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(L-R) Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angolan foreign minister Tete Antonio and Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe at the second ministerial meeting on the security and peace situation in eastern DR Congo in Luanda, Angola, on July 30. Courtesy

Rwanda, DR Congo, Angola intelligence experts to examine FDLR neutralisation plan

Thursday, August 01, 2024

Jacob Zuma attends a campaign of the uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Party in Johannesburg, South Africa, May 18, 2024. South Africa's Constitutional Court, the country's highest court, ruled on Monday that former president Jacob Zuma is not eligible to run for parliament in the upcoming elections. (Photo by Ihsaan Haffejee/Xinhua)

Zuma expelled from South Africa's ruling ANC

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Alice Wairimu Nderitu, the United Nations Special Advisor on the Prevention of Genocide lays a wreath to pay tribute to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Monday, July 29. Courtes

UN official renews call to hold genocidaires in DR Congo accountable

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

The Judge President of the East African Court of Justice, Justice Nestor Kayobera (left), the Chief Justice of Somalia, Bashe Yusuf Ahmed (centre) and EACJ Principal Judge Yohanne Masara at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

PHOTOS: Somalia seeks to learn from experiences, expertise of East African Court of Justice – official

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Left to right: Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angola's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete Antonio, who was the host and mediator, and Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, as well as members of their respective delegations, pose for a picture at the end of the second ministerial meeting on the security and peace situation in eastern DR Congo, in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, July 30. Courtesy

Second Luanda meeting calls for ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe (R), and Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs during the second ministerial meeting on the security and peace situation in eastern DR Congo in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, July 30. The bilateral meeting was chaired by Angola's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete Antonio who was a mediator. Courtesy

PHOTOS: Angola hosts meet between Rwanda, DR Congo foreign ministers

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Abdulrahman Kinana, the vice chairperson of Tanzania's ruling party Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM). COURTESY

Tanzania's ruling CCM party vice chairperson resigns

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Ethiopian Airlines, Africa's largest and fastest-growing airline, earned US $7.02 billion in revenue during the fiscal year 2023-2024. Internet

Ethiopian Airlines reports double-digit rise in revenue

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe led the Rwandan delegation in Angola, on Tuesday, July 30. File

Rwanda, DR Congo ministers meet in Luanda

Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Ambassador Emmanuel Hategeka (C) and South Africa’s Deputy Minister for International Relations and Cooperation, Anna Thandi Moraka and other delegates after cutting a cake to celebrate the Liberation Day on July 26. Courtesy

Rwandans in South Africa celebrate homeland's unity, resilience

Friday, July 26, 2024

Rwanda's envoy in Morocco Shakilla Umutoni delivers remarks to mark the 30th anniversary of Rwanda’s liberation on Thursday, July 25

Kagame’s election win reflects aspiration for prosperity, says envoy to Morocco

Friday, July 26, 2024

Tanzania gave a test run of the standard gauge railway (SGR) service between the port city of Dar es Salaam and the national capital of Dodoma on Thursday, July 25.

Over 900 enjoy free rides as Tanzania conducts test run of SGR service between Dar, Dodoma

Friday, July 26, 2024

Rwandan envoy Rosemary Mbabazi presents her letters of credence to President Patrice Talon of Benin on Thursday, July 25. Courtesy

Ambassador Mbabazi presents credentials to Benin president

Thursday, July 25, 2024

The Namibian government is set to end visa-free entry for Canada, USA, UK, and 21 European nations.

Namibia to halt visa-free entry for Western countries that don't reciprocate

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Corneille Nangaa, the leader of a political-military coalition, Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC).

DR Congo court presses war crimes, treason charges against M23 leaders

Thursday, July 25, 2024

UN Under-Secretary-General and Special Advisor to UN Secretary-General on the Prevention of Genocide, Alice Wairimu Nderitu (L), listens and takes notes, on Tuesday, July 23, as Congolese refugees at Nkamira Transit Centre in Rwanda’s Western Province recount heartbreaking stories of violence and unimaginable hardships in their country. Courtesy

PHOTOS: UN Genocide prevention chief hears ‘harrowing stories’ of Congolese refugees in Rwanda

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Ugandan troops, in cooperation with their Congolese counterparts, have been jointly battling the ADF militia group since November 2021.

At least 35 killed by ADF militia in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

President Paul Kagame has expressed his deepest sympathies to Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed over the deadly landslide incident in southern Ethiopia. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Rwanda expresses solidarity with Ethiopia after devastating landslides kill over 200

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Mohamed Daghar (R, Front), principal secretary in the Ministry of Roads and Transport, flags off new passenger coaches from China at Kenya's port city of Mombasa on July 22, 2024. (Photo by Joy Nabukewa/Xinhua)

PHOTOS: Kenya receives 20 new passenger coaches from China to boost transport sector

Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Landslides kill 146 in Ethiopia following Monday's disaster.

Death toll in Ethiopia landslide rises to 229

Tuesday, July 23, 2024