Rwanda
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:19:45 GMTKigali Placed Under Lockdown in New Tougher Covid-19 Restrictions
[New Times] President Paul Kagame chaired a Cabinet meeting on Monday, January 18, 2021, where strict guidelines were put in place to slow the spread of new Covid-19 infections.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:55:31 GMTFather Rugirangoga's Remains to Be Repatriated to Rwanda
[New Times] The remains of late Father Ubald Rugirangoga will be repatriated to Rwanda for burial after a funeral mass slated for January 27, in the United States.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 08:33:22 GMTGovernor Gatabazi Calls for Vigilance as More Students Return to School in N. Province
[New Times] With the reopening of nursery and lower primary schools across the country, over 219,000 continuing and new pupils resumed classes in Northern Province.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 07:56:36 GMTFive Things to Know About Suspension of Kigali Schools
[New Times] "We don't want these students in boarding schools to think that they are in prison, but instead, know that what has been temporarily stopped are studies only." -- Minister Uwamariya
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:18:59 GMTRwanda Moves to Stimulate Transition to Electric Vehicles on Local Market
[New Times] The Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) has called upon the public and private institutions as well as individuals to consider shifting to electric vehicles and join the effort to beat air pollution.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:18:21 GMTBasketball - National Team Preps for Afrobasket Qualifiers On
[New Times] The national basketball team on Monday, January 18 started training in preparation for the upcoming FIBA Afrobasket 2021 qualifiers window 2 scheduled for February 17 to 21 in Tunisia.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:15:36 GMT2020 CHAN - Rwanda, Uganda Settle for Goalless Draw, as Morocco Beat Togo
[New Times] Rwanda and Uganda played to a goalless draw in their first game of Group C in the ongoing Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Monday, January 18 at Stade de la Reunification in Douala.
Tue, 19 Jan 2021 05:13:43 GMTRwanda to Vaccinate Swine Erysipelas to Curb Spread in Pigs
[New Times] Government is mulling a vaccination against swine erysipelas in affected pig farming districts as the country seeks to prevent this infectious bacterial disease from spreading to pig farms which are not yet infected.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 13:02:23 GMTHigh Airfreight Charges Threaten Competitiveness of Rwanda's Horticulture Exports
[New Times] Rwandan horticulture exporters have appealed for lower airfreight charges after an increase in the fee charged to transport their fresh produce to foreign markets has adversely affected their profits. This is they say threatens the develo...
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:15:47 GMTCovid-19 - All Schools in Kigali Closed for Two Weeks
[New Times] Effective Monday, January 18, all nursery, primary and secondary schools will be closed in the City of Kigali, the Ministry of Education has announced.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:56:27 GMTConstruction of U.S.$10 Million Gorilla Conservation Centre Nears Completion
[New Times] The construction of the Ellen DeGeneres campus which is close to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi sector of Musanze district is at 50 percent.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:55:27 GMTCovid-19 - Tour Du Rwanda 2021 Postponed to May
[New Times] The 13th edition of Tour du Rwanda that was slated from February 21-28 has been postponed to May 2-9 by Rwanda's cycling governing body following the recent spike in Covid-19 infections.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:54:57 GMTCentral Bank Chief Economist Thomas Kigabo Succumbs to Covid-19
[New Times] Prof. Thomas Rusuhuzwa Kigabo, the chief economist at the National Bank of Rwanda (BNR), succumbed to Covid-19 on Friday morning. He was 57.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 09:54:46 GMTGoogle Translations Reveal Kinyarwanda Is Not So Simple
[East African] Google Translate last year added Kinyarwanda as one of the five new languages onto its offering, breaking a four-year deadlock of no language added.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:54:15 GMTCHAN 2020 - Six Key Battles as Amavubi Take on Cranes
[New Times] It has been a long time since the Amavubi Stars played regional rivals Uganda Cranes.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:40:09 GMTPeacekeeper Killed in 'Heinous Attacks' in Central African Republic
