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Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:36:04 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Rebels to Withdraw to Allow Negotiations
[Nile Post] M23 rebels have accepted to withdraw from positions they had captured in Eastern DR Congo to allow for negotiations with Felix Tshisekedi's government.

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 11:25:23 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: From Taking Lives to Saving Lives, in DR Congo
[UN News] Fabien Mwingwa once fought as a child soldier with an armed group in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). Today, he has turned his life around, and works for the UN peacekeeping mission in the country as a firefighter, helping to kee...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:38 GMT
Rwanda: Basketball Has Helped Me Deal With Genocide Wounds, Says Mugabe
[New Times] FORMER national Basketball team captain, Aristide Mugabe, says Basketball has healed him cope with the wounds of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi. Over a million innocent people lost their lives in the tragedy.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:32 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - Sulley Condoles With Bereaved Families
[New Times] GHANAIAN and Bugesera striker Sadick Sulley has sent a message of condolences to the many families who lost their loved ones in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:28 GMT
Rwanda: How Playing Football Saved Olivier Karekezi's Life
[New Times] AMAVUBI legend Olivier Karekezi is regarded as one of the most successful footballers that Rwanda has and is part of Rwanda's golden generation that secured the historic qualification to the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations in Tunisia.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:24 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka28 - GAERG Filled the Void Left By Our Parents - Egide Gatari
[New Times] As Rwandans commemorate for the 28th time the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, Egide Gatari, President of the Association of Former Students Survivors of the Genocide, GAERG shared his survivor story with The New Times' Jade Natacha Iriza.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:33 GMT
Rwanda: Terminally Ill Elderly Genocide Survivors Get Palliative Care Room
[New Times] Leocadie, in her nineties, was living alone and everyone in her community wondered how she was surviving.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:31 GMT
Rwanda: Inside U.S.$255Million Volcanoes' Park Expansion Project
[New Times] Once implemented, the project will see the park expanded by 25 per cent.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:26 GMT
Rwanda: British Author Linda Melvern on the Most Obvious Forms of Genocide Denial
[New Times] British journalist and author on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Linda Melvern, who is in Kigali to participate in activities to mark the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, has shed light on what she sees as the m...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:25 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka28 - Genocide Survivors Want Monument at Muhungwe Hill
[New Times] Genocide survivors in Rubavu district have asked for responsible authorities to establish a monument at Muhungwe hill in Kanama sector in honor of victims who were killed there and the unique history that characterized the area.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:19 GMT
Rwanda: Over 30 People Injured in Kamonyi Grisly Accident Discharged - Police
[New Times] All the 32 people who were on Friday April 8, injured in a multi-vehicle accident that took place along Kigali-Huye highway have been discharged, according to information from Rwanda National Police.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:17 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka28 - Rwandans in Uganda Commemorate With Call to Fight Genocide Denial
[New Times] Rwandans in Uganda have commemorated the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi by paying homage to thousands of victims who are interred in Uganda after they were thrown in rivers and ended up in Lake Victoria.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:15 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda Housing Authority Boss Denied Bail on Appeal
[New Times] The Nyarugenge Intermediate Court on Friday, April 8, upheld a lower court's decision to remand Felix Nshimyumurenyi, the Director-General of Rwanda Housing Authority (RHA), and co-accused Felix Emile Mugisha who are suspected of corrupti...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:12 GMT
Rwanda: Employers Urged to Embrace Technology, Innovation
[New Times] Employers in Rwanda have been encouraged to learn how to balance technology and innovation with social interaction in a world of work that's increasingly being shaped by technology.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:22:11 GMT
Rwanda: Investigation Bureau Releases Investigation Findings on Exploded Grenade in Kicukiro
[New Times] Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has released 'preliminary investigation findings' in an incident where a grenade exploded in Kicukiro district, saying that there was no intention to kill someone.

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 10:02:07 GMT
Angola: President Visits Construction Work of New International Airport
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Saturday checked the level of execution of the construction work of the new Luanda International Airport (NAIL), located in the commune of Bom Jesus, in the municipality of Icolo e Ben...

