Rwanda/Libya: Pros Join Rwanda Camp Ahead of Nigeria, Libya Qualifiers

[ad_1] Six of the 10 professional players plying their trade abroad had their first training session with Amavubi on Wednesday, August 28, ahead of upcoming 2025 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers against Libya and Nigeria. Rwanda will visit Group D rivals Libya in Tripoli on September 4 before hosting Nigeria at Amahoro Stadium on September 10. Frank Spittler's team is training twice a day at Amahoro Stadium before flying to Tripoli on Saturday, August 31. The likes of Bonheur […]

August 30, 2024 2

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Rwanda: Paris 2024 Paralympics – Rwanda Falls to Brazil in Sitting Volleyball Opener

[ad_1] It wasn't the beginning that Mosad Rashad and his ladies wished for in the Paris 2024 Paralympics as Rwanda Women suffered a 3-0 demolition at the hands of Brazil in the opening match of the Sitting Volleyball competition on Thursday, August 29. Rwanda and Brazil are both pooled in Group B, which also includes Slovenia and Canada. Suellen Dellangelica Lima's outstanding performance helped Brazil cruise to a 25-13, 25-10, 25-7 victory over Rwanda in a match held at North […]

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Africa

Africa: New AU Mission for Somalia – Old Problems, Fresh Solutions?

[ad_1] To succeed in tackling al-Shabaab, the new peace support operation needs appropriate resourcing and protection from regional tensions. Seventeen years after the first African Union (AU) mission was deployed in Somalia to degrade the violent extremist group al-Shabaab, the country is set to have a third peace support operation starting on 1 January 2025. This month, the AU Peace and Security Council endorsed a proposal to form the AU Support and Stabilization Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM). It will take […]

August 29, 2024

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Africa: Mpox Vaccines – Where They Come From and What Stands in the Way of Distributing Them in Africa

[ad_1] The Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization (WHO) have declared the latest outbreak of mpox in Africa a health emergency. An epidemic in the Democratic Republic of Congo has spread to neighbouring countries and more than 1,400 new mpox cases were detected in just one week. Vaccination is one of the key strategies to contain the disease. Virologist Anna-Lise Williamson unpacks how vaccines have evolved and who should be first in line in […]

August 29, 2024 2

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Africa: Malaria Vaccine Breakthrough for Pregnant Women

[ad_1] In a world first, the Sanaria PfSPZ malaria vaccine has been shown to protect expectant mothers from malaria before and during pregnancy. Malaria vaccine breakthrough for pregnant women 29 August 2024 In a world first, the Sanaria PfSPZ malaria vaccine has been shown to protect expectant mothers from malaria before and during pregnancy. Recently published findings in the The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal from a three-armed study in Mali in 2018-2021 on administering a malaria vaccine to women anticipating […]

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Kenya Eyes Five Million Tourist Arrivals By 2027

[ad_1] Nairobi — The Ministry of Tourism is devising a new strategy to increase international tourist arrivals to five million by 2027. It seeks to achieve this through a Tembea Kenya, which will soon be launched, to boost the number from the current about 2 million arrivals yearly. Tourism Cabinet Secretary Rebecca Miano spoke while hosting tourism players at an event in Nairobi yesterday. "This happens mainly through participation in local and international events, campaigns, policy advocacy, and in creating […]

August 29, 2024 2

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Africa: What Are Raila Odinga’s Chances of Clinching the Top AU Job?

[ad_1] Kenya's veteran politician Raila Odinga, who this week officially launched his bid for the African Union Commission Chairmanship, now has the uphill task of convincing the majority of the African Union Members to vote for him. Odinga will need a two-thirds majority vote to become the fifth Commission Chair, succeeding the incumbent Chairperson, Moussa Faki Mahamat, in the February 2025 AUC elections. The electorate is composed of heads of state of active members of the continental bloc. As the […]

August 29, 2024 2

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African Health Ministers, Partners Urge Equitable Access to Critical Tools to Curb Cervical Cancer Threat

[ad_1] Brazzaville — Inequitable access to vaccines and high-performance screening tools is hampering efforts to effectively reduce the growing burden of cervical cancer in the African region, which accounts for the highest rates of new cases and deaths due to the disease. Despite being preventable and treatable through human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination and screening, and curable when detected early, cervical cancer remains the most common cause of cancer-related deaths in the African region. Of the more than 76 000 cervical […]

August 29, 2024 2

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Rwanda: Photos – Miss Rwanda 2020 Nishimwe to Wed Michael Tesfay On December 29

[ad_1] Miss Rwanda 2020 Naomie Nishimwe and long-time fiancé Michael Tesfay have scheduled their wedding on December 29. In February, the beauty queen and model had tentatively said that their wedding would take place in December, but she did not reveal the exact dates until she announced the development via her Instagram page on Wednesday, August 28. This comes eight months after the two officially got engaged as they were celebrating two years dating. "We're excited to that our wedding […]

August 29, 2024 2

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