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DRC President Sworn-In for Second Term: Promises to Unite People

(3 Minutes Read) Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi (60)was sworn in Saturday following a disputed December election. The jubilant president, who was sworn in for the...
Rebel Group Captures Mining Town in Eastern DRC

 Rebel Group Captures Mining Town in Eastern DRC

(3 Minutes Read) Many groups are accused of carrying out mass killings, rapes, and other human rights violations. The violence has displaced about 7 million...

All government Payments to go digital by 2024 in Rwanda

All payments in Rwanda are set to go digital by 2024. A digital system dubbed Point of Sale(POS) has become popular in capital...

Malawi’s Kamuzu 1 back in operation after five years

(3 minutes read)  Malawi re-commissions the Kamuzu 1 dam in Malingunde, following five-year-long rehabilitation work. The facility supplies the capital Lilongwe with drinking water. The...

Congo seeks Chinese help to reduce its external debts

(3 minutes read) ·        Congolese Prime Minister Anatole Collinet Makosso  said that his country was facing financial difficulties and assured to reduce...

Consultations to end conflict in DRC are progressing: still there are imponderables

 (4 minutes read)   The third round of consultations for the peace process in the Democratic Republic of Congo facilitated by the East Africa regional bloc...

Uganda threatens to take Kenya to East African Court of Justice

Alleging “unfair trade practices’’, by barring a number of Ugandan exports to Kenya, the Uganda Manufacturers Association has threatened to take Kenya to...

DRC’s youths keen to join forces to fight M23

 (3 minutes read) Hundreds of young Congolese are volunteering to join the army to fight the M23 ("March 23 Movement") rebels, who have a considerable...

Rwanda admitted to the International Civil Aviation Organization

Rwanda has become the 75th country to join the ICAO PKD (public key directory). This will fasten Rwanda’s project to issue passports with embedded biometric...

Rwanda convicts Chinese national for torturing mine worker

A Chinese national has been sentenced to 20 years in jail by the Rwanda court for torturing local mineworkers in Rwanda. Rwanda and China celebrated the...

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