[UN News] The UN Secretary-General has called for action to ensure accountability for "heinous attacks" in the Central African Republic (CAR) on Wednesday that left a Rwandan peacekeeper dead and another wounded.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:15:48 GMTCovid-19 - Police Arrest 13 Violators in House Party
[New Times] Rwanda National Police (RNP) has arrested 13 people in City of Kigali after they were found holding a house party and drinking.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:15:35 GMTWhy Wikipedia Wants You to Curate Content on Rwanda
[New Times] Popular free online encyclopedia, Wikipedia is calling on Rwandans and citizens from the region to be more involved in curating content about the country, culture and other aspects to reduce underrepresentation.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:15:34 GMTAmavubi Keen to End 13-Year Winless Run Against Uganda Cranes
[New Times] The national football team, Amavubi, will be keen to end a 13 year-winless win against the Uganda Cranes in the opening game of the CHAN tournament slated on Monday, January 18, in Cameroon.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:15:20 GMTTasks That Await Rwanda's New Women Cricket Team Coach Nhamburo
[New Times] Rwanda Cricket Association on Friday, January 15, appointed Leonard Nhamburo as the new head coach for Rwanda Women National Cricket team for the next two years.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 07:01:12 GMTAfCFTA - What Are Rwanda's Export-Ready Products?
[New Times] The Rwandan government has identified opportunities in several local products for exports under the recently launched Africa Continental Free Trade Area.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:46:46 GMTAmavubi Need Your Support, Striker Sugira Pleads With Fans
[New Times] Amavubi striker Ernest Sugira has pleaded with the national football team fans to back the team as they start their CHAN 2020 campaign on Monday, January 18 against arch-rivals Uganda Cranes.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:42:08 GMTOver 150 Asylum-Seekers, Refugees Resettled Since Covid-19 Outbreak
[New Times] The Ministry of Emergency Management (MINEMA) says that the outbreak of Covid-19 did not impede the exercise of receiving and resettling refugees and asylum-seekers from Libya.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:41:42 GMTRwanda's Christian Aganze Wins Beth Brown Memorial Award
[New Times] Christian Aganze, a physics PhD student at University of California, San Diego in the US, was awarded the Beth Brown Memorial Award for his work on discovering faint stars out of the solar system.
Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:21:40 GMTHow Covid-19 Has Shattered Kigali's Night-Time Economy
[New Times] The date March 14, 2020 will indeed not be forgotten in Rwanda's history, most notably for being the time when the country reported the first case of Covid-19, a pandemic that would later disrupt most aspects of Rwandans' lifestyle and ec...
Sun, 17 Jan 2021 13:05:14 GMTPublic Health Facilities to Use Insurance in Treatment of Covid-19
[New Times] Effective February, Saturday 16, Public Health Facilities treating Covid-19 patients will commence using health insurance to invoice for treatment, according to a directive by the Ministry of Health.
Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:08:05 GMTKilling of Respected Ex-Foreign Minister Needs International Investigation
[African Arguments] Seyoum Mesfin, who was killed in Tigray this week at the age of 71, was Ethiopia's longest-serving foreign minister. His untimely death robs Ethiopia of a man who exemplified the country's tradition of enlightened and progressive ...
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:21:11 GMTMad Rush to Fix Gaps Ahead of Return of Younger Schoolchildren
[New Times] As nursery and lower primary pupils prepare to resume physical learning, some schools have cited uncompleted new classrooms as one of the challenges to welcoming back learners in the midst of the pandemic.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:21:10 GMTMedics Issue Caution As Covid-19 Cases Exceed 10,000 in Rwanda
[New Times] Medical workers have urged caution as the number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Rwanda crossed the 10,000-mark, saying it is time to observe preventive measures more than ever before.
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 08:21:09 GMTIs Rwanda On Course to Acquire Covid-19 Vaccine By March?
[New Times] We are doing everything possible to make the vaccines available. We applied and what remains now is to expedite the process but hopefully, by March they should be here.