Brig-Gen Samaila Uba takes over as Director Defence Information

Following recent reorganisation in the Armed Forces of Nigeria, Brig Gen Samaila Uba has taken over as new Director of Defence Information. He took over from Brig Gen Tukur Gusau in a brief ceremony held at Defence Headquarters on Tuesday. Gen Uba...

Spiro Raises $100 Million to Expand Electric Mobility in Africa, Eyes Cameroon Market

(Business in Cameroon) - Spiro secured $100 million (CFA56.6 billion), the largest-ever investment in Africa’s two-wheeler electric mobility sector. The African Export-Import Bank’s investment arm, FEDA, contributed $75 million to finance...

Fact-checking Trump's '60 Minutes' interview on nuclear weapons, Mamdani, ICE

In his first "60 Minutes" interview in five years, President Donald Trump misled about his administration’s deportation strategy and his record on grocery prices. The nearly 90-minute interview came a year after he successfully sued CBS’ parent...

Kigali banks on new state company to increase commuters using public buses

Rwandan businesses upbeat as Africa trade gateway goes live

The launch of the Africa Trade Gateway (ATG) in Rwanda heralds a transformative moment for intra-African trade, setting the stage for increased economic integration across the continent. Designed as a comprehensive digital trade ecosystem, ATG...

Kagame Urges Fast Track of Single African Digital Market

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has called on the African Union, regional economic communities, and the Smart Africa Alliance to accelerate the creation of a unified digital market that connects the continent’s economies, people, and innovations....

Rwanda Turns to DNA Mapping to Detect and Prevent Future Diseases

5 KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda has received support from leading global science organisations to develop its genomics ecosystem — an ambitious step towards understanding and tackling the country’s growing disease burden amid rising incomes and...

India Trails Smaller Nations on Passport Power; Visa-free Access Stuck at 57 Destinations

India’s passport has once again ranked among the weaker ones globally, slipping five places to 85th in the 2025 Henley Passport Index, which measures the strength of passports worldwide based on visa-free access. The latest edition, released by...

Nigeria’s AI Vision Stumbles on Funding, Law Gaps as Africa’s Policy Divide Widens

Advertisements Nigeria has become one of Africa’s biggest countries with a focus on artificial intelligence (AI). Its engineers are building local language models, universities are opening robotics labs, and global partners, from Google to the...

Rwanda Turns Counterterrorism Into a Weapon Against Its Exiled Opposition

On 14 October 2025, Rwanda’s Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) released a list of 25 individuals accused of terrorism and terrorist financing. Officially, it was presented as a national security measure. In reality, it reads like a blacklist of...

When Belgium Ferried Rats to Fight Malnutrition in Rwanda

1 The government at the time saw it fit to feed rats to to its children In the late 1980s, Rwanda’s government faced a severe nutrition crisis. Decades of poor agricultural policy, land fragmentation, and neglect of rural welfare had left millions...

Paratus opens in Rwanda

Pan-African telecommunications and network services provider Paratus Group has launched Paratus Rwanda, as the company continues its strategic expansion across Africa. Paratus Rwanda will provide and install Starlink services, delivering...

Industrial Investors Association Explores Export Opportunities in Oman, Rwanda, Kazakhstan

Ammon News - The East Amman Industrial Investors Association, in collaboration with Arab Consultants for Business Development, organized a specialized dialogue session on Wednesday to explore prospects for exporting Jordanian products to Oman,...

Money-losing companies with colorful histories have pivoted to crypto

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Rwanda Sanctions 25 Individuals on Domestic Terrorism and Terror Financing List

1 KIGALI — Rwanda’s National Counter Terrorism Committee (NCTC) has officially published the country’s Domestic List of Terrorists and Terrorism Financiers, naming twenty-five individuals accused of involvement in acts of terrorism or in...

South Kivu : Burundian soldiers prevent Banyamulenge from accessing the market in Bijombo

SOS Médias Burundi Bukavu, October 20, 2025 — Tensions are rising in the highlands of South Kivu. Last weekend, several residents of Minembwe, mainly from the Banyamulenge community, were turned back by Burundian soldiers while they were on their...

Sudan Crisis: Sudanese Envoy Urges President Kagame to Lead African Mediation Efforts

1 Amb. Khalid Musa Dafalla Musa addressing a press briefing at the embassy in Kigali, (Photo: Daniel Sabiiti) The Sudanese Ambassador to Rwanda, Khalid Musa Dafalla Musa, has called on President Paul Kagame to intervene and lead an African effort...

M23 rebels loot $70m worth of gold from Congo mine since May, company says

Rebels occupying Twangiza Mining's gold concession in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have looted at least 500 kilograms of bullion since May, the company told Reuters, accusing some of its own employees of aiding the theft. At current...

China's ZTE, Airtel Rwanda mark 10 years of partnership with network milestone

KIGALI, Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Chinese technology company ZTE Corporation and Airtel Rwanda on Monday celebrated a decade of partnership at an event in Kigali, Rwanda's capital, which also featured the completion of the Airtel-ZTE Wireless Access...

Kaduna Peace Model: How Uba Sani’s Non-Kinetic Strategy Turned Fear into Hope

By Sani Liman Kila For years, Kaduna’s name struck fear into the hearts of travellers and traders. Once-vibrant local economies in Birnin Gwari, Giwa, Kajuru and Kauru became graveyards of opportunity — haunted by abductions, bloodshed and...