[UN News] The UN paid tribute on Thursday [April 7] to the one million people who were murdered in 100 days during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, during which moderate Hutu, Twa and others who opposed the genocide, were also killed.

[ANGOP] Malanje -- The Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries, António de Assis, highlighted today, Thursday, the resilience that the sector has been showing in face of the limitations imposed by Covid-19 in the last three years, providing food to th...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, on Thursday congratulated young Angolans, students, sportsmen, artists and workers from all walks of life, for the fast construction of the Cafu Canal - Cunene River Water Transfer Sys...

[New Times] The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi was neither an accident nor unavoidable, António Guterres, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, said in his message to mark the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, Kwibuka28.

[New Times] The Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagements (MINUBUMWE) has pledged to solve all shelter-related challenges for survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi by 2026.

[New Times] From Thursday, April 7, flags will be flown at half-mast to mark the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, Kwibuka 28, when Rwandans and friends of Rwanda in and outside the country remember the massacres 28 years ago.

[New Times] As Rwanda commemorate, for the 28th times, the Genocide against the Tutsi, citizens have reflected on the country's path to unity and reconciliation and expressed their optimism.

[New Times] Meraniya, visually impaired and in her 70s, was still grieving all her children, spouse and siblings, among other relatives she lost during the Genocide, two decades later.

[New Times] The first Lego robotics team in Rwanda has completed its first round of training and asserts that it is prepared to compete in the Lego international league, which will take place in September this year.

[New Times] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said that the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war is expected to weigh on Rwanda's economic recovery through deterioration in external conditions, including a slower pace of recovery in trading partn...

[New Times] When the Genocide against the Tutsi started 28 years ago today, the then Rwanda Patriotic Army (RPA) maintained a 600-strong force at CND (Conseil National de Développement - present-day Parliamentary Buildings at Kimihurura) whose missi...

[VOA] Yaounde -- Medical aid group Doctors Without Borders, known by its French abbreviation MSF, has suspended its work in Cameroon's troubled Southwest region. The group is protesting a lack of progress toward the release of four MSF staff members ...

[RFI] The sentencing of 13 activists to one year in prison in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo for speaking out against the government-imposed "state of siege" is an example of the curtailing of freedom in the public space, according to activ...

[Vanguard] At least 10 terrorists of the Islamic State of the West African Province (ISWAP), including top commanders, were executed by its affiliates, Jama'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihad faction of Boko Haram in the North East of Lake Chad.

[New Times] Every year, just like other sectors, the sports fraternity in Rwanda holds activities to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Effective today, April 7, all sporting competitions will be put on hold for a week until April 13, as the sports fraternity joins the rest of the country to commemorate the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] Rwanda's international basketball referee Jean Sauveur Ruhamiriza has been named among referees shortlisted to officiate the forthcoming Nile Conference games of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) which gets underway from April 9-19 at th...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço was informed Wednesday in Luanda about the preparations for the Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the African Union (AU), scheduled for May, in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The CEO of the Portuguese state saving bank Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD) Paulo Macedo Wednesday in Luanda expressed the financial institution's availability to continue supporting infrastructure construction projects in Angola.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Eleven political parties are qualified, so far, to run in the general elections in Angola, scheduled for August this year, according to a source from the Constitutional Court (TC).

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The resident coordinator of the United Nations in Angola Zahira Virami reaffirmed Wednesday the support of the UN system in the preparation process of Angola's transition from Least Developed Country to Middle Income Country.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The World Bank's Board of Directors has approved a USD 300 million financing to support the Government of Angola to improve water supply and strengthen water resources management for greater climate resilience in some areas of the c...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Portuguese minister of Foreign Affairs João Gomes Cravinho will visit Angola on 12th and 13th April, as part of the strengthening of cooperation between the two countries.

[DW] Rangers at the Kahuzi-Biega National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo are said to have raped and killed indigenous people with the aim of driving them out. The park is largely funded by Germany.

[CPJ] Dakar -- Cameroon's state media regulator should immediately reverse its suspension of journalists working with the privately owned broadcaster Equinoxe TV, and ensure that the outlet can operate freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists sai...

[RSF] Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns a decision by Cameroon's National Communication Council (CNC) to suspend the head of one of the country's most outspoken and popular TV channels, one of its star presenters, and one of its leading curren...

[UN News] An estimated 6.3 million children under five, in six countries in Africa's Sahel region, will suffer from wasting this year, UN agencies and their partners warned in a publication issued on Wednesday.

[New Times] The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) has introduced a mental health programme in schools in an effort to address mental health problems early among young people, the agency has said.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- An Angolan delegation headed by the Minister of State and Head of the Military Affairs Office to the President of the Republic Francisco Pereira Furtado is expected in Washington DC (US) to mark the 5th anniversary of the signing of...

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Special Representative of the UN Secretary General and Head of the UN Regional Office for Central Africa, François Fall, recognised Angola's role in addressing peace and security issues in the region.