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Security
RDF Chief of Defence Staff Muganga promoted to four-star General
Somalia’s President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud (left), the Chairperson of the EAC Summit, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan (centre), Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki, look at the new map of the regional bloc after Somalia inched closer to joining the seven-member Community by signing the Treaty of Accession with the EAC at State House, Entebbe, Uganda on Friday, December 15.
Africa
Somalia signs Treaty of Accession with EAC
Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), during an exclusive interview with The New Times in her office in Bangui on November 25. Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.
Africa
VIDEO: MINUSCA boss Rugwabiza on need to build CAR’s internal capacity
Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra talking to the media on Friday, November 24, at a military camp just outside the CAR capital, Bangui,  where 512 Central African Armed Forces (FACA) soldiers trained by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) graduated. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza.
Africa
PHOTOS: Rwanda-CAR cooperation fruitful, says President Touadéra
PHOTOS BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Africa
PHOTOS: Over 500 CAR soldiers trained by RDF to pass-out
A Rwandan soldier serving under MINUSCA on patrol in CAR capital, Bangui, on, November 23. Rwandan peacekeepers are in charge of securing the capital, among other responsibilities. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Africa
Rwandan troops are dependable, brave - UN Force Commander in CAR
Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe district protest against the genocidal violence committed against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo, on December 12.2022. Willy Mucyo
Africa
How DR Congo chose to externalize its internal problems, scapegoat Rwanda
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta speaks at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Courtesy
Africa
Biruta refutes DR Congo’s "baseless accusations" at Francophonie summit
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Africa
Morocco earthquake: Death toll surpasses 2,000, expected to rise further
Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, officials said on September 9, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)
Africa
Kagame expresses deepest sympathy, solidarity with Morocco's King Mohammed VI after devastating earthquake
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Africa
Morocco earthquake: World leaders offer solidarity, death toll rises to over 1,000
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi hugs President of the Union of the Comoros and Chairperson of the African Union (AU) Azali Assoumani as the latter takes his seat after the Union became a permanent member of the G20 during the G20 Summit 2023 at the Bharat Mandapam, in New Delhi, Saturday, Sept. 9, 2023. (PTI Photo)
Africa
G20 membership will increase Africa’s voice, visibility, and influence – leaders
Aerial view Vision City real estate in Gasabo District. Kigali has emerged as Africa's premier smart city among the 30 cities that participated in the assessment. File
Rwanda
How Kigali became Africa's top smart city
Tanzanian billionaire Mohammed Dewji,  the CEO of METL, has expressed interest in investing in Rwanda through his company MeTL Group. Courtesy of MINAGRI
Business
Who’s Mo Dewji, the Tanzanian tycoon looking to invest in Rwanda?
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Africa
Regional Force gets three months' extension to restore peace in eastern DR Congo
Mozambique announced on Friday, August 25, that a leader of the terrorists in the country’s northernmost province of Cabo Delgado, Bonomade Machude Omar, also known as Ibn Omar. Internet
Africa
Cabo Delgado: What death of terror kingpin Ibn Omar means
Seventeen-year-old Lucie Yezakuzwe of Flying Eagle Karate-Do club made her debut at the 2023 UFAK Senior, Cadet and Junior Championships, in Casablanca, Morocco, and won bronze while fighting in the junior Kumite -53kg category.
Karate
Rwanda Karate: 17-year-old Yezakuzwe’s sudden rise speaks to country’s untapped potential
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Security
New Rwandan General takes over force command in northern Mozambique

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