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Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:03:13 GMTAfrica: Coach Zabo Says Nigeria's Experience Led Them to Victory
[CAF] A disappointed Cameroon Gabriel Zabo believed his team were Nigeria's equals in their TotalEnergies WAFCON 2022 quarterfinal, but that the Super Falcons' experienced helped them prevail.
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 06:57:57 GMTCameroon: Conflict, Poor Funding Slow Rebuilding in Cameroon
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon is asking for international help to fund the rebuilding of western regions that have been destroyed in five years of conflict with separatists. A plan to construct roads, schools, hospitals, markets and homes was l...
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:06:41 GMTNigeria/Cameroon: Nigeria Keep WAFCON Title Hopes Alive With Win Over Cameroon, Reach World Cup
[CAF] Holders Nigeria kept alive their hopes of retaining their TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations title after narrowly defeating arch-rivals Cameroon 1-0 on Thursday to reach the semi-finals.
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 05:11:40 GMTRwanda: Rwanda Premier League to Start on August 19
[New Times] The 2022/23 Rwanda national football league will start on August 19 according to the country's football governing body, Ferwafa.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:26:18 GMTRwanda: Genocide - Bucyibaruta Ruling 'Sends Strong Message to Fugitives, Deniers'
[New Times] The decision by the Cour d'assises de Paris to hand former Gikongoro prefet Laurent Bucyibaruta a 20-year jail sentence for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi sends a strong message to Genocide fugitives and deniers that trut...
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 10:57:24 GMTRwanda: Former Top Rwandan Official Bucyibaruta Sentenced to 20 Years for Role in 1994 Genocide
[allAfrica] Harare -- A French court has sentenced a former senior Rwandan official to 20 years in prison after finding him guilty of complicity in the bloody 1994 genocide that resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths.
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:53:57 GMTNigeria: Super Falcons Qualify for Ninth FIFA Wold Cup With Victory Over Cameroon
[This Day] *Buhari salutes the nine-time African champions, urges them to go for cup in Australia
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:30:34 GMTAfrica: Rasheedat Ajibade - We Are Here for Our Decima
[CAF] Rasheedat Ajibade is clear about what Nigeria's Super Falcons want from the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations - they want the decima.
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 08:28:53 GMTAfrica: Cameroon-Nigeria As It Happened
[CAF] Casablanca's Mohammed V Stadium was home today to one of the most anticipated quarter-finals of the 2022 TotalEnergies Women's Africa Cup of Nations, a titanic clash between nine-time African champions Nigeria and bitter rivals Cameroon.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 13:22:36 GMTNigeria/Cameroon: Morocco 2022 - Super Falcons Battle Cameroon for World Cup Ticket
[Leadership] Nigeria's Super Falcons will be aiming for another FIFA Women's World Cup ticket when they take on Cameroon's Lionesses on Thursday night in the quarterfinal match of the ongoing CAF Women Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:23:02 GMTRwanda: How Natural Hair Movement Is Taking Shape in Kigali
[New Times] If you met Patria Himbaza, you would think her life is perfect. But how can it not with hair like hers? She's the kind you would turn to see as she disappears down the horizon with her long hair being blown by the wind, just like we see i...
Fri, 15 Jul 2022 10:03:16 GMTAfrica: Christine Manie and Rachael Ayegba, Two Legends of the Game, Preview the Big Clash Between Nigeria and Cameroon
[CAF] Nigeria versus Cameroon is a titanic clash between two behemoths of women's football on the African continent. Two nations that have represented Africa in the world's biggest competitions, they will meet on Thursday at Casablanca's Mohammed V S...
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:24:17 GMTRwanda: Kigali to Get Stormwater Master Plan in Two Years
[New Times] Over $1 million (over Rwf1 billion) is set to be invested in developing the Kigali 'Stormwater Management Master Plan' that is expected to be complete by 2024 so as to mitigate floods in the city.
Thu, 14 Jul 2022 05:47:54 GMTRwanda: Genocide Survivors Renew Call to Reopen Munyeshyaka's Case
[New Times] Following the completion of the trial of suspected genocide mastermind Laurent Bucyibaruta in a French court, survivors of the Genocide against the Tutsi have called upon the French judiciary to reopen the case of Wenceslas Munyeshyaka, a...
