U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that the U.S. military may soon strike Iran's Pickaxe Mountain — a fortified site near Iran's Natanz enrichment facility — while trying to downplay the conflict with Iran as "small potatoes."

Rwanda is using agricultural research to improve the nutritional quality of school meals, with high-iron beans among the crops being linked to efforts to provide healthier and more affordable diets to children.

The body of King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV of Tooro Kingdom arrived in Uganda on Friday, days after his death in the United States, where he had been receiving cancer treatment.

From names celebrating courage and determination to those invoking light, unity, leadership and commitment, the 22 baby mountain gorillas named at Rwanda’s 21st Kwita Izina ceremony on Friday carried stories that extended far beyond the slopes of the Volcanoes National Park.

The International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Bank of Kigali and Aceli Africa have partnered to expand access to finance for farmers’ organisations and smallholder farmers in Rwanda under a new $21 million (about Rwf 31 billion) blended finance initiative.

Rwanda’s conservation gains must go hand in hand with improving the lives of communities living alongside protected areas, Prime Minister Dr. Justin Nsengiyumva said.  

The 21st Kwita Izina baby gorilla naming ceremony on Friday celebrated the continued growth of Rwanda’s mountain gorilla population while highlighting efforts to protect the species and improve the lives of communities living around the park.

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called on China and Egypt to support each other, deepen cooperation, and continue advancing the building of a China-Egypt community with a shared future amid a turbulent international and regional landscape.

Twenty teachers and six students from four Rwandan higher learning institutions have returned from Europe after receiving specialised training in renewable energy, with the aim of strengthening the quality of teaching in the field and equipping graduates with skills relevant to the labour market.

Africa’s push to transform its food systems and create jobs for a growing young population will require more than skills training and entrepreneurship programmes, with young people still facing barriers to land, finance, markets and decision-making, a new study has found.

Scientists have found evidence that Mars may once have contained enormous underground magma systems stretching across hundreds or even thousands of kilometres, challenging long-held ideas about how the Red Planet developed its crust.

Scientists at Duke University have developed an injectable biomaterial that could one day help the brain repair itself after an ischemic stroke.

Influencer Alix Earle has spoken publicly about her ongoing feud with podcast host Alex Cooper, revealing that she felt intimidated and unsupported during their professional relationship.

President Paul Kagame has met with IFAD Vice President Dr. Gérardine Mukeshimana and AUDA-NEPAD CEO Nardos Bekele-Thomas, with discussions focusing on strengthening partnerships to advance Africa’s agricultural transformation, food security and resilience.

El Nino is set to intensify into a very strong event in the coming months, bringing risks of floods, drought and extreme heat, said the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) on Thursday.

The Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said Thursday it remains too early to say that the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is under control, despite signs of stabilization in recent weeks.

Israel's military said on Thursday that it had taken control of two underground Hezbollah routes in the Ali al-Taher ridge area of southern Lebanon after weeks of operation.

Rwanda is set to welcome a distinguished group of international personalities from sports, business, conservation, entertainment and philanthropy who will take part in the 21st Kwita Izina, the country’s annual gorilla naming ceremony, on Friday, September 4.

Practising mindfulness, gratitude and optimism may improve blood pressure and other measures of heart health within just eight to 12 weeks, according to a new review of scientific studies.

Rwanda is using fortified whole-grain maize flour as part of efforts to improve the nutritional quality of school meals, while linking school feeding to local farmers, food processors and other actors across the food value chain.