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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.

[UN News] The outbreak of the deadly Bundibugyo species of Ebola in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is expanding, while the push to accelerate testing and identify effective treatment options continues, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame has been appointed as co-chair of AI for Good Global Commission, an initiative of the United Nations.

[New Times] Asia Machinery Investments Ltd, the official distributor and future assembler of Sinotruk (HOWO) vehicles in Rwanda, has unveiled a new generation of HOWO trucks while announcing plans to establish a local truck assembly plant and introduce electric trucks.

[New Times] Patricia Hajabakiga's story begins long before Rwanda's liberation of 1994. Born in 1956 in Nyanza District, Hajabakiga's earliest memories are marked not by stability, but by displacement, rupture, and loss that would later shape how she understood identity, belonging, and nationhood.

[New Times] Rwanda is expected to receive its first shipment of petroleum products sourced from Oman under new government-to-government supply agreements with Kenya and Tanzania in early August, a development the Minister of Trade and Industry, Antoine-Marie Kajangwe, says will strengthen the country's fuel security and support its ambition to become a regional petroleum distribution hub.

[New Times] Rubavu District has intensified efforts to register nearly 59,000 undocumented children after official records revealed a significant backlog in birth registration.

[New Times] For four years, Impundu Arts existed without a place to call home. It lived in conversations, digital spaces, intimate gatherings and collaborations across distances, shaped by women artists building something together.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola's Interior Minister Manuel da Conceição Homem revealed on Monday in Viana that the country's penitentiary facilities are holding over 5,000 inmates beyond their authorized capacity--a situation that will be addressed through the opening of new units in the coming days.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least seventeen people died and thirty-five were injured across the country over the weekend, after 129 incidents recorded by the Civil Protection and Fire Service (SPCB).

[Independent (Kampala)] As the number of Bundibugyo Ebola cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) pushes past 1,000, doctors continue to fight the disease without a vaccine or cure. But the country's top Ebola scientist tells SciDev.Net «there is still hope for this epidemic». The outbreak detected in early May has spread rapidly across the provinces of Ituri, North Kivu and South Kivu in Eastern DRC, and into neighbouring Uganda, with fears that it could cross to South Sudan.

[New Times] This weekend, Rwanda marked the 32nd anniversary of Liberation, a moment where we are reminded that the country we call home today was neither handed to us nor built by chance.

[New Times] The Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) is finalising preparations for the rollout of lenacapavir, a long-acting injectable drug for HIV prevention, expected to be introduced in November.

[New Times] Lawmakers have called for stronger systems to protect creators' rights and ensure they receive fair compensation, saying the growth of Rwanda's creative industry depends on effective management of intellectual property and royalties.

[New Times] When Jean Marie Vianney Nsabimana fled violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), he, like thousands of other refugees, depended almost entirely on humanitarian assistance.

[New Times] The government of Rwanda said it will increase subsidies on selected fertilisers for the 2027A planting season to mitigate the impact of a sharp rise in global input prices.

[New Times] Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Spokesperson and Director General of International Military Cooperation, has called on young Rwandans to rethink patriotism and choose to be citizens who contribute to the country's development.

[New Times] Liberation weekend brings one of the busiest entertainment stretches of the season, with concerts, theatre, worship gatherings and lakefront parties lined up in Kigali, Rubavu and Bugesera.

[Independent (Kampala)] Geneva -- The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) could cause economic losses for African countries of up to $3.6 billion and threaten more than 300,000 jobs on the continent, according to Damien Mama, UN Development Program (UNDP) Resident Representative and Acting Humanitarian Coordinator for the DRC.

[New Times] Mozambique's President Daniel Chapo has praised the contribution of Rwanda Security Forces (RSF) in the fight against terrorism in Cabo Delgado province.

[RFI] The fragile peace process between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo is under renewed pressure, as the United States imposes fresh sanctions over alleged links to mineral trafficking from areas controlled by M23 rebels. Rwandan Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe tells RFI Kigali is being unfairly blamed - arguing that the Congolese government has failed to meet its own commitments under the US-brokered peace deal.

[New Times] The Government has submitted an $86.2 million funding proposal to the Global Shield against Climate Risks to strengthen emergency response and disaster preparedness in vulnerable areas, the Minister in charge of Emergency Management, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Albert Murasira, has said.

[New Times] The government of Rwanda has challenged the methodology used by a United Nations (UN) commission of inquiry investigating the human rights situation in eastern DR Congo, arguing that serious allegations should be backed by independently verifiable evidence and that the inquiry cannot fully fulfil its mandate without field access to the affected areas.

[New Times] Mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Rwanda has remained below 2 percent over the past decade, rising slightly to 1.1 percent from 0.9 percent in the previous year, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) HIV, STIs, and Viral Hepatitis Annual Report 2024/2025.

[ISS] A loss of democratic credibility would undercut diplomatic gains and strengthen M23's demands for autonomy in eastern DRC.

[HRW] Investigate Chain of Command Further, Abolish Death Penalty

[Nile Post] The Uganda Peoples' Defence Forces (UPDF) 4 Infantry Division Commander, Maj Gen Felix Busizoori, has outlined comprehensive Ebola prevention measures aimed at protecting Uganda from the disease while strengthening the regulation of livestock trade along the Uganda-Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border.

[Agenzia Fides] N'djamena -- «We will continue to work so that everyone can contribute to human development and to achieving our common goal of building a united, prosperous Chad that looks confidently to the future.» With these words, Monsignor Edmond Djitangar Goetbé of N'Djamena explained the significance of the new interfaith platform established by the National Council for Islamic Affairs of Chad (CNAIT), the Catholic Bishops' Conference of Chad (CET) and the Alliance of Evangelical Churches and Missions in Chad (EEMET).

[New Times] The Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board plans to launch commercial operations at its Geoscience Laboratory in September, with testing and certification revenues expected to make the facility fully self-sustaining within three years.

[ISS] Reforms are welcome, but technological and capacity gaps still leave Cameroon vulnerable to high-risk parallel maritime networks.

[Independent (Kampala)] Riyadh, Saudi Arabia -- Saudi Arabia on Thursday suspended travel by its citizens to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Uganda and South Sudan, and halted the issuance of all types of visas and the entry of travelers from the three countries as a precaution against Ebola, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.

[New Times] Communities in Ndera and Gasogi, Gasabo District, who for years struggled with dangerous floods and long detours to access essential services, now have safer and easier movement following the construction of a 75-metre Kira trail bridge.

[New Times] Private investors are expanding fish production at their existing farms while others are set to establish new ones as domestic demand for fish increases.