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Thirty-four senior Police officers from nine African countries, graduated on Friday, June 20, from the National Police College (NPC) following their successful completion of the one-year Police Senior Command and Staff…
Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza has been arrested by the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB), at the request of the Prosecution, on allegations including the formation of a criminal gang and planning activities intended to…
Technical teams from Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) initialed the text of a peace agreement on June 18, 2025, in preparation for its official signing by ministers on June 27, 2025. The signing…
The Rwanda Security Force (RSF) operating in Mozambique, on June 18, donated a fishing boat to Mashalla Cooperative of fishers based in Palma District, Cabo Delgado Province, in the event that took place at Quelimane…
In Kenya, youth known as 'Gen Z' have once again clashed with police in the streets of Nairobi, leaving one person dead and more than 20 others injured. The protests resumed this past week, largely triggered by the…
Israel and Iran are two strong countries in the Middle East. They are not neighbors, but they often fight each other. Every few months, they exchange missile attacks, drone strikes, and air bombings. The latest…
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) announced on Tuesday that it had killed Ali Shadmani, who had recently been appointed as Iran’s Chief of Staff. Shadmani had held the position for less than three days, having replaced…
The leaders of the Group of Seven (G7) have issued a joint call for a de-escalation of hostilities in the Middle East, as violence between Israel and Iran enters its sixth consecutive day. In a strongly worded…
108 senior officers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Rwanda National Police, and allied armed forces from 19 African countries and one from Jordan, on June 16, graduated from the one-year Senior Command and Staff…
The Parliament of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has authorized the Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute the Minister of Justice, Constant Mutamba, who is accused of embezzling $19 million intended for the…
U.S. President Donald Trump opposed an Israeli plan to assassinate Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to CNN, amid ongoing exchanges of missiles, bombs, and combat drones that began on Friday, June…
Iranian ballistic missiles struck several areas in Israel overnight from Friday into early Saturday morning, killing at least three people and injuring dozens more. The attack was in retaliation for ongoing Israeli…
Tensions in the Middle East escalated sharply on Friday, June 13, as Israel launched widespread airstrikes across Iran, killing three top Iranian generals, including the Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, the…
Rwanda’s Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, on June 12, unveiled the budget proposal of Frw 7,032.5 billion for the upcoming fiscal year 2025/2026. The proposed budget is 21% higher than the Frw…
Kanye West, now legally known as Ye, has reportedly been in communication with the family of Sean “Diddy” Combs regarding the possibility of attending Combs’ ongoing criminal trial to express his support. According to…
A total of 204 people have been confirmed dead following the crash of an Air India aircraft carrying 242 passengers on June 12, 2025. The tragedy occurred just minutes after the plane took off from Ahmedabad…
A contingent of 140 Rwandan police officers returned home on Tuesday, June 10, after completing a one-year peacekeeping mission under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central…
The Government of Rwanda has approved a national budget of over Rwf 7 trillion for the 2025/2026 fiscal year, marking a 21 percent increase from the revised budget of 2024/2025. According to the Cabinet insights of…
Zimbabwe will kill dozen of elephants and distribute the meat for consumption to ease the ballooning population of the animals. The southern Africa country is home to the second-biggest elephant population in the world…
Rwanda has announced its withdrawal from the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), accusing the organisation of being manipulated by the Democratic Republic of Congo with backing from some member states…
Tanzania has blocked access to the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, citing the platform’s allowance of pornographic content, which the government says violates the country's laws, culture, customs,…
The African Tax Administration Forum (ATAF) has appointed Mary Baine as its new Executive Secretary, effective 1 July 2025. She succeeds Mr. Logan Wort, who has held the position since ATAF’s founding in 2009. Baine, a…
Two suspected terrorists, including an alleged female suicide bomber, were killed in an explosion on Tuesday, June 2, in Munyonyo, near a church, as Uganda heightened security ahead of Martyrs Day, the country’s…
The latest round of peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, held in Istanbul on Monday, June 2, under Turkish mediation, concluded with what officials described as some positive developments, particularly on…