[DW] The Democratic Republic of Congo said the latest outbreak of Ebola was over. It was the country's 13th outbreak of the deadly disease.

[New Times] The French court, Cour d' Assises based in the capital Paris, has condemned Rwandan national Claude Muhayimana to 14 years in prison over his role in the Genocide against the Tutsi.

[Dalsan Radio] The outgoing commander of the AMISOM Burundi contingent, Brig Gen. Telesphore Barandereka, has attributed his contingent's victories over Al-Shabaab to the existing cordial relations with Somali security forces and residents of Hirshab...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Republic of Angola was elected to chair, in 2022, the presidency of the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO), during the 41st session of the Council of Ministers of that body, held in Algeria, on December 14, 2021, by...

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

[Egypt Online] The government has approved an agreement between Egypt and Burundi on the mutual exemption of visa for holders of diplomatic, special and mission passports.

[Cameroon Tribune] Some 4,600 persons have been shortlisted to go through the final selection process to produce the 2,000 volunteers that will take care of the different sites.

[Cameroon Tribune] Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute had a first technical consultation meeting with the tripartite mission of the IMF, World Bank and the African Development Bank on December 15, 2021.

[WHO-AFRO] Kigali -- Dr. Otto Niyonsenga and Dr. Menelas Nkeshimana are two of the clinicians in the World Health Organization's (WHO's) COVID-19 surge response team deployed to support Rwanda Biomedical Centre to manage COVID-19 cases at the sub-nat...

[New Times] Rwanda's ambitious Smart Education Project is set to receive a Rwf30 billion financial boost from an agreement signed between Rwanda and China.

[New Times] The National Consultative Forum of Political Organisations (NFPO) which has been closely monitoring the recently concluded elections has described the exercise as open, fair and a transparent one.

[New Times] The recent host agreement between the government of Rwanda and the Dallaire Institute means that all the latter's continental programmes will be facilitated through the established African Centre of Excellence in Kigali.

[UN News] The latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC) North Kivu Province that began in October, is officially over, national health authorities announced this Thursday.

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

[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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[New Times] Bugesera FC defender Samuel Kato Nemeyimana insists he is having a good time in his maiden season in the Rwanda premier league with the Nyamata based club.

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[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.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan minister of Foreign Affairs, Téte António, received this Thursday, in Luanda, the Chinese ambassador to Angola, Gong Tao, with whom he discussed the strengthening of the bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan Health authorities announced this Wednesday the registration of 90 new infections and the recovery of 20 patients in the last 24 hours.

[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.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- This Wednesday Petro de Luanda beat Académica do Lobito by 2-0, with goals from Gleisson and Tiago Azulão, in a game of the 12th round of the First Division National Football Championship (Girabola2021/22), played at 11 de Novembr...

[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.