[HRW] Address Shocking Toll on Students, Teachers, Schools

[CFR] American policy in Africa has not always empowered those fighting on behalf of democracy--and sometimes even supports anti-democratic forces--taking away from its stated aim of promoting democracy abroad.

[New Frame] Laws to protect disabled people are not enforced in the central African nation, leaving many without jobs. But a local organisation is helping equip disabled women for work.

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[HRW] How a Teacher Finds the Courage to Do Her Job Despite Risks to Her Life

[New Times] Thirty-year-old Martina Mutoni (real names withheld on request), a scientist with a master's degree in her field of work was seriously contemplating suicide in August 2020.

[Cameroon Tribune] The digital phase of the programme that started in 2006 was launched yesterday in some schools in Yaounde.

[New Times] The Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning (MINECOFIN) has informed taxpayers with taxable plots of land that the 2021 land tax will be paid using the same tax rates of 2020.

[New Times] The High Court has reduced by half, the prison sentence handed last year to the former state minister for primary and secondary education, giving him a five year sentence which was also suspended.

[New Times] Statistics show that 63 per cent of working females are in agriculture related occupations, as compared to 43 percent among males.

[Cameroon Tribune] After emerging second in the President's Cup Group I with four points, the Lionesses will meet Tunisia today in the 27/28 placement match.

[Cameroon Tribune] The deal was sealed between the Ministry of Social Affairs and the RADD NGO, yesterday December 14, 2021.

[Cameroon Tribune] Some 1,000 scholarship in terms of Certification will be offered to Cameroonian companies.

[Cameroon Tribune] The sector has a strong potential for job creation that will be beneficial for youths of both Cameroon and Nigeria.

[New Times] Rwanda progressed the most, after Tanzania, in regional countries that opened to visitors from other African countries as well as African Union initiatives in the last five years.

[New Times] The East African Law Society (EALS) has criticised the decision by Kenya's National Assembly to block Rwandan and Burundian advocates from practicing in the country, describing the move as a force impeding the unity and integration of the...

[New Times] The minister and his entourage were briefed on the current operations by Rwanda security forces in their area of operations in Cabo Delgado.

[Cameroon Tribune] A delegation from the Confederation of African Football inspected construction works at the sports facility yesterday December 14, 2021.

[New Times] Night clubs and live performances, among other activities, will not be operational for a period of one month, subject to review.

[New Times] The 2020-19 Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS) designed to provide data for monitoring the population and health situation in Rwanda was disseminated on December 14.

[New Times] Senegalese national football team, "Les Lions de la Téranga", and Guinea's Syli Nationale have asked to play friendly matches against the national team, Amavubi in Kigali as they prepare for the Africa cup of nations tournament in Camero...

[New Times] Gorilla FC will be looking forward to getting their first win of the season when they travel away to face Gasogi United in the Rwanda premier league on Friday afternoon.

[New Times] Just as grass withers and finally fades away in the dry season, 2021 is definitely at its twilight and in just two and half weeks, it will be embedded in history as we usher in a new year.

[New Times] Rwanda becomes the second East African country to record the variant after Uganda.

[New Times] There are many Rwandan talented youngsters scattered all across Europe and other parts of the globe who can turn around the dwindling fortunes of the national football team, Amavubi.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has called for renewed commitment from African governments and national parliaments to increase domestic financing for health in Africa.

[VOA] Congolese rumba is among at least nine new entries on UNESCO's "representative list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity."

[Quincy Institute] Washington, DC -- In the first Cold War, the Truman Doctrine laid out the premises for prioritizing an anti-communist crusade that lasted an entire generation and served as the pretext for U.S. support for apartheid South Africa an...

[The Conversation Africa] Rhino translocations have become a critical tool in the arsenal for the protection of these endangered animals. Recently, 30 white rhinos were flown into Rwanda from South Africa and introduced into the Akagera National Park...

[Nile Post] The UPDF and the Congolese army have launched yet another air and artillery strikes against three more ADF camps in the thick DRC forests, the Ugandan army has said.