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Ricardo Gomez Senkomane, Rwanda's U18 Basketball team players during the game. FIBA Africa U18 qualifiers scheduled to be held from June 9-14 in Kampala, Uganda.File
Basketball

Rwanda gears up for 2024 FIBA U18 continental tournament

Saturday, May 18, 2024
Rwanda reach the men’s first U18 final in the country’s history after beating Kenya 27-24 in a crunch semifinal held at at 4 Killo Hall on Thursday. Courtesy
Handball

Handball: Rwanda U18, U20 teams storm to Zone 5 finals

Thursday, May 16, 2024
The U20 team qualified for the semifinals after defeating Burundi 38-25 on Wednesday, May 15. Courtesy
Handball

Rwandan teams eye final berth at continental handball tournament

Thursday, May 16, 2024
Tanzania will host the 2024 CECAFA Kagame Cup edition from July 20 to August 4.
Football

CECAFA Kagame Cup: 16 clubs confirmed for 2024 edition

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
People wearing traditional garments participate in an event of SIMAD University's cultural week in Mogadishu, Somalia, on May 11, 2024. (Photo by Hassan Bashi/Xinhua)

PHOTOS: Cultural week celebrated at university to remind students of richness of Somali heritage

Tuesday, May 14, 2024
UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis (L) strikes his gavel to signal the adoption of a resolution during the 10th Emergency Special Session of the General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York, on May 10, 2024. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Friday adopted a resolution supporting the Palestinian bid to become a full UN member by recognizing it as qualified to join and recommending that the Security Council "reconsider the matter favorably." (Manuel Elias/UN Photo/Handout via Xinhua)
International

UN General Assembly backs Palestinian bid for UN membership

Saturday, May 11, 2024
The World Health Organization on Friday warned of a possible surge in food-borne diseases in Kenya due to the ongoing floods crisis.
Africa

WHO warns of food-borne diseases in Kenya amid flood crisis

Saturday, May 11, 2024
An engineer works on a power line pole in Nairobi, Kenya, May 6, 2024. UN humanitarians said on Monday nearly 750,000 people were affected by flooding in eastern Africa, with 234,000 displaced and more than 236 killed - more than 229 in Kenya alone.
Africa

East Africa floods affecting 750,000 people kill more than 235, displace 234,000: UN

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
AU vows to safeguard security gains in Somalia ahead of troop exit. Intenet
Africa

AU vows to safeguard security gains in Somalia ahead of troop exit

Monday, May 06, 2024
A single currency was to be adopted by 2024. Members resolved to extend the timeline by 10 more years to 2031.
Africa

Is the proposed East African single currency a pipe dream?

Friday, May 03, 2024
Kenya's newly appointed Chief of Defence Forces General Charles Muriu Kahariri. PHOTO | FILE
Africa

Ruto names Kenya's new defence chief

Thursday, May 02, 2024
A view of a flooded Ngororero-Muhanga road near Nyabarongo river, after heavy rains that disrupted travel on April 1. Nyabarongo is listed among the rivers that could cause floods. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda’s rivers ‘likely to burst their banks’ as regional countries face flood crisis

Tuesday, April 30, 2024