Rwanda
Sat, 14 May 2022 16:27:37 GMTUK Plans to Send Asylum Seekers to Africa Raise Red Flags
[The Conversation Africa] Like many others, I was surprised and upset to hear about the UK's new deal to offload its responsibility to tens of thousands of asylum seekers to Rwanda. The plan is for Rwanda to process and host such refugees indefinitel...
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:39:14 GMTTop Genocide Fugitive Protais Mpiranya Confirmed Dead
[New Times] Protais Mpiranya, a top fugitive of the Genocide against the Tutsi has been confirmed dead.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:49:38 GMTCentral Bank - Economy Maintained Recovery Path in First Quarter of 2022
[New Times] Rwanda's economy maintained strong growth in the first quarter of this year, the central bank said on Thursday, reflecting sustained recovery from the 2020 Covid-19-induced contraction.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:18:29 GMTMount Kenya University Opens Doors for All to Acquire English Language Skills
[New Times] The English laboratory at Mount Kenya University Rwanda (MKUR) is open to members of the public.
Fri, 13 May 2022 11:07:53 GMTRwanda to Establish Climate Data Centre
[New Times] Rwanda could soon host a publicly accessible data centre on weather, climate, air pollution and water resources to serve the needs of governmental, private sectors and education.
Fri, 13 May 2022 11:01:32 GMTLessons From Covid-19 Have Helped Strengthen Our Health System, Says RBC's Dr Rwagasore
[New Times] Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Rwanda has been lauded for its effective responses and for adequately driving the vaccination rate which highly contributed to mitigating the spread of the pandemic.
Fri, 13 May 2022 10:59:08 GMTIrregular Expenditures Reduced By 43% - Auditor General
[New Times] Auditor General, Alex Kamuhire, on May 12 tabled his annual report to a joint parliamentary session where he said that overall irregular expenditure reduced by 43 per cent from Rwf5.7 billion in 2020 to Rwf3.2 billion in 2021.
Thu, 12 May 2022 18:10:53 GMTMaintaining Pandemic Response Momentum, Prioritising Preparedness - 2nd Covid-19 Co-Host Statement
[White House] Washington, DC -- On May 12, under the leadership of the United States, Belize, Germany, Indonesia, and Senegal, global leaders from across the world's economies, civil society, and the private sector gathered for the 2nd Global COVID-1...
Fri, 13 May 2022 08:16:28 GMTKiyovu Refute Rumours of Coach Arrest As Title Race Heats Up
[New Times] Juvénal Mvukiyehe, the president of topflight league side SC Kiyovu, has played down rumours that head coach Francis Haringingo was arrested as 'a distraction' ahead of their league clash against APR.
Fri, 13 May 2022 06:51:36 GMTRwanda Seeks to Expand Internet Broadband for Smart Education - Minister Uwamariya
[New Times] The Minister of Education Dr. Valentine Uwamariya has said that Rwanda is trying to embark on smart education by setting up a platform with fast internet particularly for the education sector, building from an existing fiber optic network...
Fri, 13 May 2022 06:37:02 GMTIt Is Do-or-Die for SC Kiyovu, Says Coach
[New Times] SC Kiyovu FC will have to do what they failed to do in the past matches to secure a win against defending champions APR FC on Saturday afternoon in the second leg of the Rwanda premier league at Kigali Stadium.
Fri, 13 May 2022 06:16:58 GMTRwanda in Search of New Table Tennis Team Coach
[New Times] The Rwanda Table Tennis Federation is in advanced talks with Cédric Rouleau over a possibility to become the new national table tennis team coach, Weekend Sport can confirm.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:59:48 GMTRubavu - Officials Seek Measures to Address Flooding Issue
[New Times] Construction plans of a drainage and sewer to contain flooding around the areas of Lake Kivu are underway.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:56:35 GMTEducation Opportunities in the Commonwealth
[New Times] Regional integration is generally meant to bridge gaps of scarce resources, establish physical, economic, or any other connectivity, and sharing of capacity, knowledge, data, and best practices among member countries.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:47:50 GMTViral Load Suppression - Why We Need Renewed Effort to Combat HIV/Aids
[New Times] When HIV broke out in the 1980s, thousands of people had only a few weeks or months from diagnosis to death. But that is if they even managed to be diagnosed before they died, according to the World Health Organisation.
