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KIGALI – Rwanda is exploring whether its community-based health insurance scheme, (Mutuelle de Santé), can serve as a foundation for a broader financial protection model that included insurance against agricultural …

South Africa’s Nedbank Group has completed its acquisition of a 66% controlling stake in NCBA Group, bringing the East African banking group under its ownership and expanding Nedbank’s presence in …

The Water and Sanitation Corporation (WASAC) came under scrutiny in Parliament on Tuesday over its decision to halt a project to install a system for monitoring water losses, despite the …

KIGALI — The Rwandan Government has begun hearing its first appeals from asylum seekers challenging decisions by immigration authorities, marking the start of proceedings by a specialised committee established to …

Rwanda has closed 250 factories that were producing substandard alcoholic drinks, while another 200 businesses that had applied for licences had not yet started operations, Health Minister Dr Sabin Nsanzimana …

KIGALI – Rwanda and Nigeria plan to expand military cooperation through cadet exchanges, joint training, logistics and local production of military equipment. Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi …

KIGALI – For a family that has struggled to put food on the table, keep children in school or find money to invest in a small business, escaping poverty means …

NEW YORK — Former Senegalese President Macky Sall has withdrawn his candidacy for United Nations secretary-general, a day after a Security Council vote showed that he lacked sufficient support among the …

KIGALI — Rwanda and South Africa have taken another step towards normalising relations after President Paul Kagame received the credentials of South Africa’s new High Commissioner to Rwanda, Tinyiko George Hlungwane. …

LUSAKA — Defence ministers from Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), Burundi, Uganda and Tanzania are expected to meet in Zambia on October 18 to discuss joint efforts to …

KINSHASA — The Democratic Republic of Congo has barred members of President Félix Tshisekedi’s office and government from direct or indirect contact with the Belgian Embassy in Kinshasa, according to …

KIGALI – When a judge gets a case wrong, it does not simply fail the people before the court. The decision can send the dispute into another round of litigation, …