Central Africa News

[ANGOP] Luanda -- At least 115 new infections, five deaths and 51 recoveries is the statistical balance sheet, for the last 24 hours, released this Friday by the Angolan health authorities.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, paid a "heartfelt tribute on Friday to all the health professionals who lost their lives in the fight against the lethal Covid-19 virus and other health threats.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, had a telephone talk Friday with his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, during which bilateral relations were discussed.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The 1º de Agosto team announced Friday the extinction of volleyball, one of the club's most awarded titled sports with 25 national trophies in men's and 19 in women's.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The President of the Republic, João Lourenço, Friday appointed Jorge Bengue Calumbo as Secretary of State for Land Transport replacing Guido Waldemar da Silva Cristóvão.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Attorney General's Office (PGR) this Friday seized more properties acquired with public funds by the defendant, Carlos Manuel de São Vicente, former chairman of the AAA board of directors.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The Angolan Maritime and Port Institute (Impa) has had no records of any accident in Angola's maritime space in recent years, considering navigation in national waters to be safe.

[New Times] The Court of Appeal has upheld the life sentence of Genocide convict Leon Mugesera at Kacyiru in city of Kigali on September 25, 2020. / Dan Nsengiyumva

[New Times] Terror suspect Paul Rusesabagina on Friday, September 26 appeared before Nyarugenge Intermediate Court where he challenged the decision by a lower court to remand him for 30 days.

[New Times] The International Cycling Union (UCI) has approved the proposed dates - by Rwanda Cycling Federation (Ferwacy) - for the 13th Tour du Rwanda.

[New Times] When Marie-Justine Uwizeye weighed 150kgs she suffered from hypertension until she joined Slim n' Fit, a weight loss program, and lost 42kgs that her health returned to normal.

[New Times] The Minister of Education has said that the reopening of schools is expected to start gradually in October and conclude in November 2020 amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

[New Times] President Paul Kagame on Friday, September 25, made several changes in Rwanda's diplomatic corps, appointing new Ambassadors, First Counsellors and second counsellors in several embassies.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The 195 assets held by the Angolan State (partially or totally), which have been in the process of privatisation since August 2019, account for over 10 percent of the wealth generated by the country (GDP), the coordinator of the Technical Group for the Privatisation Programme, Osvaldo João said Friday.

[ANGOP] Lubango -- The Minister of Higher Education, Science, Technology and Innovation, Maria Bragança Sambo, Friday in Lubango pointed out the lack of financial and technical capacity to guarantee the "full" biosafety conditions in Higher Education Institutions (HEIs), according to the requirements.

[New Times] Rwanda has drastically reduced, by 54%, the importation of gases known as 'hydro chlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)' that deplete ozone layer paving the way for implementing the Kigali Amendment to the Montreal Protocol.

[New Times] The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has urged the Local Administrative Entities Development Agency (LODA) to curb delays in paying wages as well as direct support to the vulnerable people beneficiaries of Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP).

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The World Bank (WB) new director for Angola, Jean-Chistophe Carret, is due to arrive in the country Monday for a four-day visit, Angop learned today from its office.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The increase in domestic production of goods and services, the reduction of the excessive weight of the state in the economy and the stabilisation of the country's monetary and foreign exchange market dominated the first three years of President João Lourenço's governance in the economic field.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- Angolan President, João Lourenço, Friday thanked Chinese aid to African countries, particularly Angola, in the fight against Covid-19.

[Nation] A foreign national sentenced to life in prison two years ago, for allegedly murdering a friend in a love triangle, has been freed by the Court of Appeal sitting in Nairobi.

[ANGOP] Luanda -- The national health authorities have recorded 82 new infections, four deaths and 85 recovered patients in the last 24 hours.

[New Times] Sports Club Kiyovu have elected Juvenal Mvukiyehe as their president to steer the club's fortunes for the next three years.

[New Times] About 70 hospitality establishments in Kigali have been either penalised or closed after they were found operating contrary to the directives designed to prevent the further spread of Covid-19.

[New Times] Former Rwanda international Michel Ndahinduka has announced his shock retirement at the age of 30 after struggling with a right-ankle injury that kept him off for the whole of last season.

[New Times] A total of 28 military, police and civilian personnel from seven Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states on Friday, September 25, completed a training course designed for Integration Mission Planning.

[Maka] Really? Carlos Manuel de São Vicente is currently a jailbird. On September 23 he was remanded in custody in Viana prison (Luanda) awaiting trial, where conditions might soon make him forget his ill-gotten billions. One by one, the bit-part players in the Dos Santos kleptocracy are being taken down, evidence of their crimes adding up against the long-ruling kleptocrat-in-chief who oversaw the outrageous theft of tens of billions of dollars of Angolan patrimony. It's no easy matter to bring a former p

[DW] On September 22, hundreds of citizens in Cameroon's Anglophone region took part in an organized anti-government protest. But the numerous opposition parties are under scrutiny for lacking clear leadership or a strategy.

[New Times] A cabinet meeting held on Friday, September 25 among others resolved that schools will resume in the coming weeks, after over 6 months of closure due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

[UN News] The "indiscriminate consequences" of the COVID-19 pandemic have underscored the importance of multilateralism and how the world handles global challenges and contradictions, the President of Burundi told world leaders gathered virtually for the UN General Assembly.