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African leaders, academics to debate economic transformation and empowerment at African Economic Conference 2012
KIGALI, Rwanda, October 24, 2012/ -- Leaders and scholars from Africa and around the world will gather in Kigali, Rwanda, from October 30 to...
Rwanda elected for UN non permanent Security council seat
Rwanda is amongst the five nations elected to seat in the Un Security Council for the next two years
On Thursday the...
Civilian Persecuted by the Rwandan military
Amnesty International accused Rwandan military intelligence services of engaging in torture, unlawful detention and enforced disappearances of civilians on Monday by members of...
Rwanda: Hotel Rwanda hero accused of supporting rebellion
Hotel Rwanda hero, Paul Rusesabagina, renowned for saving Tutsi targets from Hutu extremist during the 1994 Rwanda genocide, has been accused of supporting a...
Great lakes: Rwanda and DR Congo to eradicate rebellion
The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda have vowed to augment efforts to rid the Great Lakes region of rebels and rebel activities. The...
UN succumbs to Rwanda’s Peacekeeping leverage
The Subtleties of diplomacy may have trounced fact as the UN in order to maintain the stability in the Central Africa region, has moved...
Rwanda and Uganda promise to improve archaic prisons
In a bid to improve service delivery among the prisons services in the east African community, Rwanda and Uganda have embarked on a bi-lateral...
Three African Vignettes: Nigeria, Benin, Rwanda
The following three “vignettes” are based on private journal entries written in Nigeria, Benin, and Rwanda between 1999 and 2004. They highlight the...
Rwanda Peacekeeping: Goodwill or Blackmail?
Human Rights Watch has criticized Rwanda for threatening to withdraw its peacekeepers from African Union/United Nation missions in Sudan, accusing President Paul Kagame's government...
New genocide report may rock the Rwandan government
A leaked United Nations report which claims that the Rwandan army may have carried out genocide in Congo, between 1993 and 2003 is to...
Rwanda attracts mixed feelings over progress
Rwanda’s progress since the genocide of 1994 has been remarkable and is a testament to the people in facing and overcoming staggering challenges, a...
East Africa not ready for electoral violence
The states that make up East African Community (EAC) have said that they are not ready to handle post electoral violence.
Even today, East Africa...
Rwanda election: Big win for Paul Kagame after vote count
The sitting president of Rwanda and RPF candidate, Paul Kagame, has overwhelimingly won the Rwanda presidential elections, which were held yesterday, by over 90...
Rwanda election free and fair?
In Rwanda, voting polls are set for the second presidential election since the 1994 genocide, and while preparations for the elections have witnessed the...
Rwanda: Free press, post-genocide
Regardless of Rwanda’s presidential election outcome on August 9th, one thing is certain – an independent press will not monitor the election results. ...
Rwanda’s controversial drum
The media dilemma in Rwanda has been described as the controversial drum. Free press in the country is indeed essential for democracy, development of...
Rwanda: Media banned from operation ahead of elections
Last week, Rwanda's Media High Council asked about 30 radio stations and newspapers to apply for permits. The media are currently de facto banned...
Rwanda: Kagame commended over corruption rate
Amidst accusations of tyranny and rights abuses, Rwandan President Paul Kagame, has been credited for Rwanda's transparency, after anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International revealed that...
East Africa’s most corrupt country
Kenya has relinquished its position as the most corrupt country in East Africa to Burundi, according to the East African Bribery Index 2010 by...
Manipulating the memory of the Rwandan genocide
The Rwandan government has made remarkable strides in infrastructure, the economy, healthcare, and gender equity in political representation, but their continued attack on independent...
IFAD President to visit local Community Innovation Centre in Bugesera district of Rwanda
President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) is expected to meet with Paul Kagame, President of the Republic of Rwanda, during a...
NYERERE centre for peace research begins new training programs in Arusha
The East African Community Nyerere Centre for Peace Research (EAC-NCPR) in cooperation with Arcadia University in the USA has offered new scholarships to undergraduate...
Uganda-Rwanda: Genocide pastor to face prosecution in Tanzania
One of the most wanted promoters of the genocide that took place in Rwanda in 1994 has been arrested in Uganda. The former pastor...
Kenya: U.S. launches East Africa software competition “Apps 4 Africa”
United States Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Judith McHale launched the “Apps 4 Africa” contest at the Innovation Hub...
Tanzania-Rwanda: Munyakazi Sentenced to 25 Years Imprisonment
On 30 June 2010, Yussuf Munyakazi, a former businessman in Bugarama, Cyangugu was sentenced ...
African countries’ reluctance to ratify Kampala Declaration questioned
Uganda government has expressed its unhappiness towards African countries over delays in the ratification of the Kampala Declaration, which aims at ensuring that African...
Zimbabwe: Rwandans refuse repatriation over extermination fears
Rwanda refugees resident in Zimbabwe are resisting moves to be repatriated to their homeland claiming that they would be killed once they set foot...
East Africa: Rwanda government condemned over murder
The media fraternity in the east African countries of Kenya, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and Rwanda have condemned the brutal killing of Jean Leonard Rugambage,...
East Africa getting ready for internet revolution
The recent deployment of the SEACOM broadband cable off the coast of east Africa has sparked “the dawn of a new era” in Internet...
Mugabe, Zenawi, Bashir, Afwerki, Mubarak, Biya… World’s worst despots list
A United States based think tank, Foreign Policy/Fund for Peace has ranked President Mugabe as the second worse despots in the world after...