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The AU summit was held under the theme 'Justice for Africans and People of African Descent Through Reparations'.
International

Awakening Africa pursues economic self-reliance at AU Summit

Monday, February 17, 2025
Mahamoud Ali Youssouf.
International

Djibouti’s Youssouf elected new AU Commission Chairperson

Saturday, February 15, 2025
Djiboutian Mahamoud Ali Youssouff, Kenyan Raila Odinga, and Malagasy Richard Randriamandrato are candidates for the AU Chairmanship.
International

AUC leadership race: How does the vote work?

Saturday, February 15, 2025
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International

PHOTOS: Kagame in Ethiopia for AU Summit

Friday, February 14, 2025
The UN refugee agency says that more than 1,500 refugees were evacuated from Libya in 2024.
International

1,500 refugees evacuated from Libya in 2024, says UN agency

Friday, February 14, 2025
Ambassador Josefa Sacko, the African Union Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy, and Sustainable Environment.
International

AU official: Africa's population growth requires stronger food security measures

Friday, February 14, 2025
Dancers perform at a news photo exhibition titled "Lens of Xinhua, Images of the Century" in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, Feb. 12, 2025. A news photo exhibition titled "Lens of Xinhua, Images of the Century" kicked off on Wednesday at the Chinese Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya's capital. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
International

"Lens of Xinhua, Images of the Century" photo exhibition opens in Kenya

Friday, February 14, 2025
President Kagame meets with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday, February 12.Qatar has approved a draft agreement on mutual visa waiver allowing free entry for holders of Rwandan ordinary
International

Qatar moves to waive visas for Rwandan passport holders

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
President Paul Kagame meets with the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha on Wednesday, February 12. Photo by Village Urugwiro
International

Kagame, Emir of Qatar discuss bilateral relations

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
Djiboutian Mahamoud Ali Youssouff, Kenyan Raila Odinga, and Malagasy Richard Randriamandrato are candidates for the AU Chairmanship
International

New AU commission to be elected as summit gets underway in Addis Ababa

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
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International

Namibia's founding president Sam Nujoma dies aged 95

Sunday, February 09, 2025
President Horst Köhler passed away on February 1, in Berlin.
International

Rwanda condoles with Germany after death of former President Horst Köhler

Thursday, February 06, 2025
Number of personnel directly employed by the US Agency for International Development (USAID) will be temporarily suspended from their roles starting Friday, February 7.
International

Most of USAID's 10,000 staff placed on leave amid US foreign aid review

Wednesday, February 05, 2025
High Commissioner Emmanuel Hategeka presents his Letters of Commission to President Nangolo Mbumba, as Rwanda’s non-resident High Commissioner to Namibia, based in Pretoria, South Africa.
International

Ambassador Hategeka presents credentials to Namibia, pledges greater ties

Saturday, February 01, 2025
The Chairman of Pan-African Movement – Rwanda Chapter (PAM-Rwanda), Protais Musoni
International

Pan-Africanism: Musoni urges self-reliance over dependence

Saturday, February 01, 2025
The Ugandan Ministry of Health, on Thursday, January 30, announced that it had confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala.
International

Ebola outbreak confirmed in Uganda

Thursday, January 30, 2025
A thick cloud of smoke from a massive fire at the Khartoum Oil Refinery in Al-Jaili area, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Jan. 26, 2025.(Photo by Mohamed Khidir.Xinhua)
International

Fire persists at Sudan's largest oil refinery following army's recapture

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana addresses delegates in Kigali on January 27. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
International

Holocaust: Minister Bizimana calls out UN on failures to address Genocide ideologies, perpetrators

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Terrorism suspect Salman Khan who was arrested by Rwanda, seen here at the Kigali International Airport at the handover on Wednesday, November 27. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana.
International

Interpol arrests 37 terror suspects in East Africa

Monday, January 27, 2025
Firefighters extinguish the fire that broke out at the Grand Kartal Hotel in Türkiye, killing 76 people. Courtesy
International

Kagame condoles with Türkiye after hotel fire kills 76

Wednesday, January 22, 2025