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 04:46:51 GMT
Cameroon: HRW Raises Alarm After Outbreak of Cholera in Douala Prison
[RFI] Human Rights Watch on Saturday asked Cameroon to protect prisoners from a cholera outbreak, saying at least six inmates had died in the country's second largest jail since March.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:11:07 GMT
Cameroon: Govt Says Separatists Attacked Border Village
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroonian authorities said Friday that separatists had attacked a village on the Nigerian border earlier in the week, with local officials saying they torched at least 12 homes and killed six people. Authorities say the r...

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 11:14:01 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebels Resurface in DR Congo
[DW] After a ten-year lull, M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo have attacked Congolese soldiers. As a result, tens of thousands of people have fled to neighboring Uganda, fearing renewed violence.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 05:58:13 GMT
Rwanda: Roaming Genocide Fugitives Should Be Brought to Books - Busingye
[New Times] Rwanda's High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, Johnston Busingye, has called on the country's government to invest more efforts in bringing to court Genocide fugitives who are at large.

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:58:21 GMT
Angola: Minister of State Meets With Us Secretary of Defence
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Minister of State and Head of the Military Affairs Office to the President of Republic Francisco Furtado met Friday in Pentagon with the United States Secretary of Defence, Lloyd Austin, as part of bilateral cooperation between ...

Sat, 09 Apr 2022 12:56:19 GMT
Angola: Draft Laws Go to Final Global Vote By April 21
[ANGOP] Luanda -- Draft Laws amending to the Criminal Procedure Code and another that approves the Administrative Litigation Procedure Code will go to the final global vote on April 21.

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 14:33:57 GMT
Cameroon: Govt Says Separatists Abduct Women Protesting Fighters' Abuses
[VOA] Yaoundé -- Anglophone Cameroonian separatists have abducted at least a dozen people who were protesting what they said are the rebels' brutality and crimes. The separatists claim the government of the majority French-speaking country paid the ...

Sun, 10 Apr 2022 16:24:16 GMT
Africa: YouTube Use in Three of Francophone Africa's Key Broadcast Markets - Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal Power Ahead While Cameroon Trails
[Balancing Act] London -- YouTube is Africa's leading streamer and is a vital part of reaching new, young audiences and the diaspora. This week Russell Southwood looks at a comparison between YouTube viewing in Cameroon, Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 08:00:20 GMT
Rwanda: Prince Charles Pays Tribute to Genocide Victims
[New Times] Prince Charles, the heir-apparent to the British throne on Thursday, April 7 planted a tree at Dumfries house to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:59:49 GMT
Rwanda: Investigation Bureau Launches Probe Over Grenade Attack in Kicukiro
[New Times] The Rwanda Investigation Bureau has launched an investigation following a grenade explosion in the home of a one Twagira, a resident of Kicukiro district.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 07:58:58 GMT
Rwanda: Multi-Vehicle Accident Injures Over 30 in Kamonyi
[New Times] An accident on Friday April 8 injured over 30 people in Kamonyi District, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) René Irere, the spokesperson for the Traffic and Road Safety Department told The New Times.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:39:52 GMT
Rwanda: Youth Urged to Use Social Media to Fight Genocide Ideology
[New Times] The umbrella body for genocide survivors Ibuka, in Rubavu district has called upon 'more efforts in mobilizing young people to combat genocide ideology and denial as Rwanda marks the 28th commemoration of the Genocide against Tutsi.

Mon, 11 Apr 2022 06:18:57 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - Football Activities Halted as Rwanda Starts Commemoration Week
[New Times] The Rwanda Football Federation (Ferwafa) has suspended all football-related activities as the country marks the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi

Fri, 08 Apr 2022 13:32:52 GMT
Congo-Kinshasa: Indigenous Batwa Being Wiped Out in the Name of Conservation - NGO
[RFI] Murder, rape, arson, immolating children and mutilating corpses are among some of the rights abuses allegedly being carried out against indigenous people by the military and forest rangers at Kahuzi Biega National Park, in the eastern Democrati...



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