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[RFI] Gabon's President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema begins a three-day official visit to France on Monday, underlining the close relationship between Paris and one of its few remaining key allies in Francophone Africa.

[Premium Times] Only two companies, Petrobas and Oranto, submitted bids, leaving the authorities without sufficient competition to determine the true market value of the assets.

[New Times] Kigali is set to host the first-ever African edition of the SIGNIS World Congress, a flagship global gathering of the World Catholic Association for Communication.

[New Times] Rising demand for electricity in different sectors is putting additional pressure on the electricity network and generation capacity, experts have said.

[New Times] Nine people, including the driver of a minibus, were killed and 13 others injured after the vehicle collided with a truck in Musambira Sector, Kamonyi District, on Sunday, July 19.

[New Times] Football fever swept across Kigali as thousands of fans gathered at fan zones throughout the city to watch the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has challenged Rwandans to rethink how the country engages with the rest of the world, urging a shift from aid-dependency to building partnerships based on mutual contribution.

[New Times] Rwanda's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 13.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2026, but the number of people facing some form of labour market challenge increased, according to the latest Labour Force Survey by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).

[Daba Finance] Gabon's outstanding public debt rose 23% year-on-year to 8,780.3 billion FCFA at the end of December 2025, driven by a sharp increase in domestic borrowing as the government shifted away from traditional external financing.

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[UN News] The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has become the third largest on record and is spreading faster than any previous one during the first month of exposure, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday.

[New Times] Cancer cases worldwide could surge to nearly 35 million a year by 2050 unless countries urgently improve access to prevention, early diagnosis, and treatment, the World Health Organization (WHO) says in a new report.

[Unicef] Dakar -- Statement by UNICEF Regional Director for West and Central Africa, Gilles Fagninou, following visit to Ituri

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[allAfrica] EU Bans Sudan Gold Imports to Curb War Funding

[DW] The outbreak, which has infected almost 2,000 people and killed more than 700, could be at least two to four times larger than official figures, the UN health agency warned. The current outbreak is in the DRC and Uganda.

[UN News] Infections of the Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) have reached record highs and a majority of new cases are coming from «unknown chains of transmission», the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Tuesday.

[Vanguard] Health workers fighting the Ebola outbreak in DR Congo are threatening to strike over unpaid wages, as the World Health Organization warned Tuesday the extent of the epidemic could be four times larger than reported.

[New Times] A total of 258,255 candidates are set to sit the 2025/26 Secondary School National Examinations, slated for Wednesday, July 15-24, according to the National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA).

[Independent (Kampala)] The outbreak in the DRC has led to more than 1,900 cases and more than 700 deaths, according to the latest figures from the DRC's Ministry of Health

[New Times] The government is set to receive its first direct shipment of refined petroleum products, with a vessel carrying 40,000 tonnes expected to arrive at Tanzania's Port of Tanga by the end of July 2026.

[New Times] The government is set to spend more than Rwf64 billion subsidising fertilisers in the 2026/27 financial year as it shields farmers from rising global prices while pursuing higher agricultural productivity.

[New Times] When Samuel Ishimwe talks about satellites, he is quick to move the conversation away from space.

[CAF] Sixteen years after making her debut for the Indomitable Lionesses, Gabrielle Aboudi Onguéné is preparing to write another chapter in one of African women's football's most enduring careers.

[New Times] The Rwandan government has sent condolences to the family of United States Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away on Sunday, July 12.

[New Times] The Ministry of Health said it will roll out reforms that will enable health posts to offer more services, improve staffing gaps and strengthen technology use.

[The Conversation Africa] The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) filed a lawsuit against Rwanda at the International Court of Justice at the end of June 2026. The 60-page complaint alleges acts of genocide and other atrocity crimes by Rwandan forces and their intermediaries dating from 1996 to the present day.

[ISS] Over US$700 million in additional health financing is needed to rapidly contain and prevent a wider regional crisis.

[allAfrica] The Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been labelled the fastest-growing Ebola outbreak ever, not only among the previous Bundibugyo outbreaks. This has raised concern that response efforts are falling behind the virus. As of 10 July 2026, the DR Congo had recorded 1,759 confirmed cases and 600 deaths. Neighbouring Uganda had reported 20 cases, including two fatalities and 17 recoveries.

[UN News] UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk urged the armed forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Rwanda-backed M23 armed group to cease hostilities as he deplored recent civilian deaths on Thursday.

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[New Times] The Senate will summon the Prime Minister to explain how the government plans to address persistent issues delaying the development of infrastructure in industrial parks after senators concluded that progress remains below expectations.

[ANGOP] Talatona -- Health Minister Sílvia Lutucuta advocated on Monday in Luanda for the need to strengthen communication between professionals and patients, as well as to put an end to absenteeism, in order to improve services across the country.