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President Paul Kagame meets with his counterpart Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe in Kigali on Saturday, August 10. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Africa

Kagame, Mnangagwa reaffirm commitment to strengthening Rwanda-Zimbabwe ties

Sunday, August 11, 2024
The National Bank of Ethiopia Governor Mamo Mihretu
Africa

Ethiopia: Independent foreign exchange bureaus allowed to operate

Saturday, August 10, 2024
A military court in Kinshasa on Thursday, August 8, handed down the death penalty to former electoral commission boss Corneille Nangaa and more than two dozen other members of the rebel group. INTERNET
Africa

DR Congo: Military court sentences Alliance Fleuve Congo leaders to death

Friday, August 09, 2024
Skin rash is a distinctive symptom of Mpox. African Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) has called for urgent action to avert the concerning spread of mpox across the continent, on Thursday, August 8
Africa

Africa CDC calls for urgent action against concerning spread of mpox

Friday, August 09, 2024
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Africa

Rwanda’s peacekeeping in CAR reaching ‘considerable progress’

Thursday, August 08, 2024
The African Union members during the General Assembly. AU had set August 6, as the deadline for candidates vying for eight senior AU Commission positions to submit their credentials.
Africa

Four candidates shortlisted for AU top job

Thursday, August 08, 2024
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Africa

Any hope genocidal militia will be purged following Angola, Rwanda, DR Congo intelligence chiefs meet?

Thursday, August 08, 2024
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa (left) is expected to meet his Angolan counterpart Joao Lourenço on Thursday, August 8, in the Angolan capital Luanda.
Africa

Ramaphosa to meet Lourenco over DR Congo crisis

Thursday, August 08, 2024
DR Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi has accused his predecessor Joseph Kabila of preparing an insurrection. PHOTO COURTESY
Africa

Tshisekedi accuses Kabila of 'planning an insurrection'

Thursday, August 08, 2024
An aerial drone photo taken on April 3, 2024, shows a city view in Nairobi, Kenya. (Xinhua/Han Xu)
Africa

PHOTOS: Chinese-built road transforming lives of mothers in Kenya

Thursday, August 08, 2024
The Rwandan delegation during the meeting in Luanda on Wednesday, August 7. Courtesy
Africa

Intelligence experts meet in Luanda over DR Congo security

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. The rebels' spokesperson said that a ceasefire that took effect on Monday, August 5, should open the door to direct dialogue” with DR Congo government.
Africa

M23 rebels want ongoing ceasefire to ‘open door to dialogue’

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Kenya’s only homegrown automaker, Mobius Motors Kenya, is shutting down after 13 years of operations.
Africa

Kenya’s Mobius Motors shuts down

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
President Faustin-Archange Touadéra of the Central African Republic (CAR) meets with the Army Chief of Staff of Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi on Tuesday, August 6. Photos by Davis Higiro
Africa

PHOTOS: CAR President Touadéra meets Gen Nyakarundi

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Nearly 100 police officers from DR Congo fled to neighbouring Uganda over the weekend as fighting between M23 rebels and the military in DR Congo's east intensified. Courtesy
Africa

Over 90 DR Congo police officers with guns, ammo flee to Uganda as fighting intensifies

Tuesday, August 06, 2024
Faustin-Archange Touadéra, the Central African Republic (CAR) President speaks to journalists after presiding over the pass out at Camp Kassai on Monday, August 5. Photo by Davis Higiro
Africa

CAR President Touadéra presides over pass-out of Rwanda-trained troops

Tuesday, August 06, 2024
The High Commissioner-Designate of Rwanda to Tanzania, Gen Patrick Nyamvumba, and Amb. Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation of Tanzania, interact shortly after the former presented copies of his letters of credence, on Monday, August 5. Courtesy of Rwanda High Commission in Tanzania
Africa

Nyamvumba presents letters of credence to Tanzania minister of foreign affairs

Monday, August 05, 2024
Some of the 634 Central African Armed Forces (FACA) soldiers trained by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), during the graduation ceremony in Bangui on Monday, August 5. Photos by Davis Higiro
Africa

PHOTOS: Over 600 Rwanda-trained CAR soldiers graduate

Monday, August 05, 2024
Gen Nyakarundi addresses Rwandan troops CAR in the capital Bangui on August 4. Courtesy of RDF.
Africa

CAR: RDF army chief briefs Rwandan troops on regional security

Monday, August 05, 2024
A herdsboy walks on a dry land in Samburu County, Kenya on July 15,2021.
Africa

Global bodies issue drought alert in Horn of Africa

Sunday, August 04, 2024