[World Bank] Washington -- The World Bank today approved $170 million from the International Development Association (IDA) to help Chad improve connectivity, logistics, and value chains with subregional commercial potential in the Lake...
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Rwanda has announced the suspension of its development cooperation with Belgium, accusing the European nation of leading efforts to block Kigali's access to international development financing.
[New Times] Rwanda is taking a significant step in its climate action agenda with the launch of a new project aimed at mitigating methane emissions in the agriculture and livestock sectors, with the latter being the major contributor to...
[OCHA] The Humanitarian Coordinator in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mr. Bruno Lemarquis, expresses his deep concern regarding the humanitarian consequences of the continued expansion of the conflict, particularly in South Kivu.
[New Times] Burundian soldiers, who have been fighting against the M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo, were pulling out following the fall of the city of Bukavu, four sources, including a Burundian army officer and two U.N. officials, said...
[New Times] Rwanda has suspended its development cooperation with Belgium, calling out the European country for leading an aggressive campaign, together with DR Congo, to sabotage its access to "development finance, including in...
[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 123 people have been discharged from hospital in Angola in the last 24 hours after recovering from cholera, ANGOP has learned.
[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Secretary of State for Social Communication, Nuno Caldas Albino, reaffirmed Tuesday in Luanda the government's continued commitment to building a democratic state based on the rule of lawNuno Caldas Albino...
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- "Sometimes you have the feeling that the poor are hopelessly lost," reports a Church source from Bukavu, the capital of the Congolese province of South Kivu, which was taken by the M23 troops supported by the...
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- The religious services in Kinshasa, capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), both in the Catholic parishes and in the Protestant communities of the Church of Christ in Congo (Église du Christ au...
[VOA] Abuja, Nigeria -- Regional analysts are calling for the swift implementation of resolutions made at the recently concluded African Union (AU) Summit in Ethiopia. The summit was dominated by discussions on escalating conflicts in...
[MSF] Marcus Bachmann, Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) head of programmes for South Kivu province, explains the situation in this part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as the conflict evolves.
[UN News] The humanitarian emergency in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has deteriorated sharply with serious human rights violations and abuses, including reported summary executions of children and generalised sexual...
[Daily Trust] Some M23 fighters with Rwandan troops on Sunday entered the centre of another key city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo as the African Union highlighted growing fears that the strife-torn country could break up.
[New Times] The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) will hear 19 cases involving East African Community (EAC) partner states between February and March during a rotational session in Kigali.
[New Times] The government unveiled a new energy policy on Monday, February 17, which which is an update to policy of 2015. Rwanda will require at least Rwf2.5 trillion in investment in various energy sources.
[New Times] Ncuti Gatwa, the Rwandan-Scottish actor who made history as the first Black actor to take on the iconic role of the Doctor, may be concluding his time in the TARDIS sooner than expected, according to reports.
[New Times] In the past few days, in the vast halls of diplomacy, an esteemed Foreign Minister from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) embarked on a critical mission. It was not to address her country's rampant corruption, its...
[New Times] Up to 400 Congolese fleeing from ongoing conflicts and violence spread by the Congolese army and its militia allies in DR Congo's South Kivu Province crossed into south western Rwanda, through the Bugarama border, on Monday...
[New Times] DR Congo citizens on Monday, February 17, took to the streets in a wave of fresh protests demanding the immediate withdrawal of foreign military forces, including MONUSCO, the Burundi National Defence Forces (FNDB), and the...
[New Times] Blaming Rwanda for the security crisis in DR Congo while ignoring the suffering of Congolese communities and the grievances of M23 movement will not bring peace to the country, Dr. Diane Gashumba, Rwanda's Ambassador to...
[New Times] East African economies are projected to remain the fastest-growing in Africa, with growth rates of 5.3per cent in 2025 and 6.1 per cent in 2026, according to a new report by the African Development Bank Group (AfDB).
[The Conversation Africa] The city of Goma in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was taken over by the M23 rebel group in January 2025. This was a tragic escalation of a decades-long conflict that's led to mass displacement and deaths.
[UN News] The UN World Food Programme (WFP) has condemned the looting of thousands of tonnes of relief supplies in the city of Bukavu in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), after Rwanda-backed M23 rebels swept in at the...
[New Times] The AFC/M23 rebel movement in eastern DR Congo has called for direct peace talks with the Congolese government after seizing control of Bukavu, the capital of South Kivu Province, on Sunday, February 16.
[allAfrica] Cape Town -- The African Union chose its new leadership, and now faces several peace and security challenges which the International Crisis Group (ICG) described as "forbidding". This is an extract of ICG's briefing points to...
[Civicus] Steward Muhindo is an activist with LUCHA (Lutte pour le changement), a non-violent, non-partisan civic movement in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). He spoke to CIVICUS about the conflict in the east of the country.