[ISS] The growing pool of disaffected youth could test the ruling party's grip on power, especially as succession questions loom.
[New Times] Four to five decades ago, Rwanda's Eastern Province had significant forest cover. Once characterised by rolling hills, plains, savannahs, wetlands and grasslands, the region has since experienced widespread deforestation as communities cleared land for agriculture and relied heavily on charcoal, firewood, and timber for construction.
[New Times] Rwanda's new law on competition and consumer protection has introduced provisions aimed at ensuring that public subsidies are transparent, justified, and do not unfairly distort market competition.
[The Conversation Africa] Countries in west and central Africa are facing a food crisis with multiple causes. Estimates in late December 2025 suggested that 41.8 million people were already in crisis or worse in October-December 2025. The number was expected to rise to 52.8 million in June-August 2026. Researchers Kirui Oliver Kiptoo and Chibuzo Nwagbosu explain how serious the situation is.
[Agenzia Fides] Kinshasa -- «The US sanctions on Rwanda do not affect the Congolese who are recruited by the M23,» local sources from South Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, occupied by the Rwandan-backed M23 guerrilla fighters, told Fides. On March 2, the US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on the Rwandan army and four high-ranking military officials from Kigali, accusing them of supporting the M23 rebels in eastern DRC (see Fides, 5/3/2026).
[HRW] New Legislation Undermines Freedom of Association, Expression
[Vanguard] The British government announced Tuesday that it would stop issuing education visas to nationals from Afghanistan, Cameroon, Myanmar and Sudan and work visas for Afghans as part of its broader clampdown on asylum seekers.
[RFI] Belgian authorities detained three people on Tuesday after four arrests in an investigation targeting a Cameroonian secessionist group over possible war crimes and crimes against humanity.
[RFI] A new secretary-general of the United Nations will be appointed on 1 January, 2027 to succeed Antonio Guterres, with three current nominations on the table - former Senegalese president Macky Sall, plus former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet and the director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Argentine Rafael Grossi.
[New Times] The Rwanda National Police has raised alarm over the deadly impact of illicit alcohol in Eastern Province, revealing that toxic brews have killed at least 20 people and left 300 others battling severe vision complications within a year.
[New Times] The latest reports of aerial bombardments by the Kinshasa regime targeting civilian-populated areas in eastern DR Congo should alarm not only the region, but the entire international community. The AFC/M23 rebel group has vowed to defend civilians against what it describes as terror orchestrated by the regime in Kinshasa.
[New Times] Gospel singer Alexis Dusabe has dismissed rumours suggesting that his upcoming concert in Brussels, Belgium, could be disrupted following reports that the initial promoter had pulled out. The artiste has reaffirmed that the show will proceed as scheduled.
[New Times] The Rwanda National Police has raised alarm over the deadly impact of illicit alcohol in Eastern Province, revealing that toxic brews have killed at least 20 people and left 300 others battling severe vision complications within a year.
[New Times] For Olivier Nyabyenda, a farmer in Karambo Village, Butare Sector, Rusizi District, the heavy rain is always a source of worry. Two weeks ago, a heavy hailstorm swept through his 25 acres of cassava trees and left his family facing poor food access.
[RFI] Musical duo Okali - Cameroonian singer Gaëlle Minali-Bella and French multi-instrumentalist Florent Sorin - released their debut EP this month, the result of years of experimentation in blending the sounds of their two countries, as they told RFI.
[RFI] The Congolese authorities and civil society groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have reported the discovery of mass graves in an area recently vacated by M23 rebels.
[Nile Post] The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced on February 26, 2026 that it is presenting Juliana Amato Lumumba as its candidate for Secretary-General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), directly challenging Rwanda's incumbent, Louise Mushikiwabo.
[New Times] AFC/M23 has reiterated its commitment to the ceasefire, even as it accuses the Congolese government coalition of repeatedly violating agreements during Qatar-mediated peace talks.
[New Times] The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has successfully completed a five-month Proof of Concept (PoC) phase for a potential Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC), a digital version of the Rwandan franc known as the e-Franc Rwandais (e-FRW), according to a report released on February 26.
[New Times] March 18 has been set as the date when Rwandan and UK lawyers will face off in arbitration proceedings over the Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP), a bilateral treaty concluded in 2024. Rwanda accuses the United Kingdom of failing to honour its commitments under the agreement.
[New Times] Rwandan authorities on Wednesday, February 25, received 164 asylum seekers from Libya.
[New Times] For 25 years, the Community Based Health Insurance scheme, popularly known as Mutuelle de Santé, has stood as one of Rwanda's most transformative social innovations. What began as a modest, community-driven initiative to enable citizens access basic healthcare has evolved into a robust national safety net covering millions of Rwandans, including some of the most complex and costly medical interventions.
[New Times] East Africa's private sector has issued a call for action, warning that the region risks missing its integration targets unless governments move decisively from policy reform to implementation.
[New Times] A new cultural documentary by Zion Films Company is set to present a fresh perspective on Rwanda's post-1994 recovery by examining Umuganda as a long-standing philosophy that continues to shape the country's social fabric.
[UN News] Fresh from holding the most extensive elections in its history, the Central African Republic (CAR) is entering what the UN's top envoy in the country describes as a «decisive period» in consolidating fragile peace gains, even as security challenges persist and disarmament efforts continue.
[HRW] Six Years after Kizito Mihigo's Death, Free Speech Crackdown Continues
[Maka] Angola's diversification strategy was designed to reduce dependence on oil and build a competitive, broad-based economy. Instead, a growing body of public records suggests that economic power is becoming increasingly concentrated around a small number of politically connected conglomerates.
[New Times] The Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, has warned that rising violence and hate speech targeting Tutsi communities in DR Congo echo the patterns that preceded the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
[CPJ] Dakar -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cameroonian police to drop a criminal trespass investigation into four journalists who were detained for five hours and had their equipment seized last week, three of whom were reporting for the Associated Press (AP) on the secret deportation of African migrants from the United States.
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