Fri, 13 May 2022 05:46:24 GMTBasketball - REG Face Qatar in Last Warm-Up Match
[New Times] Rwanda Energy Group (REG) Basketball Club will take on Qatar in their last warm-up game today in Istanbul, Turkey.
Thu, 12 May 2022 12:51:12 GMT3D Printing Machines to Be Assembled in Rwanda
[New Times] 3D printing machines are expected to start being assembled in Rwanda in the next six months, according to Danny Bizimana, Country Manager of Fablab Rwanda, a local innovation hub.
Thu, 12 May 2022 12:50:37 GMTCentral Bank Maintains Key Repo Rate at 5%
[New Times] National Bank of Rwanda has maintained the key repo rate--at which it lends to commercial banks-- at 5 per cent and said domestic economic growth is likely to slow down.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:53:16 GMTVolleyball Federation to Hold General Assembly on May 14
[New Times] Rwanda volleyball federation (FRVB) will hold its extraordinary general assembly on Saturday, May 14 to discuss among other things, their annual competitions.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:52:20 GMTCasa Mbungo in Tough Test Against Former Club Police
[New Times] IT will be a tough test for AS Kigali head coach Andre Casa Mbungo when he faces his former club Police FC in the semifinal of this year's Peace Cup tournament on Thursday at Kigali Stadium.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:41:18 GMTRegistration for Kigali Peace Marathon Underway
[New Times] Local and foreign athletes still have two weeks to register for the forthcoming 17th edition of the Kigali International Peace Marathon slated for May 29.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:33:45 GMTRwanda Drawn Against Uganda at Cecafa Women's Champs
[New Times] The women's national football team, She-Amavubi, have been placed in Group A along with hosts Uganda at the Cecafa Women's Championship scheduled for later this month.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:02:07 GMTVolleyball - APR Eyes Top Four in Tunis
[New Times] APR women volleyball club has vowed to reach the semi-final round of the Africa CAVB Africa Women Club Championship, slated in Tunis, Tunisia, from May 19 to June 1, 2022.
Thu, 12 May 2022 05:19:43 GMTCHOGM - Are Youth Preparing for Prospective Opportunities?
[New Times] As different sectors prepare to leverage opportunities presented as Rwanda hosts over 5000 delegates from the 54 member countries of the Commonwealth, the youth seem to be fast at the frontline as well.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:51:31 GMTPeace Cup - Rayon Sports, APR Tie Ends in Pulsating Draw
[New Times] It was a day of missed chances as the Rayon Sports and APR FC tie ended in a goalless draw in the Peace cup semifinals at the Kigali stadium in Nyamirambo on Wednesday afternoon.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:39:11 GMTNew Covid-19 Vaccination Drive Launched in Kigali Ahead of CHOGM
[New Times] Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) launched a two-week vaccination campaign in Kigali that kicked off on Monday 9, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) set to happen in June 2022.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:34:22 GMTBail Hearing for Genocide Suspect Micomyiza Pushed to Next Week
[New Times] Court has postponed to next week the pre-trial hearing of Jean-Paul Micomyiza, a genocide suspect who was recently extradited from Sweden, at the request of Rwanda.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:33:55 GMTOver 20,000 Enumerators to Be Deployed for National Census
[New Times] The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) has confirmed that 28,000 teachers who will enumerate this year's census have been recruited already.
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:21:33 GMTBazivamo Urges Rwanda's Private Sector to Leverage Opportunities in EAC Market
[New Times] Christophe Bazivamo, the Deputy Secretary General of East African Community (EAC) has urged the Rwandan private sector to leverage opportunities that are available in the region, by improving standards of their products as a way of expand...
Thu, 12 May 2022 06:14:35 GMTInside the Contractual Dispute Between RBA and Ferwafa
[New Times] The broadcasting contract signed between local football governing body (Ferwafa) and Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) is said to have caused disputes among both parties.