[New Times] Multiple representatives of African countries and beyond met in Doha, Qatar to continue the discussions for bringing a solution to the eastern DR Congo crisis.

[allAfrica] Geneva -- The deepening funding crunch is threatening humanitarian work on another international crisis, the UN is warning: the response in Burundi to the growing influx of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR).

[New Times] President Paul Kagame received his counterpart Umaro Sissoco Embaló of Guinea-Bissau, on Monday, April 28, and held talks on bilateral cooperation across mutually beneficial sectors.

[New Times] Ibuka, the umbrella organization of Genocide survivors' associations, has recorded and documented testimonies from 250 elderly survivors, known as Intwaza, since 2023.

[New Times] World TB (tuberculosis) Day on March 24 was started to create awareness among people about a chronic, sinister but totally curable disease. Before, T.B. was considered a death warrant. But the discovery of the first anti-TB. drug Streptomycin in 1943, kindled some hope in people, and other drugs followed subsequently. Today T.B. is curable with effective drugs, the only thing needed is timely diagnosis and treatment. In general, T.B. is considered a disease of the lungs. But it does affect other organs,

[RFI] Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo have signed a declaration of principles under the aegis of the United States, setting out a framework for a draft peace agreement to be discussed on 2 May.

[Global Press Journal] Lubero, Democratic Republic of Congo -- Clashes between Rwanda-backed M23 armed group and the DRC military are quietly starving a generation.

[Independent (Kampala)] All actors in the supply chain of illicit mineral exports, from operators of the mines to end product users, need to be held accountable for sustaining the bloodbath in the conflict-riven eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

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[New Times] Thirty -- four years ago today, I was flown in a King Air fixed-wing aircraft to Musiara in the Masai Mara to lead my first-ever safari group. They had disembarked from a cruise ship docked on the Indian Ocean -- a group of wealthy senior citizens eager to explore the world. I was tasked with leading them on a two-day safari, using a fleet of ten five-seater Cessna 404s.

[WFP] WFP and Central Africans reach out to war-displaced newcomers, in a country facing its own insecurity and hunger challenges

[New Times] A new facility designed to incinerate over 400 tonnes of municipal solid waste daily and generate 15 megawatts (MW) of electricity for Rwanda's national grid is set to be established in Musanze District.

[New Times] World Vision Rwanda staff paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in a solemn commemoration held on April 24.

[The Conversation Africa] Memory and politics are inherently intertwined and can never be fully separated in post-atrocity and post-genocidal contexts. They are also dynamic and ever-changing. The interplay between memory and politics is, therefore, prone to manipulation, exaggeration or misuse by clever actors to meet a range of political ends.

[RFI] The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have jointly pledged to halt fighting in the east of the country while they work towards a permanent truce. The surprise announcement follows the latest round of talks in Doha mediated by Qatar.

[UN News] The ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) continues to have devastating consequences, particularly for women and children, who face an increased risk of conflict-related sexual violence.

[New Times] With the help of mathematical models, medics at the Ministry of Health expect to be able to predict disease trends months ahead, thanks to the newly launched Health Intelligence Centre.

[Africa CDC] In a strong act of continental solidarity, His Excellency João Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola and Chairperson of the African Union, announced a landmark voluntary contribution of USD 5 million to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC), reaffirming Angola's leadership and enduring commitment to strengthening regional health security and sustainable health financing.

[Premium Times] The country faces a public health crisis characterised by a poor supply of affordable medicines and too few pharmacies.

[New Times] The City of Kigali, alongside Bugesera, Nyagatare, and Musanze districts, recorded the highest number of land-related disputes in the country, according to the National Land Authority (NLA).

[New Times] Egypt inaugurated on Sunday the headquarters of the African Space Agency (AfSA) in the Egyptian Space City in Cairo.

[Independent (Kampala)] Barrick Gold Corporation was until 2019 the largest mining company in the world. With operating revenue of US$12.922 billion (Uganda's GDP is about US$50 billion), Barrick Gold is the kind of mining company that experts think could help end the problem of 'illicit mineral trade' if governments in the Great Lakes region allow it.

[This Day] * As UNICEF, Adamawa govt urge parents to immunise children against polio

[WHO-AFRO] N'djamena -- In a renewed effort to eradicate circulating polio variant type 2 in the Lake Chad Basin, Ministers of Health from Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, Niger and Nigeria launched today a synchronized regional vaccination campaign aimed at protecting 83 million under 5 children. The initiative is a crucial milestone in the fight against variant poliovirus type 2, which continues to pose a threat to millions of children across the region.

[New Times] Preserving memory is not just about remembering, according to Gakwenzire, but it's also a form of resistance.

[The Conversation Africa] The April 2025 flooding disaster in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo, wasn't just about intense rainfall. It was a symptom of recent land use change which has occurred rapidly in the city, turning it into a sprawling urban settlement without the necessary drainage infrastructure.

[New Times] Farming is central to life and the economy in Rwanda. However, limited land, unpredictable weather patterns, and increasing food demand are straining traditional agriculture.

[New Times] Rwanda has recorded a significant decline in poverty over the past seven years, lifting more than 1.5 million citizens out of poverty, averaging 214,000 individuals emerging from poverty each year, a new survey shows.

[New Times] Ntazinda was serving a second five-year term as Nyanza District mayor after his reelection in November 2021.

[New Times] In our previous articles, we looked at how excessive concentration of power lay in the hands of a small group from Gitarama. It was to boomerang on the regime through divisionism of all sorts which led to its demise as we shall see in this piece.

[New Times] Rwanda has become more than just a rising destination for tourism and investment but a new home for several celebrities from regional to globally recognized figures who appear on big screens of Hollywood, European cinema, music stages and sporting arenas.

[New Times] Access to electricity in Rwanda has increased, rising from 34 per cent in 2017, to 72 per cent in 2024, according to the new Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV7).

[New Times] On New Year's Day in 1994, Simon Pierre Ndayisenga left his home in Rukumberi, Shore area, near Bugesera District, to go and live with his uncle in Kibungo town. His father sent him away after witnessing early signs of an impending genocide in their area.

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[UN News] Recent severe flooding caused by torrential rains has displaced nearly 10,000 people in Tanganyika province in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, said on Tuesday.