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Mon, 03 Jan 2022 08:41:03 GMT
Cameroon: Human Life Is Irreplaceable!
[Cameroon Tribune] Songs on vaccinations or call it, immunisation, have been loud from time immemorial but it is regrettable that some people still show disdain to the process which is solely life-saving. Stakeholders hold that vaccination saves the ...

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 08:37:29 GMT
Africa: Red Devils' Fairy Tale of 1972
[CAF] Congo first took part in the Africa Cup of Nations in 1968. But their second appearance was one to remember when Les Diables Rouges (Red Devils) returned from Cameroon holding the continent's most precious trophy.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:31:56 GMT
Rwanda: WHO Boss Backs Kagame's Push for Vaccine Equity
[New Times] The Director General of World Health Organisation (WHO), Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has echoed President Kagame's call for vaccine equity.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:33:34 GMT
Rwanda: Over 7,000 Caught Violating Covid-19 Measures On New Year's Eve - Police
[New Times] Up to 7,062 people across the country were caught violating Covid-19 preventive protocols during the night of New Year's eve on December 31.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:31:56 GMT
Rwanda: 44 Babies Born From Major Kigali Hospitals On New Year
[New Times] It was a joy for various mothers who delivered on the New Year and the privilege to the 44 babies born on January 1 across public hospitals in the City of Kigali.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:31:56 GMT
Rwanda: Believers Urged to Work Collectively to Overcome Effects of Covid-19
[New Times] Religious leaders are calling upon all believers of different religious denominations to overcome the effects of Covid-19, and other challenges exacerbated by the pandemic as they usher in the new year 2022.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:31:53 GMT
Rwanda: Clerics Pray for Peaceful 2022 Amidst Covid-19
[New Times] As part of celebrating the New Year, different church leaders from Christian denominations prayed for a peaceful 2022 and defeating Covid-19 pandemic.

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 06:41:43 GMT
Rwanda: Football League Takes 30-Day Break Amid Surging Omicron Variant
[New Times] There will be no action for the month of January 2022 in the domestic football league after the sports ministry suspended it for 30 days in response to the highly transmissible Covid-19 Omicron various.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:02:18 GMT
Rwanda: IT Engineer Igitego Is On a Mission to Digitise Rwanda's Healthcare System
[New Times] In 2019, 31-year-old Angelo Charmant Igitego lost his daughter at Muhima Hospital. The daughter had been hospitalized due to birth asphyxia, a condition where a baby's brain and other organs do not get enough oxygen and nutrients before, ...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 05:23:51 GMT
Zimbabwe/Cameroon: Warriors Among the Afcon Early Birds
[The Herald] ZIMBABWE'S Warriors became the first team in Group B to arrive in Cameroon for the AFCON tournament where they are set to make a fifth appearance at the continental football showpiece.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:20:51 GMT
Rwanda: City of Kigali Halts Fireworks for New Year Celebrations
[New Times] The City of Kigali has canceled activities related to displaying fireworks on New Year's Eve, as had been planned.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:18:44 GMT
Rwanda: Teachers' Coop Bank Posts Rwf9 Billion in Profits
[New Times] The Teachers' Savings and Credit Cooperative- Umwalimu Sacco, registered a profit of Rwf 9.8 billion between January 2021 and November 2021, according to latest figures released on Thursday, December 30.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:18:41 GMT
Rwanda: 'Umuneza' Alcoholic Drink Removed From Market Over Harmful Effects
[New Times] The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) has withdrawn from the Rwandan market a banana-based alcoholic alcoholic drink called Umuneza, owing to adverse effects associated with its consumption, including blindness and death.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:20:01 GMT
Cameroon: Preparation - Friendly Matches Kick-Off
[Cameroon Tribune] Preparations ahead of the 2021 TotalEnergies Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) to be played in Cameroon are concretising with the official start of friendly matches. The first two preparatory games of the competition were played yester...