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:58:58 GMTRwanda: French Court Hands Bucyibaruta 20-Year Sentence Over Genocide
[New Times] The Cour d'assises de Paris has handed former Gikongoro prefet, Laurent Bucyibaruta, a 20-year jail sentence for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. He was immediately placed under arrest following the sentencing.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:42:16 GMTRwanda: Rwandan Teenager Irvyn Lomami Set for Lyon First Team Promotion
[New Times] Rwandan youngster Irvyn Lomami is scheduled to be roped into the Olympique Lyon first team.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 11:37:40 GMTRwanda: Mutuelle De Sante - Govt to Start Paying Health Centres in Advance
[New Times] The government of Rwanda is set to start implementing the 'Capitation Model' for the Community Based Health Insurance (CBHI)/Mutuelle de Sante.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 12:40:24 GMTRwanda: Kiyovu Appoint Patrick Aussems as New Head Coach
[New Times] Rwanda Premier League side Kiyovu Sports have appointed Belgian tactician Patrick Aussems as their new head coach.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 05:17:21 GMTCameroon: Govt Orders Investment in Wheat Production to Quell Protests Sparked By Shortages
[VOA] Yaounde -- Cameroon President Paul Biya says the government will increase funding to grow more wheat after protests over wheat shortages and price spikes sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Before Russia's Black Sea blockade, Cameroon impo...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:59:30 GMTRwanda: Africa Bio-Manufacturing Institute Works to Kick Off in Kigali
[New Times] Rwanda is engaging a host of higher learning institutions to help train, re-skill and upskill professionals in the bio-manufacturing industry.
Wed, 13 Jul 2022 07:48:14 GMTRwanda: A Welcome Delay to the UK Home Office's 'Morally Reprehensible' Rwanda Deportation Policy
[AI London] In response to the High Court postponing a judicial review hearing over the legality of the UK government expelling people seeking asylum to Rwanda, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, sai...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:23:13 GMTRwanda: 1,500 Businesses Risking Prison, Penalties Over Water Permits
[New Times] More than 1,500 businesses are using water without permits and, a such, they face penalties as well as imprisonment, Doing Business has learnt.
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 08:30:27 GMTCongo-Kinshasa: Lumumba's Tooth Is Returned, While Still Waiting for Truth
[JusticeInfo.net] Patrice Emery Lumumba, "father of Congolese independence", was finally buried on June 30 in Kinshasa 61 years after his assassination- This came after former colonial power Belgium returned his tooth ten days earlier. But while the ...
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:12:11 GMTEast Africa: DR Congo Completes Process of Admission Into EAC
[New Times] The DR Congo's Vice Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Christophe Lutundula Apala Pen'Apala, on Monday, July 11, deposited his country's instruments of ratification on the accession of EAC Treaty, to the EAC Secretary Genera...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 11:06:48 GMTNigeria/Cameroon: Super Falcons Storm Casablanca for Quarterfinal Clash With Cameroon
[This Day] Reigning African champions Super Falcons of Nigeria have arrived in Casablanca, Morocco, ahead of the quarterfinal clash against Cameroon at the 2022 Women Africa Cup of Nations.
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:49:30 GMTCameroon: 2.4 Million People Need Emergency Food Support
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Cameroon's government has called for emergency food support for more than two million people facing hunger along its northern borders with Chad and Nigeria. At a crisis meeting Monday in Yaoundé, authorities blamed natural...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 04:17:07 GMTChad: U.S. Senator Introduces Resolution in Support of Democracy in Chad
[United States Senate] Washington -- U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today introduced a resolution condemning the April 2021 coup d'etat in Chad and urging the country's transition to democra...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 07:08:08 GMTAngola: On the Passing of Former Angolan President José Eduardo Dos Santos
[State Department] The United States offers condolences on the death of former Angolan President José Eduardo dos Santos. He played a consequential role in Angola's history, during its struggle for independence, as Foreign Minister, and as President...
Tue, 12 Jul 2022 05:47:22 GMTAngola: Court Clears Way for Dos Santos Autopsy
[VOA] A Spanish court has cleared the way for an autopsy to be conducted on Angola's former president Jose Eduardo dos Santos, who died in Barcelona Friday.
Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:13:07 GMTRwanda: Part of Gisozi Business Centre to Be Demolished Over Pollution #AfricaClimateCrisis
[New Times] Different facilities in Gisozi commercial hub commonly known as Agakiriro in Gasabo district have been given ultimatum to vacate following an inspection which revealed that they are polluting the nearby wetland in Gisozi sector.