Reflect on the history of policy and practice of memory, justice, and recovery in the country over the past 24 years COMMENT | SAMANTHA LAKIN | Rwanda is commemorating the 24th anniversary of the 1994 Tutsi genocide. This claimed the lives of between 800,000 and one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | It is exactly a year since the Rwandan government fired John Mirenge as the chief executive officer of national carrier, RwandAir, replacing him with Col Chance Dergano in an acting capacity. The good news now is that the national carrier has a substantial CEO following …
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13 African athletes, including Ugandans, go missing at Commonwealth Games Gold Coast, Australia | AFP | Five more African athletes may have vanished from the Commonwealth Games, organisers said Thursday, after eight competitors from Cameroon were suspected of fleeing a day earlier. Gold Coast organisers confirmed reports that athletes …
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Paris, France | AFP | A former Rwandan policeman has been arrested in Cameroon on suspicion of involvement in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, a judicial source in France, where he is wanted over the killings, told AFP. Philippe Hategekimana was arrested in Yaounde, Cameroon’s capital, on March 30 under an …
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Exploiting the opportunities of forestry in Rwanda since 2011: NFC Story below ***** Kampala, Uganda | FRANCIS BYARUHANGA | Rwanda celebrated world forestry day on 21st March at Rubavu district southern Province. The annual celebration seek to deepen planting activities and raising awareness among the communities in villages and young people around. …
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THIS WEEK: Museveni speaks out Rwanda, Uganda tension reports Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni met his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame at State House in Entebbe on the afternoon of Mar.25 amidst reports of tension between the two countries. He together with his host Mr Museveni first held …
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Trump to suspend duty-free apparel imports from Rwanda, spares Uganda and Kenya Washington, United States | AFP | President Donald Trump suspended the duty-free status of Rwanda’s apparel after finding the African nation unfairly blocked US exports of used clothing (commonly known as Mivumba), officials announced Thursday. However, the …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Justus Masa, a Ugandan Lecturer at Kyambogo University and Senior Group Leader of Electrocatalysis and Energy at Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany is among the 17 NEF Fellow award winners at this year’s Next Einstein Forum(NEF) Global Gathering in Kigali, Rwanda. The event currently taking place …
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Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Miguna Miguna, a firebrand member of the National Super Alliance (NASA) coalition who flew back to Nairobi on Monday, was refused entry into Kenya and was forced onto an Emirates plane to Dubai. He refused to take his seat. The flight at the Jomo Kenyatta …
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It’s an embarrassment to depend on outsiders Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Africa should start paying its own bills, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has said. The President was on March 15 speaking at the 11th General Assembly of the African Union of Broadcasting (AUB) where he held …
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