[New Times] The government has established a national centre to support women-owned and women-led micro, small and medium enterprises (WMSMEs), in a move aimed at improving financial advisory services and expanding access to funding, the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has said.

[New Times] Rwanda's sugar imports declined in 2025, dropping by 36.5 per cent in volume and 39.1 per cent in value, reflecting increased domestic production and shifting consumption patterns, according to figures from the Ministry of Trade and Industry.

[Daily News] Trade, investment, logistics, security and energy at centre

[allAfrica] A quiet but consequential shift is underway in Africa's economic order. The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), long defined by paradox vast wealth amid deep poverty,is now projected to become sub-Saharan Africa's fifth-largest economy in 2026.

[New Times] Rwanda's decision to partner with some of Europe's biggest football clubs--Arsenal, Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) and Atlético Madrid--was never just about the sport. It even, was met with scepticism. It still does to this day.

[New Times] Rwanda Energy Group (REG) and Police VC have emerged as strong contenders for a medal at the 47th African Men's Club Volleyball Championship, currently underway in Kigali from April 22 to May 3.

[Shabelle] Kinshasa -- Eighty four Congolese soldiers accused of fleeing battles against AFC/M23 rebels in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo are facing trial on multiple charges, including violating military orders, the army said Thursday.

[ANGOP] Rome -- Pope Leo XIV recalled, on Wednesday in Rome, his recent visit to Angola, where he observed the existence of a free church for a free people, at the service of peace and national reconciliation.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame is expected in Botswana from May 6 to 7 at the invitation of the country's President Duma Gideon Boko.

[New Times] At the heart of Rugeshi Hill Where Humanity Was Buried is not only a story of survival, but a careful reconstruction of how violence was normalised long before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

[New Times] SMEs will get a grace period of up to 24 months while they stabilise and expand.

[New Times] The government is considering introducing a law that would restrict children under the age of 16 from using social media platforms, in an effort to strengthen child protection in the digital space.

[New Times] Rwanda's tourism sector sustained its upward trajectory in 2025, generating $685 million (approx. Rwf1 trillion) in revenues, a 6 per cent increase from 2024, according to Rwanda Development Board's (RDB) annual report.

[World Bank] WASHINGTON, April 28, 2026--The World Bank's Board of Executive Directors approved $250 million in financing for the Kinshasa Urban Transformation and Jobs Program -- known as Kin la Belle -- to improve solid waste management services and create inclusive employment opportunities in Kinshasa.

[New Times] Rising fuel prices have become a daily concern for households and businesses in Rwanda, reshaping how people move, work, and spend.

[UN News] Nearly 7.5 million children across the Central Sahel region in Africa are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance - «an emergency that remains too far from the attention of the international community,» a senior official with the UN child rights agency UNICEF has said.

[New Times] The World Health Organization (WHO has approved the first malaria treatment made for newborns and very young infants, in an effort to improve care for children most at risk.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Approximately 400 tons of various goods have already been collected as for the «Solidarity Embrace» campaign, aimed at helping flood victims in Benguela province.

[New Times] The remains of 35 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi were on Sunday, April 26, accorded a dignified burial at Kinazi Genocide Memorial Site in Ruhango District.

[New Times] Not so long ago, I spoke with a businessman in Rwanda who operates in imports, customs clearance, and logistics - right at the heart of cross-border trade. You would expect someone in that position to be fully conversant with continental trade frameworks. Yet, he said that he only started learning about the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in 2025, despite Rwanda having signed and ratified the agreement in 2018, with continent-wide implementation beginning in 2019.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The draft Law on the Legal Regime for the Supervision of External Auditing of Public Interest Entities will allow the creation of a robust and more effective supervision system, with a focus on integrity, transparency and trust in the financial market, the Secretary of State for Finance and Treasury, Ottoniel dos Santos, said on Friday in Luanda.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Court of Auditors approved, on Thursday (23), in an ordinary plenary session, the Opinion on the General State Account (PCGE) for the 2024 fiscal year, a document that will be submitted to the National Assembly in the coming days.

[State Department] The text of the following statement was released by the Governments of the United States of America, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of Rwanda, the State of Qatar, the Republic of Togo (as the African Union mediator), and the African Union Commission on the occasion of the fifth Joint Oversight Committee held this week in Washington, DC.

[ANGOP] Saurimo -- The Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas, Diamantino de Azevedo, on Thursday in Lunda Sul province, deemed the mining sector an essential engine for Angola's economic progress, as evidenced by improvements in people's living conditions.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angola has been recognized as «Best International Destination» by the National Geographic Readers Awards 2026, in a direct vote by travelers and readers of the VIAJES platform.

[New Times] Africa's domestic capital base has reached a scale that now exceeds external financing flows over the past decade, marking a turning point in how the continent funds its growth and industrialisation, according to the Africa Finance Corporation's (AFC) State of Africa's Infrastructure Report 2026.

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[New Times] The City of Kigali will extend its dedicated bus lanes from short queue sections near junctions to continuous lanes, in a move aimed at speeding up public transport across the capital.

[New Times] The Government is securing designated public parking spaces across Kigali to allow motorists to park their cars and complete their journeys using public transport.

[DW] Pope Leo XIV continued his tour of Africa with a Mass in Equatorial Guinea. The pontiff called for more justice in the country as the nation's president and his family looked on.

[DW] Afghan allies who assisted US forces now face a stark choice: resettle in the war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo or return to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.

[DW] Uganda's military has said that it and forces from the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo freed some 200 hostages in eastern DRC in a joint operation against Islamist militants known as the ADF.

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[UN News] From election support in the Central African Republic to patrols in the disputed Abyei region, UN peacekeepers are operating in increasingly volatile environments - but shrinking resources and new threats, including drone warfare, are testing their ability to keep communities safe.

[DW] Pope Leo XIV has admonished those waging war in the name of god and slammed «tyrants» destroying the world and its resources. The pontiff has stepped up his criticism of senseless violence, angering US President Trump.