Ian Borg nominates US President Donald Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Ian Borg, Malta's Minister for Foreign Affairs and Tourism and Deputy Prime Minister, has stated that he has nominated US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize. Deputy Prime Minister Borg wrote about this on his Facebook page, in which...

New platforms seek to boost access to finance for Tanzanian businesses

Dar es Salaam. Advisory and investment banking firm SSC Capital has launched four new financing platforms that seek to address access to capital challenge in Tanzania. The new platforms, Mbadala Agro Fund, TAIN Fund, DealME, and Wengi, are...

Find out more as Access Holdings confirms amount paid to buy another bank

Access Holdings Plc, the parent company of Access Bank, has completed the acquisition of the National Bank of Kenya A major deal that will strengthen Access Bank’s footprint in East Africa and position the group for expansion in East Africa Access...

BADEA Grants Rwanda $45 Million to Boost Water Supply and SME Development

4 Minister of State for National Treasury, Godfrey Kabera (left) Kigali, October 6, 2025 — The Arab Bank for Economic Development in Africa (BADEA) has granted Rwanda a concessional loan worth $45 million (approximately Rwf65.1 billion)to support...

Henry Srebrnik: The International Criminal Court’s Africa issue

Breadcrumb Trail Links TJ Comment Columnist From the start, the court's investigations centred on Africa, creating a visible pattern of focus in prosecutions Published Oct 08, 2025 • Last updated 5 hours ago • 4 minute read The International...

Preview: Rwanda vs. Benin - prediction, team news, lineups

Sports Mole previews Friday's World Cup Qualifying - Africa clash between Rwanda and Benin, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. As many as five nations in Group C could still qualify for World Cup 2026, but Benin are in the lead...

Clinical Profile of Heart Failure Patients and Evaluation of the Prescribing Practice of Guideline Directed Medical Therapy (GDMT) at Rwanda Military Referral and Teaching Hospital: A Retrospective Study

Introduction Heart failure (HF) is a multifaceted clinical syndrome marked by the heart’s inability to adequately pump or fill with blood to satisfy the body’s metabolic requirements.1 Physiologically, HF can manifest as either insufficient...

Is Africa the West’s ‘Human Dumping Ground’?

We look at the deals between some African nations and the Trump administration to accept deportees from the US. Several African nations, including Uganda, Rwanda, Eswatini, formerly known as Swaziland, and South Sudan, have agreed to accept...

Brazil Tops First Abia International Para Badminton Championship

Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia Nigeria was confined to the fourth position as the first Abia International Para Badminton Championship ended at the weekend with Brazil emerging the overall winner with seven gold, three silver, and five bronze...

Asylum seekers to be moved to barracks and pop-up cabins in plans to end hotel use

Ministers are aiming to phase out the use of hotels 'within a year' using pop-up sites and ex-military barracks The Home Office will use pop-up cabins and former military sites to house asylum seekers in a bid to end the use of hotels as...

Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy

Cabo Delgado insurgency persists amid failed military strategy Eight years on, northern Mozambique’s terrorist threat remains acute despite the deployment of thousands of local and foreign troops. Cabo Delgado’s armed insurgency marked its eighth...

Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda top EAC performance in health insurance     

ARUSHA: TANZANIA, Kenya, and Rwanda have emerged as leading nations in the East African Community (EAC) in terms of the number of citizens enrolled in health insurance schemes. This development is seen as a significant step towards improving the...

South Sudan to host ECO-Net HQ; appeal made to President Kiir

Author: Michael Daniel | Published: 11 hours ago Governing Council Members of ECONet in Kampala-Ugandan with representatives of AU, IGAD, AU-ECOSOCO and EAC during selection of South Sufan a Host Country for ECONet Head Office dated 7th October...

Go for the HPV jab, it’s safe — Health Minister rallies girls

The country, yesterday, Wednesday, October 8, started the mass administration of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination, targeting 2.5 million girls aged between nine and 14. The nationwide vaccination will be carried out in schools, health...

What I learned about healing after surviving the Rwanda genocide

I was just 14 years old when my family was targeted during the 1994 Rwanda Genocide against the Tutsi. The Rwanda genocide in 1994 was a devastating hundred-day campaign of mass violence in which over 800,000 Tutsi people — including all the...

Patrick’s Politics: To hold Israel accountable for its genocide, peace will not be enough

The war between Israel and Hamas has now stretched into its third year. Dueling visions of hope and horror have played out in the Middle East over recent days, as the framework of a peace plan is being discussed and another punishing Israeli...

Burke: The lie that shut down government could cost you more

By Tom Burke / Herald Columnist James David Vance, vice president of the United States, stood at the White House press room podium on Oct. 1 and lied. He lied to you and to the 340 million Americans who care that the U.S. government has been...

DRC Bishops dismayed by death sentence against former President Kabila

In the aftermath of the death sentence pronounced by the High Military Court against former Congolese President Joseph Kabila, Bishops in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) under the auspices of the Conférence épiscopale nationale du Congo...

U.N. refugee agency chief suggests that US deportation practices violate the law

GENEVA (AP) — The head of the U.N. refugee agency suggested Monday that President Donald Trump’s America has carried out deportation practices that violate international law, and criticized a wider “backlash” in some countries against migrants and...

Game Changers: Inside the Afreximbank Compliance Forum 2025

From 12–14 November 2025, Kigali will host the Afreximbank Compliance Forum (ACF2025), organized with the National Bank of Rwanda. The forum will highlight Rwanda’s growing role in Africa’s financial ecosystem and the impact of AI in securing...