[DW] NBA Hall of Famer Dikembe Mutombo, one of the best defenders in league history, is being treated for a brain tumor. The 56-year-old from Congo is notoriously politically engaged on his wartorn home country's behalf.

[Scrolla] Former finance minister Tito Mboweni happily tweeted on Friday that Kigali, the capital of Rwanda, was "an African example of the possible dream".

[VOA] Yaounde -- Officials in Cameroon and Chad say heavy rainfall this week caused the Logone river, which forms their border, to overflow, displacing more than 100,000 people and leaving 70,000 homeless. Cameroonian officials brought assistance to ...

[HRW] Last week Kalev Mutond, the former director of the Democratic Republic of Congo's National Intelligence Agency (Agence nationale de renseignements, ANR), emerged from the shadows. Fearing arrest, Mutond had fled the country in March 2021, just ...

[HRW] During the reporting period, many trends documented since the beginning of Burundi's human rights crisis in April 2015 persisted. In late April 2015, public demonstrations broke out in response to the late president Pierre Nkurunziza's decision...

[DW] With elections pushed back by a further two years, Chad's military ruler Mahamat Deby is set to stay on as president. He's also gained expansive new powers as part of several presential resolutions passed

[Global Press Journal] Basoko, Democratic Republic of Congo -- In January, officials ordered Xiang Jiang Mining to cease operations near the Congo River. Nine months later, the mine is still open - and residents are still protesting.

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- A monkeypox outbreak has been confirmed in the town of Mbonge, health authorities in Cameroon say, but armed separatists are preventing workers from investigating suspected cases.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Thursday told over 9,000 young people attending the Youth Connekt Summit in Kigali that they are Africa's powerhouse and the future.

[FrontPageAfrica] Monrovia -- As part of the implementation of the activities of the EU-funded Project, PAPFor, strengthening the Birdlife partnership is key to achieving the outcome of the PAPFor Project. As such, the Society for the Conservation of...

[State Department] On behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I extend our congratulations to Equatorial Guinea in honor of the 54th anniversary of your independence on October 12.

[UN News] More than 140 people have been killed in horrific intercommunal violence in the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday, briefing journalists in Geneva, that some victims had been be...

[RFI] Chad's ruler Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno has said a "government of national union" would be created in the coming days to steer the course toward new elections following a forum on the country's future.

[allAfrica] According to Radio France Internationale, Cameroon's national soccer team and the soccer federation are using spells and magic. The October 6 report alleges that most Cameroonian footballers rush to remote villages deep in the equatorial ...

[Afrobarometer] Citizens also want climate action from business and industry, developed countries, and ordinary people.

[VOA] Yaounde -- In Cameroon, hundreds of displaced girls have protested the conflicts that have disrupted or halted their education. Close to a million Cameroonian children have lost school time in recent years due to the separatist conflict in west...

[New Times] The 24 players of the national women and men sitting volleyball team will begin a 10-day intensive residential training camp at Gisagara Gymnasium on Friday, October 14.

[New Times] Soccer enthusiasts who play from the Kamena Stadium know Emmanuel Niyomufasha, the kid who has been blowing the whistle as a centre referee while officiating matches of veteran teams since 2021.

[ISS] Park rangers need training and equipment to match the growing threat from sophisticated armed groups

[The Conversation Africa] Burundi's president, General Évariste Ndayishimiye, recently sacked the country's prime minister Guillaume Bunyoni after alleging that Bunyoni was plotting a coup against the government.

[New Times] Researchers in Rwanda are tirelessly carrying out experiments on 20 degraded indigenous (native) tree species so as to recommend those that are resistant to drought and can sequester large quantities of carbon dioxide to cope with climate...

[Independent (Kampala)] Kigali, Rwanda -- Cases of mental health disorders have increased in Rwanda since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Health said Monday.

[Govt of SA] IPU Assembly to debate international migration and end to human trafficking among other things

[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Officials in Cameroon say the number of mental health patients in the country has more than doubled in the past year, as the country deals with a separatist crisis in its western regions and Boko Haram clashes in the north.

[New Times] Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente on Monday, October 10, dismissed three top executives of the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authorities (RURA).

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan head of State João Lourenço Monday visited the new facilities of the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Oil and Gas, where he learned about the level of the organisation and functioning of that ministerial department.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Secretary of State for Oil and Gas José Alexandre Barroso Monday in Luanda called on African countries to use all the resources resulting from the sale of oil to dignify their economies.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Banco Angolano de Investimentos (BAI) announced Monday the sale of 972,500 own shares on the Angola Debt and Securities Exchange (BODIVA).

[New Times] Kina Music Label, Rwanda's biggest record company and home to artistes such as Nel Ngabo and Igor Mabano, has unveiled plans of taking its services to the US next month.

[New Times] Seventeen female Police officers, on Monday, October 10, started a two-week 'Training of Trainers' course on the prevention of recruitment and use of children as soldiers.