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Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:45:55 GMT
Rwanda: France Promises to Try a Genocide Suspect Every Six Months
[New Times] The French government is mulling ways that will see at least two suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi tried every year, as part of the efforts to give justice to the over a million victims.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:21:57 GMT
Central Africa: Food Crisis Inches Toward Record High in West, Central Africa
[VOA] Dakar, Senegal -- An estimated 250 million people in Africa lack access to daily food, with the number impacted in west and central Africa expected to reach a record high. Officials and aid groups from more than 50 African countries meet this w...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:11 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda is Showing How It Should Be Done - Ghanaian Social Entrepreneur
[New Times] Twenty-eight years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda recovered and made tremendous progress that should inspire other African countries to change the narrative that African is poor and disorganised.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 06:04:14 GMT
Rwanda: On This Day - How RPA Captured Mt Rebero and What It Meant
[New Times] Rebero was a highly strategic feature for the RPA as it afforded the enemy a vantage point from which they could target and hit any location around Kigali.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:17 GMT
Rwanda: Volleyball Memorial Tournament Set for June
[New Times] The Rwanda volleyball fraternity will honour the victims of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi with a volleyball tournament slated for June 4-5, according to the federation technical director, Gertrude Kubwimana.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:16 GMT
Rwanda: BAL 2022 - Robert Pack in Egypt to Scout Rwanda Energy Group's Opponents
[New Times] Robert Pack Jr, the American coach of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) Basketball club is currently in Cairo - Egypt to attend group-stage games of the Nile Conference, as a way of keeping an eye on his team's potential opponents at the playoffs...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:14 GMT
Tanzania/Rwanda: Tanzania to Host 2022 Cecafa Kagame Club Championship
[New Times] Tanzania will host the 46th edition of the prestigious CECAFA Kagame club championship this year.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:13 GMT
Rwanda: Cricket - Zimbabwe to Participate in Kwibuka Women T20
[New Times] Africa's Cricket powerhouse Zimbabwe is one of the teams to watch in the much-anticipated 2022 Kwibuka Women's T20, the Cricket governing body (RCA) has confirmed.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:08 GMT
Rwanda: Ferwafa Set to Organise Annual Memorial Tourney
[New Times] Rwanda football federation is planning to organise a Genocide memorial tournament for regional national teams in June, the federation Secretary General Henry Muhire has revealed.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:06 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - Health Ministry Pays Tribute to Ex-Employees
[New Times] The Ministry of Health on April 12 paid tribute to the 41 former staff who were killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994 as Rwandans mark the 28th commemoration.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:03 GMT
Rwanda: No Stronger Message of Hope Than That of Rwanda - UN Country Chief
[New Times] Fode Ndiaye, United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda said that there is no stronger message of hope than that of what Rwanda has already accomplished through committing to unity and reconciliation.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:01 GMT
Rwanda: Rwandans Living in Midwestern United States Urged to Fight Genocide Ideology
[New Times] Rwandan living in the Midwestern United States, also referred to as the Midwest in Northern Central part of United States, have been urged to intensify the fight against those denying and trivialising the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:46:00 GMT
Rwanda: Ambassador Sezibera Underscores Rwanda's Major Lessons From the Genocide
[New Times] Long before 1994, the world had said Never Again to genocide. But in the same year, it happened yet again. More than one million people were killed in 100 days during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:45:57 GMT
Rwanda: Genocide Survivors Push for Appeal of Belgian Soldiers' Case
[New Times] The Umbrella organisation of the survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, IBUKA, is pushing for the appeal of a court case in which Belgian troops are accused of abandoning Tutsis to the men with machetes.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:45:53 GMT
Rwanda: Nyamagabe Women Starting Small Businesses From Saving Groups Proceeds
[New Times] Vulnerable women from Musange Sector in Nyamagabe District are reaping big from saving and loan groups that have enabled them to establish profitable small businesses and graduate out of extreme poverty.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 13:35:10 GMT
Kenya: Kenyan Firms Commit Funding of U.S.$1.6 Billion in DR Congo
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Twenty-six Kenyan companies have committed trade investments worth USD 1.6Billion in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:25:48 GMT
Rwanda: Solar Power is Changing Millions of Lives - Testimonials From the Most Remote Villages in Rwanda
[New Times] Nakabonye,70, from the Rusura Village in the Rulindo District, welcomes Ignite's agents with her blue mask on, a big smile still noticeable. Her granddaughter is running around in the yard. "She can now do her homework after dark," Nakabo...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:18:23 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - the Huge Blow That Was Dealt to Rwandan Basketball
[New Times] Rwandan basketball suffered a huge setback during the Genocide against the Tutsi, as it claimed lives of many players and administrators.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 11:05:28 GMT
Rwanda: Mukura Memorial Tournament Set for June
[New Times] National football league side Mukura Victory Sports is set to organize a memorial tournament to commemorate footballers, who were killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:18:31 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka28 - Explaining Some Key Genocide-Related Terms
[New Times] Since last week on April 7, Rwandans are marking the 28th commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:18:00 GMT
Rwanda: Pursue Genocide Deniers in Your Countries - Govt Tells Diplomats
[New Times] Members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Rwanda, have pledged to accelerate efforts to prosecute those who espouse the ideology of discrimination, persecution and divisionism that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:09:29 GMT
Rwanda: How Social Media Reunited Genocide Survivor With His Family 27 Years Later
[New Times] It was four years after the 1994 genocide against Tutsi and every other child at the orphanage was getting their names called with "your family is here for you" but this was not the case for Jean de Dieu Kamanzi.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:07:40 GMT
Rwanda: Genocide-Related Trauma on Increase Among Men - Expert
[New Times] Every year, April 7 marks the beginning of 100 days of remembering and honoring more than a million lives that were claimed during the Genocide, leaving survivors with trauma to deal with, among other unbearable difficulties.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 04:42:53 GMT
Southern Africa: SADC and Rwanda Shouldn't Go It Alone in Mozambique
[ISS] All troops in the country must agree on a joint vision to end the crisis in Cabo Delgado.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:32:48 GMT
Rwanda: Handball Memorial Tourney Set for May 28-29
[New Times] The local handball governing body has announced that this year's Genocide Memorial Tournament (GMT) will be held from May 28-29 in Kigali.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 08:30:59 GMT
Rwanda: How Rehabilitated Poachers Became Champions Saving Volcanoes National Park Wildlife
[New Times] When recently visited "Iby'Iwacu Cultural Village" in Kinigi sector of Musanze District, the journalist was welcomed by 83-year-old Leonidas Barora in a traditional dance (Intore dance).

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 06:06:25 GMT
Chad: Collaborations Key to Ensuring Stability, Containing Humanitarian Crisis in Lake Chad Region - Osinbajo
[This Day] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has that international collaborations, cooperation and synergy among Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad and Niger are key actions that would determine the speed and effectiveness of the delivery of economic stability, pea...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:19:38 GMT
Rwanda: Linda Melvern on Most Obvious Forms of Genocide Denial
[New Times] A British journalist and leading author on the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, Linda Melvern, who is in Kigali to participate in activities to mark the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, has shed light on what she see...

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 10:04:34 GMT
Rwanda: Rehabilitation of Flood-Damaged Kigali - Huye Road Complete
[New Times] Rwanda National Police has announced that Kigali-Huye road is now passable after rehabilitation works are complete.

Tue, 12 Apr 2022 09:57:05 GMT
Rwanda: Kagame in Congo-Brazzaville for 3-Day State Visit
[New Times] President Kagame is expected to address a joint session of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies that make up the Congolese Congress.



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