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Congolese head of state Denis Sassou Nguesso appointed a new prime minister on Wednesday, May 12. Anatole Collinet Makosso, 56, was a former education minister. He replaces Clément Mouamba in office since 2016 and resigned on May 5 after President Sassou Nguesso's new five-year term. as reported from Brazzaville, Loïcia…

Small cross-border trade is gradually resuming between the city of Rubavu, in Rwanda, and that of Goma in the DRC. The so-called “Petite Barrière” border post, one of the most crossed on the continent, had been closed for eight months because of the Covid-19 crisis. But since November 5, traders gathered in cooperatives, students, teachers or even doctors are allowed to pass subject to having tested negative for Covid -19. A decision taken jointly by the governors of the provinces on both sides of the border.…