June 18

• Police and Military Crackdown After Women's Protest

  Maka

  For the first time since the end of war, in 2002, the Angolan government has soldiers to patrolling the streets of a town and conducting house searches and arrests. Since June 15,... Read more »

• Emergency Response to Malaria Outbreak in Lulingu

  MSF

  An outbreak of malaria in Lulingu, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), is affecting large numbers of people, prompting an emergency response by international medical... Read more »

• Advocacy Groups, Congo Experts Applaud Appointment of Feingold as Great Lakes Envoy

  ENOUGH

  Nineteen advocacy groups and Congo experts applaud U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry for his appointment of former U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) as the new U.S. Special Envoy... Read more »

• Kerry Announces Feingold as Great Lakes Representative [press release]

  State Department

  Remarks by Secretary of State John Kerry, Press Briefing Room Read more »

• Nigerian Refugee Exodus Spreading to Cameroon

  VOA

  The United Nations refugee agency (UNHCR) reports people are continuing to flee the crisis in northeastern Nigeria's Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states. It said the refugee exodus is... Read more »

• A Letter on DRC to the British Prime Minister [document]

  Save the Congo

  Dear Prime Minister RE: The G8 Time to Save the Congo! Read more »

• The Plight of Child Refugees in Democratic Republic of Congo [press release]

  IFRC

  For 14 year old Patricia Yakoto, 1 February 2013 began like any other day, but it would end with her world, as she knows it, being turned upside down. "I was sent to the market by... Read more »

• Nyanza District Begins Evaluation 2012/2013 Performing Contracts

  News of Rwanda

  With only a few days to the national presentation of performing contracts and knowing how district achieved according to positions for economic year 2012/2013, the Southern... Read more »

• Kamonyi - Local Leaders Urged to Promote Good Governance

  News of Rwanda

  The call was made on June 14th 2013, by the Deputy Pierre Claver Rwaka during the event to commemorate Kamonyi district workers that were killed during 1994 Tutsi genocide. The... Read more »

• KIAC Organizes Training in Mediation Skills

  Focus

  The Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) is organizing a six-day comprehensive training for selected participants on commercial mediation this week. Read more »

• Petrol Prices Go Gown

  Focus

  The ministry of commerce and industry on Monday announced that petrol prices have been reviewed downwards. Effective on Tuesday June 18, prices for Super petrol and diesel should... Read more »

• Italy's Foreign Minister Might Visit Angola - Official

  ANGOP

  The Italian Foreign Affairs minister, Emma Bonino, might be visiting Angola in July this year to strengthen existing cooperation between the two countries. Read more »

• Foreign Minister Meets With Rwandan Counterpart

  ANGOP

  Rwanda's Foreign Affairs minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, was received on Monday in Luanda by her Angolan counterpart, Georges Rebelo Chikoti, as part of her two-day working visit to... Read more »

• Burundi to Cut Food Shortages

  EA Business

  Burundi has adopted the National Agricultural Investment Plan (PNIA) 2012-2017, in a bid to increase agricultural produce. Read more »

• Burundi Mobilizes £25.7 Million for Food Security

  EA Business

  Burundi's economy is dominated by the primary sector composed mainly by agriculture, which accounts for about half of GDP and provides about 80% of export income. Read more »

• Execution of 2012/13 Budget Successful, Says Minecofin

  Focus

  As the 2012/13 financial year comes to an end, the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has reported almost 100% implementation of the budget by the accounting... Read more »

• Demand for Circumcision High, but Health Centers Lag Behind

  Focus

  While the government has been promoting circumcision for some time now as a way of reducing the risk of HIV transmission, you can still find many men who have not undergone the... Read more »

• Exposé - Zamuka Association

  Focus

  Zamuka Association is a non government organisation in Rwanda. The organisation was created to help in providing solutions to the problems faced by orphans, widows, and people... Read more »

• Investing in Communities to Save Forests and Parks

  Focus

  The road from Nyamagabe district through Kitabi to Nyamasheke meanders, like a lazy long green river, right through the middle of Nyungwe Forest reserve. Idyllic as a drive along... Read more »

• Energy Gets Big Boost in 2013/14 Budget

  Focus

  The government is investing over Frw 100 billion in energy projects this financial year in what is seen as scaled-up efforts to generate more electricity needed to sustain the... Read more »

• Rwanda's Tea Export Receipts Decline

  New Times

  Rwanda's tea export earnings and volumes have dropped. The country's export volumes in May 2013 were 1,735 tonnes worth $4.4m, down from 2,151 tonnes worth $5.3m in April, which... Read more »

• Endiama Celebrates 100 Years Since First Diamonds Discovery

  ANGOP

  The state-owned National Diamonds Company (ENDIAMA) will organise on 20-21 June, in Luanda, an international conference to mark 100 years since the discovery of the first diamonds... Read more »

• Attorney Office Pledges to End Excess Preventive Detention

  ANGOP

  The Attorney general assistant for the Luanda Province Criminal Investigation Department (DIPIC), Carlos Santos, said Monday here that the institution is engaged in ending excess... Read more »

• LNG Sends Off First Consignment

  ANGOP

  The first consignment of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) produced by the Angola Industrial Unit was dispatched Sunday, Angop learned here. Read more »

• Blanket Ban On Smoking Counterproductive - Asiimwe

  Focus

  The Minister of State in charge of Public Health and Primary Health Care, Anita Asiimwe, has said that when it comes to tobacco, the focus should be on educating people about its... Read more »