May 04, 2023
Rwanda: Death Toll Rises As Rwanda Hit By Devastating Flash Floods and Landslides
Emergency crews in Rwanda were on Thursday searching for survivors of flash flooding and landslides that have killed at least 129 people in the west and north of the country. Read more »
April 20, 2023
Burundi: Govt Launches Manhunt for Former PM Accused of Plotting Coup
The authorities in Burundi are searching for former prime minister Alain-Guillaume Bunyoni, seven months after he was dismissed in a high-level political purge. However, the… Read more »
April 17, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda Promises Military Assistance to Benin to Combat Sahel Conflict
Rwanda's President Paul Kagame met his Benin counterpart Patrice Talon at the weekend, promising military support to help the west African nation contain a spillover from jihadist… Read more »
April 08, 2023
Rwanda: France to Erect Paris Memorial to Rwanda Genocide Victims
France is to build a memorial to the victims of the 1994 Rwanda genocide, it said Friday, as Kigali marks 29 years since the slaughter. Read more »
April 07, 2023
Rwanda: Remembering Rwanda's Darkest Hundred Days and the Thousands Who Died
Rwanda today begins commemorating the 29th anniversary of the 1994 genocide, in which 800,000 people, most of them from the Tutsi ethnic group, were massacred by members of the… Read more »
April 03, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Call for Investigation After Head of DR Congo Broadcasting Body Attacked in Paris
The Head of the broadcasting body in the DR Congo, Christian Bosembe, was attacked in Paris while on a tour to meet with European media and francophone institutions.The Congolese… Read more »
March 31, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Who Are the Armed Groups Ravaging the East?
The United Nations Security Council has "strongly condemned" violence perpetrated by armed groups in the Democratic Republic of Congo and has demanded that militia groups disband.… Read more »
March 30, 2023
Equatorial Guinea: Equatorial Guinea Confirms Marburg Deaths After Push By WHO
Equatorial Guinea said it has recorded 13 cases of Marburg disease since February, after the World Health Organization urged the country to officially report new cases. Read more »
March 27, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Villagers Hacked to Death in Suspected Dispute Between Communities
Fourteen people were killed in western Democratic Republic of Congo, including 12 villagers hacked to death with machetes, a local official said on Monday. Read more »
March 26, 2023
Chad: Chad's President Signs Pardon for 380 Rebels Sentenced to Life in Prison
A group of 380 rebels handed life sentences over the 2021 death of former ruler Idriss Deby Itno have been pardoned, a statement from the president's office said Saturday. Read more »
March 20, 2023
Central African Republic: China's President Xi Jinping Wants Mine Workers' Killers 'Severely' Punished
Nine Chinese mine workers were killed in an attack in the Central African Republic, sparking a rare call on Monday from China's President Xi Jinping for the perpetrators to be… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Rwanda: Rwanda Welcomes Africa's First Mobile Vaccine-Production Units
Six mobile vaccine-production units developed by German pharmaceutical company BioNTech have arrived in Rwanda. This is the first such shipment to Africa as the continent seeks to… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Burundi: Prosecutors Charge 24 People With 'Homosexual Practices' in Anti-Gay Crackdown
Prosecutors in Burundi have charged 24 people with engaging in same-sex acts and inciting homosexuality in others, part of a crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights that has been criticised by… Read more »
March 07, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: M23 Rebels Clash With DR Congo Troops Despite Regional Ceasefire
M23 rebels clashed with soldiers on two fronts in eastern DR Congo on Tuesday, officials said, despite a regional ceasefire deal due to take effect the same day. Read more »
March 03, 2023
Angola: France's Macron Hails Renewed Economic Ties With Angola
French President Emmanuel Macron has inked an economic deal with Angola, the second country on his four-nation tour of central Africa aimed at renewing frayed ties with the… Read more »
March 04, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: French President Macron Warns of Sanctions if East Congo Peace Process Derailed
French President Emmanuel Macron pledged 34 million euros of aid to Congo's conflict-hit east on Saturday and said any party seeking to derail peace efforts there should face… Read more »
March 01, 2023
Gabon: Bongo, Macron Host Summit to Protect and Promote Tropical Forests
A two-day event tasked with promoting the critical environmental role played by the world's rainforests has gotten underway in the Gabonese capital Libreville. The One Forest… Read more »
February 17, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Amnesty Says Congolese M23 Rebels Killed 20, Raped Dozens in November Attacks
Amnesty International reports that fighters from the Democratic Republic of Congo's M23 rebel group killed at least 20 men and raped dozens of women and girls in the country's east… Read more »
February 14, 2023
Chad: Mass Trial Opens Over Ex-President Idriss Déby's Death
The trial of hundreds of alleged rebels accused of assassinating former Chadian president Idriss Déby Itno has got underway in a special court located at a prison outside… Read more »
February 02, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Pope Francis Urges Congolese Youth to Work Towards a Better Future
In a speech to tens of thousands of young people in a stadium in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo on Thursday, Pope Francis urged them to work towards a better… Read more »
February 01, 2023
Africa: Stop Choking Africa, Pope Says During DR Congo Service
Presiding over a Mass in the Congolese capital Kinshasa on Wednesday, Pope Francis urged the nation's people to forgive those who have harmed them and denounced the "poison of… Read more »
January 25, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: DR Congo Accuses Rwanda of 'Act of War' After Attack on Jet
The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused Rwanda of an "act of war" after Kigali on Tuesday confirmed its forces had fired at a fighter jet from the DRC that had violated its… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Chad: Rights Body Slams Chadian Forces For Violations During Anti-Govt Protests
The NGO Human Rights Watch has denounced murders, deaths in custody, enforced disappearances, and acts of torture linked to the clampdown against anti-governments demonstrations by… Read more »
January 20, 2023
Congo-Kinshasa: Local Militia Launch Second Deadly Attack in a Week
The UN says another seven civilians have been killed by militia in a northeastern area of Democratic Republic of Congo by the same local militia blamed for killing 49 people… Read more »
January 13, 2023
Cameroon: Bamendjou Community Celebrates 70 Years of Sovereign's Reign
The Bamendjou community in western Cameroon is celebrating the 70-year reign of its ruler King Fo'o Sokoudjou Jean-Philippe Rameau. Events include an symposium on the role… Read more »