AFRICA

KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Rwanda began a week of commemoration on Monday to mark 31 years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group. President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame, alongside the dean of the diplomatic corps accredited to Kigali, the country’s capital, and representatives of …

  BAMAKO  | Xinhua |  Mali on Monday announced the decision to close its airspace to all civilian and military aircraft traveling to and from Algeria, effective immediately and until further notice, as tension escalates between the two countries after Algeria shot down a Malian drone. The Malian Ministry of …

This growth has translated into significant improvements in the labor market, with the creation of over half a million new jobs year-on-year Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s real Gross Domestic Product expanded by 8.9% in 2024, surpassing the previous year’s growth of 8.2%, according to the latest Rwanda Economic Update …

How should continental vaccine manufacturers handle complex dynamics of supply and demand? ANALYSIS | The African Union has embarked on one of its most audacious health security missions: Ensuring that the continent manufactures 60% of its own vaccines by 2040. Africa currently manufactures a lowly 1% of the vaccines. However, since …

Some subsistence farmers are down to one meal a day amid a one-two punch: a lack of rainfall, followed by the disappearance of regular food supplements due to shuttered US aid programs. HARARE, ZIMBABWE | GLOBAL PRESS JOURNAL |  — Agnes Tauzeni stands on her parched field. She is a …

LUANDA, Angola | Xinhua | Angolan President Joao Lourenco, who currently serves as the acting chair of the African Union (AU), has proposed Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe as the AU mediator in the peace process between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, according to a statement released …

Kirsty Coventry transitioned from Olympic champion to IOC president with her lifelong commitment to the transformative power of sport, making history as the first female and African leader of the 131-year-old organization. BEIJING | Dong Yixing and Ji Ye -Xinhua | The moment Kirsty Coventry stood in front of the …

KHARTOUM, SOUTH SUDAN | THE INDEPENDENT | South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit has assured President Museveni of his commitment to implementing the revitalized peace agreement signed in 2018 that ended the fighting in that country. In a statement issued by the Ugandan Presidential Press unit, Kiir said he doesn’t …

Juba, South Sudan | THE INDEPENDENT |  President Yoweri Museveni has arrived in Juba, the latest high ranking official to enter the country that’s facing turmoil after the arrest of the South Sudan Vice-President Riek Machar. In the past week, Raila Odinga has been sent to Juba by EAC head …

Johannesburg, South Africa | ALL AFRICA.COM | Police in Mpumalanga are investigating an armed robbery at a Kwamhlanga church, where three masked men stormed a night prayer service on March 30, firing a gunshot before robbing congregants of cash and mobile phones, reports IOL. The attackers, who spoke Sesotho, forced …