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[New Times] President Paul Kagame has warned against the dangers of genocide denial and historical distortion, stressing that the facts of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi are well-documented and cannot be erased.

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[GroundUp] Delmore Manuel, Jermaine Conradie, and Leigh-Ann Maroon are getting away with torture

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[CPJ] Washington, D.C. -- The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Egyptian authorities to immediately release political commentator Ahmed Douma, who was arrested on April 6 at the Supreme State Security Prosecution headquarters following a six-hour interrogation, which ordered his detention for four days pending investigation.

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[263Chat] Human rights watchdog , the Zimbabwe Human Rights Commission (ZHRC) has raised concerns over intimidation and restricted participation during public hearings on proposed constitutional changes despite what it described as strong public interest across the country.

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In Kenya, private sector activity contracted in March for the first time since August 2025. Companies are reporting lower output and fewer new orders, amid weaker purchasing power and disruptions linked to the war in the Middle East.

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[RFI] Rwanda on Tuesday began its annual commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsis - a period of remembrance for the victims and reflection on the legacy of the killings. For survivor Godelieve Mukasarasi, that past has shaped more than three decades of work helping women who were raped during the genocide, and children born of sexual violence, to rebuild their lives.

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[The Conversation Africa] Last year Kenya Wildlife Service warned of a growing demand for garden ants in Europe and Asia, where some people view them as exotic pets. An attempt to smuggle over 2,000 garden ants out of the country's main international airport made the news in 2026. Echoing this, in 2025, four men were sentenced for attempting to smuggle more than 5,000 ants out of the country.

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The ruling party has unveiled a draft law that strips voters of the chance to elect the president.

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Quickly discredited rumours circulated across Cameroon on Tuesday that the country's leader, President Paul Biya, had appointed his son to the vice presidency. In fact, no one has yet been named to the office.

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Rwanda on Tuesday marked 32 years since the genocide that massacred more than a million people in the space of just one hundred days.

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As distributed energy resources (DERs) scale rapidly across Africa and globally, the pressure to design safe, compliant and grid-stable protection systems has

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Equatorial Guinea is moving from strategy to execution in its bid to become a regional gas hub. A series of agreements signed in early 2026 – covering

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The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) has been confirmed as a Partner of African Energy Week (AEW) 2026, taking place October 12–16 in Cape Town. Its

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Merck Foundation (www.Merck-Foundation.com), the philanthropic arm of Merck KGaA Germany commemorates World Health Day 2026 in partnership with First Ladies

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Morocco’s decision earlier this year to pause elements of its long-anticipated LNG import strategy marks less a delay than a strategic reset – one that

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Washington, USA, 07 April 2026 -/African Media Agency (AMA)/- Nigeria has made meaningful progress in restoring macroeconomic stability, but inclusive growth

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Mozambican navy personnel appear to have unlawfully killed and injured fishermen in Mozambique’s embattled Cabo Delgado province on March 15, 2026, Human

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Zimbabwe launched its upgraded banknotes on Tuesday with an appeal to national pride and confidence.

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Fifa opens disciplinary proceedings against the Spanish FA after "Islamophobic and xenophobic" chants during a friendly between Spain and Egypt last month.

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The world’s oldest leader, Cameroon’s President Paul Biya, has appointed his son Franck to the vice presidency. The post was only reintroduced on Saturday, after being scrapped in 1972.

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[Afreximbank] African Export Import Bank (Afreximbank), has called for urgent and coordinated multi stakeholder action to transform Africa's cotton sector from a raw commodity export base into a competitive textile and garment industry. President and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bank, Dr George Elombi, made the call while addressing delegates at the recently concluded Fourteenth World Trade Organisation Ministerial Conference in Yaounde, Cameroon.