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 11:19:56 GMT
Cameroon: Judo - Young Athletes Acquire Skills
[Cameroon Tribune] A national training camp for judokas took place in Yaounde yesterday December 30, 2021.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 12:18:44 GMT
Rwanda: Claude Kamoso Eager to Make His Mark At Etoile
[New Times] Etoile de l'Est star Claude Kamoso Harerimana is ready to carve a niche for himself at the club.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:02:47 GMT
Rwanda: Bugesera Striker Muniru Not Perturbed By Lack of Playing Time
[New Times] Abdul Muniru has insisted that he is not frustrated by not having enough playing time at Rwanda premier league side Bugesera FC.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 07:44:07 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Records Highest Daily Covid Cases, Eases Booster Jab Requirement
[New Times] Rwanda has, for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic, recorded more than 2,000 positive cases of coronavirus.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:47:30 GMT
Rwanda: Covid-19 Situation Under Control Despite Spike in New Cases, Says Health Minister
[New Times] The Minister of Health, Dr. Daniel Ngamije has moved to assure Rwandans that the current situation of Covid-19 is under control despite the surge in positive cases fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:03:34 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Records Over 2000 Daily Covid Cases, Eases Booster Jab Requirement
[New Times] Rwanda on Wednesday recorded more than 2,000 positive cases of coronavirus.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 14:19:02 GMT
Southern Africa: Mozambican President Visits Rwandan Forces in Cabo Delgado
[New Times] Mozambican President Fillipe Nyusi, on Wednesday, December 29, visited Rwandan and SADC forces that are helping his country fight Islamic State linked terrorists in the Cabo Delgado Province.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 11:19:12 GMT
Cameroon: Wits That Sustain
[Cameroon Tribune] As years come and roll by, nations like human beings face pleasant and unpleasant surprises, most of them eventful. But life continues in spite of realities.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:53:48 GMT
Rwanda: First Lady Breaks Ground On U.S.$20 Million Heart Care Center
[New Times] The construction of a new heart centre in Masaka, Kicukiro District has kicked off.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:59:20 GMT
Rwanda: How Rwanda Managed to Keep Schools Open in 2021 Amidst Pandemic
[New Times] The education sector like many others was undeniably affected by the pandemic. However, schools were able to stay open and most of the important school activities went on during 2021.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:41:31 GMT
Cameroon: Military Tribunal Jails 47 Opposition Activists for Planned Protests
[VOA] Yaounde -- A military tribunal in Cameroon this week sentenced 47 opposition party members to between one and seven years in jail for rebellion and attempted insurrection. Police arrested the Cameroon Renaissance Movement, or MRC, supporters in...

Wed, 29 Dec 2021 12:44:51 GMT
Namibia: DRC Ex-President Threatens to Sue the Namibian
[Namibian] The Democratic Republic of Congo's former president Joseph Kabila is threatening to sue The Namibian over two articles published in the newspaper this month.

Fri, 31 Dec 2021 06:47:32 GMT
Rwanda: Electric Short Circuit Suspected to Have Caused Wakanda Bar Fire
[New Times] A fire that gutted Wakanda, a bar in Kabeza - Kigali, is suspected to have been caused by an electric short circuit.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 17:03:37 GMT
Rwanda: Guinea-Rwanda Friendly Postponed to January 3
[New Times] The friendly match between the Syli Nationale of Guinea and Rwanda's Amavubi, which was scheduled for Saturday, January 2, 2022, has been postponed to Sunday, January 3.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 06:59:21 GMT
Rwanda: 2021 Key Investments Likely to Bolster Local Production
[New Times] Despite the disruption by Covid-19 on the national economy, the Made-in-Rwanda dream continued to gain momentum thanks to major investments attracted.

Thu, 30 Dec 2021 07:24:29 GMT
Rwanda: Police Injects Rwf1 Billion in Community Development Projects
[New Times] The Rwanda National Police (RNP), on Tuesday, December 28, announced that it had connected 4,578 households to the electricity grid and built 30 houses for vulnerable people in various parts of the country, as part of its "Police month" c...



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