Paul Rusesabagina arrived in Doha, after departing Rwanda on Monday morning, as part of a deal brokered by Qatar to have the 68-year old released from prison through a presidential…
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National
Gov’t, Development Partners Discuss Sustainable Financing On Climate Change
by Emmy Nuwamanya 8:01 pmThe Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning convened the 2023 Public Finance Management (PFM) Coordination Forum, On March 22, to discuss how programmatic approaches to climate change and financing can be…
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National
Mental Health Prevalence Among Post-Genocide Youth Calls for Action
by Emmy Nuwamanya 10:27 amThe Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement (MINUBUMWE), in partnership with International Organisation for Peacebuilding (InterPeace), on March 21st convened over 80 participants to discuss mental health challenges, mostly post-traumatic stress…
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National
Suella Braverman Impressed By Rwanda’s Eco-Friendly Housing Models
by Edmund Kagire 6:37 pmThe UK Home Secretary, Suella Braverman praised the construction models Rwanda is deploying to provide housing for asylum seekers who are likely to be relocated to Rwanda in the near…
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Technology
How Zipline’s Success Banked on the President Kagame’s Belief in Technology
by Daniel Sabiiti 3:55 pmPresident Paul Kagame has said that he trusted the idea of Zipline launching its drones in Rwanda in 2016 as the first place for the US tech company that had…
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International
FIFA Members Re-Elect Gianni Infantino, Zimbabwe and Sri Lanka Suspended
by Daniel Sabiiti 12:44 pmGianni Infantino has been re-elected as president of FIFA until 2027 after standing unopposed at the 73rd congress of world football’s governing body in Kigali on Thursday. Infantino was first…
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The Development Bank of Rwanda (BRD) has availed a package worth Rwf 20 billion, to help teachers access individual mortgage loans to purchase houses, through Umwalimu SACCO. Both the administration…
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National
PHOTOS: Commonwealth Diplomats, Senior Officials Join In Efforts To Green Huye
by Emmy Nuwamanya 4:01 pmOver 500 people in Huye district, mostly youth, this weekend joined in a tree planting exercise with government officials and diplomats from Commonwealth countries in Rwanda. This was during a…
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NationalSports
Salima Mukansanga Wins 2023 Forbes Woman Africa Sports Accolade
by Daniel Sabiiti 6:10 amRwandan international football referee, Salima Rhadia Mukansanga won the 2023 FORBES Woman Africa Sports Award replacing South African swimmer Tatjana Schoenmaker who won the prize in 2022. Mukansanga was handed…
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After struggle of several decades, the women in sports are confident to say that they now have made a breakthrough towards rewarding career just like their male counterparts who have…
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Rwanda has through the Expanded Joint Verification Mechanism (EJVM) handed over the bodies of two Congolese soldiers who were shot dead on Rwandan soil on two separate occasions after attacking…
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National
ASFM 2023 Kicks Off With Call For More Investment In Forensic Science To Deliver Quality Justice
by Williams Buningwire 1:57 pmThe 10th African Society of Forensic Medicine (ASFM) International Conference opened in Kigali Rwanda with a call for African countries to invest more in Forensic Science as one of the…