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AfDB Agenda: Tackling Unemployment, Advancing Education
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AfDB Agenda: Tackling Unemployment, Advancing Education

Staff WriterMay 26, 2025May 26, 2025

Ahead of potentially defining presidential elections in the history of Africa’s premier development institution. African Development Bank, one of the…

Fixing the Fault Lines: What the JAMB Scandal Reveals About Nigeria
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Fixing the Fault Lines: What the JAMB Scandal Reveals About Nigeria

Cheta NwanzeMay 15, 2025May 15, 2025

Nigeria’s Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has once again found itself at the centre of a national scandal following…

Rwanda’s Deal With Atlético de Madrid Blends Soft Power With Smart Economics
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Rwanda’s Deal With Atlético de Madrid Blends Soft Power With Smart Economics

Fola FolayanApril 30, 2025April 30, 2025

Rwanda has struck yet another landmark partnership in its ongoing global branding campaign—this time with Spanish football giant Atlético de…

The Fight Against Cervical Cancer: Why HPV Vaccine Uptake Remains Low in Africa
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The Fight Against Cervical Cancer: Why HPV Vaccine Uptake Remains Low in Africa

Daniel SabitiApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Amid scientific progress, mistrust and misinformation threaten to reverse decades of immunisation success. As the world marks World and Africa…

Turning Waste Into Wealth: Africa’s Tourism Wins
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Turning Waste Into Wealth: Africa’s Tourism Wins

Fola FolayanApril 24, 2025April 24, 2025

Across the African continent, tourism businesses are finding creative ways to tackle one of the industry’s most persistent environmental challenges…

ECOWAS Leaders Meet in Ghana to Address Member Withdrawals
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ECOWAS Leaders Meet in Ghana to Address Member Withdrawals

Aisha AdedunmolaApril 23, 2025April 23, 2025

West African leaders convened in Accra on Tuesday for a two-day summit aimed at addressing the withdrawal of Niger, Mali,…

WFP to Halt Aid for 650,000 Women and Children in Ethiopia Due to Funding Shortage
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WFP to Halt Aid for 650,000 Women and Children in Ethiopia Due to Funding Shortage

Aisha AdedunmolaApril 23, 2025

The United Nations World Food Programme will suspend aid to 650,000 malnourished women and children in Ethiopia beginning in May…

Pope Francis Dies at 88 on Easter Monday
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Pope Francis Dies at 88 on Easter Monday

Staff WriterApril 21, 2025

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, passed away on Easter Monday, April 21, 2025, at the age of…

Lisabi Festival: Renaissance of the Egba Culture in its own unique way
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Lisabi Festival: Renaissance of the Egba Culture in its own unique way

Moruff AdenekanApril 8, 2025April 8, 2025

Renowned scholar and anthropologist, Franz Boas, in one of his scholarly works, gave a perspective of culture as a unique…

Kwibuka 31: Confronting Silence, Confronting Injustice
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Kwibuka 31: Confronting Silence, Confronting Injustice

Fola FolayanApril 7, 2025April 7, 2025

Thirty-one years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, the haunting words “Never Again” ring hollow in the face of…

African Youth, Experts Rethinking SRH Funding After USAID Closure
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African Youth, Experts Rethinking SRH Funding After USAID Closure

Daniel SabitiMarch 21, 2025March 21, 2025

On April 19, the US government is expected to announce the way forward after a recent temporary closure of U.S.…

Kigali Welcomes Its First British Curriculum School
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Kigali Welcomes Its First British Curriculum School

Daniel SabitiMarch 7, 2025March 7, 2025

In a move set to redefine Rwanda’s education landscape, Hereford International School Kigali is gearing up to open its doors,…

Rwanda Launches Monitoring Model to Combat HIV, TB and Malaria
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Rwanda Launches Monitoring Model to Combat HIV, TB and Malaria

Daniel SabitiFebruary 17, 2025February 17, 2025

In a significant step towards addressing the ongoing public health challenges posed by HIV, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria, Rwanda has…

How Umubano Impore is Transforming Healthcare and Nutrition In Rwanda
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How Umubano Impore is Transforming Healthcare and Nutrition In Rwanda

Daniel SabitiFebruary 5, 2025February 5, 2025

In 2005 Belgian nationals, Emeritus Prof. Luk Cannoodt and his Rwandan spouse- Claudine Mukeshimana (RIP) started the Umubano IMPORE (Improving…

AFC/M23 declare a ceasefire amid the humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC,  denies any plans to capture Bukavu
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AFC/M23 declare a ceasefire amid the humanitarian crisis in eastern DRC,  denies any plans to capture Bukavu

Frank NtarindwaFebruary 3, 2025February 3, 2025

 The Alliance Fleuve Congo (AFC/M23), a rebel group operating in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), has announced a…

Egypt and Kenya Strengthen Ties With New Agreements
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Egypt and Kenya Strengthen Ties With New Agreements

Aisha AdedunmolaJanuary 30, 2025

Kenyan President William Ruto and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi signed 12 agreements in Cairo, aiming to enhance trade, investment,…

“Heroes are not only in the military” – Ronald Rwivanga
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“Heroes are not only in the military” – Ronald Rwivanga

Frank NtarindwaJanuary 24, 2025January 24, 2025

Heroes are not only in the military because there are people who have had exemplary acts in times of danger…

Yampano: A Rising Talent’s Fight for Recognition
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Yampano: A Rising Talent’s Fight for Recognition

Frank NtarindwaJanuary 23, 2025January 23, 2025

Kigali, Rwanda – In the wake of the electrifying “New Year Groove, Plenty Love” album launch concert by RnB sensation…

Rwanda Commits to Eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2030
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Rwanda Commits to Eradicating Neglected Tropical Diseases by 2030

EditorJanuary 21, 2025

Rwanda has announced its ambitious plan to eliminate neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) by 2030, aiming to tackle health challenges that…

President Kagame Appoints Jean-Guy Afrika, RDB CEO
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President Kagame Appoints Jean-Guy Afrika, RDB CEO

EditorJanuary 13, 2025

President Paul Kagame on January 13, appointed Jean-Guy K. Afrika as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Rwanda…

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