[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.

[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.