[CPJ] Government allied Wazalendo militiamen have threatened to kill or capture one reporter and to burn down another's radio station because of unfavorable coverage, as frontlines shift under diplomatic pressure for peace in eastern Democratic Repub...

[Daba Finance] Gabon's outstanding public debt rose 23% year-on-year to 8,780.3 billion FCFA at the end of December 2025, driven by a sharp increase in domestic borrowing as the government shifted away from traditional external financing.

[New Times] Rwanda's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 13.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, but the number of people facing some form of labour market challenge increased, according to the latest Labour Force Survey by the National Inst...

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has challenged Rwandans to rethink how the country engages with the rest of the world, urging a shift from aid-dependency to building partnerships based on mutual contribution.

[ISS] State security forces, militias and vigilante groups increasingly overlap, making insecurity more profitable and conflict harder to resolve.

[New Times] American actress and humanitarian Angelina Jolie has praised the resilience of women survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi following a visit to a farming cooperative in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, describing the experienc...

[New Times] Rwandan football enthusiasts have welcomed the new partnership with English Premier League club Aston Villa, under which the club becomes Visit Rwanda's Principal Partner, official tourism partner, and official coffee partner.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame, who is also the Chairman of the ruling RPF-Inkotanyi, on Friday, July 17, chaired the ruling party's Bureau Politique meeting held at its headquarters in Rusororo.

[New Times] At least 21 people, including 20 school children, were killed in a school bus accident in Kapchorwa District in eastern Uganda on Thursday, July 16, according to Uganda Police Force.

[New Times] English Premier League champions Arsenal will build three football pitches in Rwanda as part of the legacy of the collaboration despite the conclusion of the club's eight-year Visit Rwanda partnership in June.

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[RFI] Dozens of people marched peacefully outside the French Embassy in Yaoundé on Tuesday, protesting new financial requirements imposed on Cameroonian students admitted to private institutions in France, ahead of the autumn academic intake.

[UN News] The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the third largest on record and is spreading faster than any previous one during the first month of exposure, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned...

[allAfrica] Scientists have discovered a new species of monkey, the Colobus congoensis, that has striking pinkish-orange lips and a black face and lives in the forests of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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[New Times] Tanzanian Bongo Flava star Diamond Platnumz is set to return to Kigali as the headline act at this year's Friends of Amstel Experience, scheduled for August 29 at the BK Arena parking lot.

[New Times] The Senate asked government to expedite the revision of a ministerial order to expand the list of wild animals whose damages must be compensated.

[Unicef] Dakar -- Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, following visit to Ituri

[New Times] Champions APR returned to the top of the Rwanda Basketball League standings after edging Rwanda Energy Group (REG) 84-78 in a thrilling encounter on Wednesday night at Petit Stade.

[New Times] The City of Kigali and Rotary Clubs in Rwanda have launched the Kigali Cancer Walk 2026, a fundraising campaign aimed at raising $5 million (about Rwf7.2 billion) to acquire Rwanda's first Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT...

[New Times] Rwanda chose Aston Villa as its new football partner, with officials citing the Premier League club's fan base across Europe and around the world as a platform to promote the country as a destination for tourism, investment and business.

[New Times] Let me recap: The Kinshasa-backed FDLR genocidal militia has operated in eastern DR Congo with impunity for 30 years. The real reason for its survival is that Western powers have found it useful to weaponize ethnicity to keep the Great La...

[New Times] When people talk about the World Trade Organization, they often imagine a room full of seasoned negotiators, ministers, and technical experts shaping rules that most of the world never sees but almost everyone feels. That picture is not w...

[U.S. Embassy Kinshasa] Event: Due to the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the Department of Homeland Security has implemented new restrictions under Title 49 of the U.S. Code which prevent U.S. citizens and nationals who...

[allAfrica] EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Curb War Funding

[New Times] Cancer cases worldwide could surge to nearly 35 million a year by 2050 unless countries urgently improve access to prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in a new report.

[RFI] The true number of Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo is at least double, and possibly four times, the official tally, the World Health Organization's emergencies chief said on Tuesday. Official figures say the fever has infected n...

[The Conversation Africa] Burundi's president Évariste Ndayishimiye made an official "friendship and working" visit to Ouagadougou, the capital of Burkina Faso, in April 2026. At the time, Ndayishimiye was the rotating chair of the African Union...

[New Times] Rwandan volleyball player Patrick Byiringiro has died at the age of 24 following an illness.

[New Times] People preparing homemade beverages for weddings, traditional ceremonies, celebrations and other public gatherings will now be required to obtain approval from their Village Health Committee, under new government guidelines aimed at impro...