Haram Militants Surrender
[VOA] Yaounde -- The commander of multinational troops fighting Boko Haram has said at least 3,600 of the militants have surrendered since August. Nigeria-born Major General Abdul Khalifa Ibrahim spoke Sunday at the end of a visit to Cameroon.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 13:25:06 GMT
Rwanda: Genocide Kingpin Dies in Mali Jail
[HRW] Théoneste Bagosora Sentence a Lesson in Accountability

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:35:43 GMT
Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea National Day - 2021
[State Department] On behalf of the United States of America, I extend congratulations to all Equatoguineans on the 53rd anniversary of your independence.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:12 GMT
Cameroon: Catholic University - 30th Anniversary Commemoration Underway
[Cameroon Tribune] Activities will run from October 17 to December 18, 2021 in different locations in Yaounde.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:11 GMT
Cameroon: Solemnity, Demonstration of Attachment
[Cameroon Tribune] The blend of Bamoun culture and the people's love for their leader characterised the official funeral in honour of Sultan Ibrahim Mbombo Njoya on October 9, 2021.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:07 GMT
Cameroon: Centre Pasteur Cameroun - French Virologist At the Helm
[Cameroon Tribune] Dr Mirdad Kazanji was appointed by Presidential Decree No. 2021/588 of October 7, 2021.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:04 GMT
Cameroon: Consolidating Peace - Religious Dialogue As Locomotive
[Cameroon Tribune] A conference to that effect was organised in Yaounde on October 9, 2021 on the theme, «Dialogue, Inter Religion, Multiculturalism and the Consolidation of Peace in Cameroon."

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 08:46:00 GMT
Cameroon: Regional Security - Combating Terrorism Discussed
[Cameroon Tribune] This was during two separate audiences Minister Mbella Mbella granted the European Union and German senior officials recently.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:34:59 GMT
Rwanda: Zimbabwean Firm to Set Up Manufacturing Plant in Rwanda
[New Times] W2 industries, a Zimbabwean firm that is expanding its business in Rwanda in areas of development of school infrastructure and setting up school laboratories, has laid out plans to set up a multi-million dollar manufacturing plant in the ...

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 07:34:31 GMT
Cameroon: FIFA U20 Women's World Cup - Lionesses Progress to Round Three
[Cameroon Tribune] They thrashed the Leopards of the DR Congo 5-0 in the return leg of the second round African zone qualifiers on Saturday October 9, 2021 at the Yaounde Omnisports Stadium.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:51:27 GMT
Rwanda: Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Taken to Border Districts
[New Times] Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has launched another phase of Covid-19 mass vaccination with more than one million doses expected to be administered in 12 districts outside the City of Kigali within the next 10-days.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:49:57 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda to Double Lending to Agriculture
[New Times] Rwanda targets to double agriculture sector lending from the current 5.2 per cent of the total share of loans from financial institutions to 10.4 per cent by 2024.

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 05:45:11 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Enquires on Automatic BAL Qualification
[New Times] Rwanda has applied for automatic Basketball Africa League (BAL) for the tournament's next two editions (2022 and 2023).

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 16:15:35 GMT
Rwanda: Weatherman Warns of More Strong Winds
[New Times] Rwanda Meteorology Agency has predicted strong wind across the country in the next ten days, warning it could destroy more properties.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 12:20:49 GMT
Nigeria/Cameroon: Car 0-2 Nigeria Ratings - Aggressive Eagles Get Quick Redemption in Douala
[Premium Times] Awaziem brought aggression, which transmitted to the whole team, as the Eagles translated more ball possession to three points.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:07:10 GMT
Angola: Minfin Expresses Deep Regret At Death of Former Minister
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Ministry of Finance (Minfin) this Saturday expressed deep regret at the death of the former minister of the sector, Eduardo Leopoldo Severim de Morais, which occurred on Friday, October 9th, in Lisbon, Portugal, of illness.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:06:17 GMT
Angola/Gabon: Angola Vs Gabon - Race to the World Cup
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan national team, ranked third in group F with three points, seek to get ahead in the race of access to the next world cup, when they face Gabon (4th and last, with 1 point) this Monday, in Franceville Stadium, in a match f...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 14:04:39 GMT
Angola: Minister Téte António Visits Serbia
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Foreign minister, Téte António, will begin a two-day working visit to the Republic of Serbia on Monday (11), as part of the strengthening of relations between the two countries.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:59:51 GMT
Africa: Madagascar Earn First Win, Equatorial Guinea Deny Zambia, and Cape Verde Win Late
[CAF] Madagascar earned their first victory in the qualifiers for the Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup with a hard earned 1-0 victory over DR Congo on Sunday evening to revive faint hopes of battling for a ticket to the quadrennial showpiece.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 05:41:32 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: DRC's Julienne Lusenge Wins Aurora Humanitarian Award
[RFI] For more than 40 years Julienne Lusenge has been working tirelessly to help victims of wartime sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Her courage and efforts to expose perpetrators and bring them to justice were finally rewarded a...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:34:11 GMT
Cameroon: Anglophone 'Collywood' Film Industry Grabs Netflix's Attention
[RFI] Although a minority in Cameroon, the anglophone community, which makes up 20 percent of the west African country's population, is emerging as a force in the film industry. Now dubbed Collywood, four films have already been selected by Netflix, ...

Sun, 10 Oct 2021 08:29:18 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Lack of Funds Will Force Aid Cuts to DRC, UN Official Says
[VOA] Geneva -- A U.N. official says a funding shortage means humanitarian aid will have to be cut for many of the nearly 10 million people in Democratic Republic of Congo facing multiple crises because of lack of money.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 04:56:33 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Govt Reports Outbreak of Ebola Virus Disease in Beni
[Africa CDC] Addis Ababa -- On 8 October 2021, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Ministry of Public Health, Hygiene, and Prevention (MoH) reported a confirmed death of Ebola virus disease (EVD) in the Beni health zone, North Kivu province. This ...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 10:47:58 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Nurses Seek Extra Care for the Terminally Ill
[VOA] Bamenda -- Nurses in Cameroon are marking this year's World Hospice and Palliative Care Day (October 9) with visits to terminally ill patients in the country's restive North-West and South-West regions. The regions' ongoing separatist conflict ...

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:23:06 GMT
Angola: Lourenço Congratulates Armed Forces On 30th Anniversary
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Head of State João Lourenço congratulated Saturday the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) on the 30th anniversary since their foundation, celebrated on Saturday.

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 09:21:33 GMT
Angola: President Aide Encourages Defence, Sovereignty
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Minister of State and Head of Security Affairs Office to the President of Republic Francisco Pereira Furtado encouraged Saturday the Angolan Armed Forces (FAA) urging them remain firm in protecting the country's sovereignty and terr...



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