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Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente (right) meets with Assistant Director-Generals for International Labour Organization Africa Cynthia Samuel-Olonjuwon and André Bogui, in Kigali, on Thursday, May 18. Their discussions centered around forging a partnership to enhance skills development and foster the creation of decent jobs. Photo: Courtesy.
Africa

PM Ngirente, ILO officials discuss Africa's untapped potential

Thursday, May 18, 2023
CAR Prime Minister, Felix Moloua, gives a certificate to the Rwanda Protection Support Unit contingent commander, CSP Vincent B. Habintwari.
Africa

CAR Prime Minister recognizes Rwandan Police peacekeepers

Thursday, May 18, 2023
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Africa

Rwanda police senior command students in Botswana for external study tour

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
Former president of Mozambique Joaquim Chissano (left), Zimbabwe president Emmerson Mnangagwa, African Development Bank president Akinwumi Adesina
Africa

Zimbabwe commits to implementing key reforms to resolve debt burden, end 21 years of sanctions

Wednesday, May 17, 2023
(L-R) DR Congo’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula and United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi and Rwanda's Minister in charge of Emergency Management, Marie Solange Kayisire pose for a photo after the meeting in Geneva on Monday, May 15.Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda, DR Congo discuss refugee issues

Monday, May 15, 2023
Bertrand Bisimwa, president of the M23 rebel group, addresses journalists in eastern DR Congo, as Gen Sultani Makenga, the group's military commander (left), looks on. Courtesy.
Africa

M23 accuses DR Congo army of violating buffer zone

Sunday, May 14, 2023
The M23 rebel group handing over Kibumba territory to the EAC force in DRC. DR Congo's deputy prime minister Christophe Lutundula, has said the EAC force country's conflict-ridden east failed to deliver expected results.
Africa

EAC troops failed, says DR Congo's foreign minister

Sunday, May 14, 2023
A Look at the 6 rehabilitated classrooms officially handed over by Rwandan Peacekeepers to the Ministry of Education in Bangui City, CAR
Africa

Rwandan peacekeepers hand over rehabilitated classrooms in CAR

Saturday, May 13, 2023
Truck provides aid to flood victims in Beledweyne.
Africa

Devastating floods hit Somalia as Shabelle River bursts banks

Saturday, May 13, 2023
A user sending money on M-Pesa. Photo_NMG
Africa

Ethiopia grants Safaricom M-Pesa licence

Thursday, May 11, 2023
On Tuesday, May 9, DR Congo's President Felix Tshisekedi met with Botswana’s President Mokgweetsi Masisi, who is the current chairperson of the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Courtesy photo
Africa

Tshisekedi threatens to kick out EAC force

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Kenyan security and forensic officers watch as more bodies are exhumed at the Shakahola forest on May 9. This is after more than 100 members of Good News International Church led by Kenyan Pastor Paul Mackenzie starved themselves to death after he predicted the world would end on April 15 and instructed his followers to kill themselves to be the first to go to heaven. Photo: NMG.
Africa

Kenya begins crackdown on rogue preachers

Wednesday, May 10, 2023
Burundi's former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni who appeared in court on May 8, is accused of undermining national security and insulting the president. Photo: AFP
Africa

Former Burundi premier Bunyoni in court on security charges

Tuesday, May 09, 2023
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Africa

Southern African bloc to deploy troops to DR Congo

Monday, May 08, 2023
President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye addresses delegates as the United Nations Secretary General António Guterres looks on, during the meeting on Saturday, May 6. Courtesy.
Africa

DR Congo: UN boss urges disarmament, end to hate speech

Sunday, May 07, 2023
A road that was destroyed by heavy floods in Matadi Kibala, west of Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo on December 13, 2022. Photo_AFP
Africa

Floods kill over 170 people in east DR Congo

Sunday, May 07, 2023
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Africa

Congo is no victim, it has been involved in attacks in Rwanda since 1990

Friday, May 05, 2023
The COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe addressing participants at the anniversary celebrations on Thursday, May 4 in Lilongwe, Malawi. Photos: Gashegu Muramira.
Africa

COMESA Competition Commission celebrates 10-year anniversary

Friday, May 05, 2023
Salva Kiir, the president of South Sudan, is the lead mediator on the conflict for regional bloc, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (Igad). Net photo
Africa

Salva Kiir: Sudan rivals ‘ready’ for talks

Wednesday, May 03, 2023
The Ugandan contingent troops under the East Africa Community Regional Force (EACRF) on Monday, May 1, 2023 deployed in Mabenga, in eastern DR Congo, completing the contingent’s deployment in the joint operation area.
Africa

EAC welcomes new regional force commander

Tuesday, May 02, 2023