{Following the capture of the town of Mocimboa da Praia, in the northern Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, from ISIS terrorists last week, the joint Mozambican and Rwandan forces have reopened the road link between Mocimboa and Awassi, to the west, near the border with Mueda district.}

{The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Eda Molewa, and the Minister of Natural Resources of the Republic of Rwanda, Dr Vincent Biruta, have signed an environmental cooperation agreement between the two countries.} Ministers Molewa and Biruta met in Kigali, Rwanda, on 16 June 2017 to discuss the significance of sustainable development in the protection and […]

{On Tuesday, November 29, the Atlantic Council’s Africa Center hosted Moϊse Katumbi joint opposition candidate for the presidency of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and former governor of Katanga Province, for a roundtable discussion on the evolving political situation in the country.} Vice President and Africa Center Director J. Peter Pham welcomed participants […]

{Kinshasa-The prosecution of over 600 police and soldiers for human rights violations has failed to curb widespread impunity in the Democratic Republic of Congo.} The violations were committed from January 2014 to date, a period marked by protests against President Joseph Kabila clinging to power beyond constitutional limits. United Nations investigations indicate violations peaked last […]

{The UN refugee agency said a total of 26,819 Somali refugees have in principle confirmed their intention to voluntarily return home and are waiting to be facilitated to return to the Horn of Africa nation.} The UNHCR said in its bi-monthly report released on Saturday that some 2,525 returnees were supported to voluntarily return to […]

{Nine aid workers were killed in violence in Somalia between January and September, the UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said Friday.} In its October bulletin, the OCHA says over 100 violent incidents resulted in the deaths. Eleven aid workers were injuried and three others were abducted during the nine months. The OCHA […]

{After a year of uncertainty since protests against President Pierre Nkurunziza's decision to run for a third term in office began, the East African Community has now declared Burundi safe to host its activities.} The EAC suspended its activities in Bujumbura in the run-up to the June 2015 elections at the height of protests by […]

{Karonga — Karonga District Football Committee (KDFC) has vowed to cramp hard on teams and players involved in age cheating in the ongoing First Merchant Bank (FMB) under-20 league in the district.} The call comes in the wake of wrangles which characterized the first season (2015) of the youth football league in the district where […]

{With 6.5 million people – a third of the population – in Malawi facing acute food shortage, UNICEF has committed to continue vital nutrition support for the country's 300,000 children who are at risk of malnutrition in the current emergency.} The UN agency has just completed a mass screening of under five children, and reached […]

{The purpose of peace talks is to engage your opponent across the negotiating table. But the Burundi government sees things differently and by picking and choosing whom it talks to, last Tuesday sank the latest mediation effort to resolve the country's political crisis.} The four days of an "intra-Burundi dialogue," mediated by former Tanzanian president […]