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Mon, 27 Jun 2022 11:36:30 GMT
President Museveni Warns Against Smuggling Goods Into Rwanda
[Nile Post] President Museveni warns against smuggling goods into Rwanda

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 07:57:29 GMT
Re - Response to Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa's Recent Claims On the President's Travel to Belgium, Rwanda
[Ghana Presidency] I have taken note of the Facebook statement by Hon. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, made in response to my press release of Friday, 24th June, where I sought to clear inaccuracies and untruths peddled by the Member of Parliament for North...

Sun, 26 Jun 2022 11:42:23 GMT
FIFA Rankings - Amavubi Maintains 40th Position in Africa
[New Times] The Rwandan national football team, Amavubi have been ranked 40th in Africa and 136th globally by FIFA in the June 2022 world football ranking which was released on Thursday evening.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:05:49 GMT
Geingob in Kigali for Commonwealth Meeting
[New Era] President Hage Geingob arrived in Rwanda on Wednesday evening for the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:36:44 GMT
Insurgents Infiltrate New Areas
[Mozambique News Reports And Clippings] Insurgents are attacking farther south than ever before, with attacks just 45 km from Pemba, and the first attacks in Nampula province. The main N1 road and mining projects were disrupted. As predicted, the hea...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 13:10:32 GMT
President Kenyatta in Kigali for Commonwealth Meeting
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- President Uhuru Kenyatta arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, Thursday evening to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:27 GMT
Olympic Day Marked With Sports Outreach in Bugesera
[New Times] The Rwanda National Olympic and Sports Committee (RNOSC), on Thursday, June 23, joined 500 students from the Rwanda Children Christian School at Gasore Serge Foundation in Bugesera district, to celebrate the Olympic Day 2022.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:24 GMT
Basketball - Rwanda U18 Team to Start Preps for African Champs
[New Times] The national U-18 boys' basketball team will soon be embarking on early preparations for the upcoming 2022 FIBA Africa U-18 Championship, for which they qualified last week.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:21 GMT
It Is 'Historic' to Host Davis Cup Qualifiers, Says Rwanda Tennis SG
[New Times] Hosting the 2022 Davis Cup Africa zone five qualifiers in Kigali is history in the making for the Rwandan Tennis, the local tennis governing body (RTF) Secretary General, Valens Habimana, has said.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:16 GMT
Rwanda to Host 73rd FIFA Congress in March 2023
[New Times] The world football governing body (Fifa) has settled on Rwanda to host the 73rd FIFA Congress, during which the Fifa presidential elections will be held.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:14 GMT
Kiyovu Close in on Congolese Striker Chris Mugalu
[New Times] Rwandan Premier League side SC Kiyovu have initiated talks with Simba SC striker Chris Mugalu over a possible transfer.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:11 GMT
AS Kigali in Buoyant Mood Ahead of Peace Cup Final
[New Times] AS Kigali head coach, Andre Casa Mbungo, has said he is optimistic about his side's chances of retaining the Peace Cup when they face domestic giants APR in the final on June 28.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:09 GMT
Formula One Icon Hamilton Defends Rwandan Schiff After Online Abuse
[New Times] Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton has jumped to the aid for Naomi Schiff after the Rwandan motorsport commentator was abused on Twitter.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:09 GMT
World Cup Qualifiers - Habimana Looks to Build Off Bal Rookie Season
[New Times] An indicator of the growing passion for the sport in Rwanda, and across the continent, is BK Arena. It has become "the hub for professional sports events in Africa" according to Ntore Habimana, whose current team, Rwandan Energy Group (RE...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:06 GMT
Four Players in Domestic League Who Could Secure Deals Abroad
[New Times] The 2022 summer transfer window has opened with many players across the globe set to move to new clubs, in new countries.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:34:27 GMT
National Budget to Focus on Private Sector Development, Climate Change Mitigation
[New Times] The Chamber of Deputies on Thursday, June 23, 2022, approved the relevance of the national budget bill through which the Government proposes to spend Rwf4,658.4 billion in the next fiscal year - 2022/23.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:08:52 GMT
BioNTech Breaks Ground On First mRNA Vaccine Plant in Africa
[DW] The German pharmaceutical company BioNTech has broken ground for the production site of its COVID-19 vaccine in Rwanda's capital, Kigali.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:44:29 GMT
UK Unveils Plans to Override European Rights Court After Rwanda Spat
[RFI] The UK government has said it will introduce legislation allowing it to ignore certain European Court of Human Rights decisions after a judge in Strasbourg blocked flights removing asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:25 GMT
Over U.S.$1.9 Billion Raised Towards the Kigali Declaration Against NTDs
[New Times] Over 1.9 billion USD have been raised so far, for the newly launched Kigali Declaration on Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs).

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:35:24 GMT
Policy Changes Are Required to Connect the Unconnected, Says Minister Ingabire
[New Times] Policymakers need to change how they are doing things to address the rampant challenge of the digitally unconnected people, Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation, said on Wednesday, June 22.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:34:56 GMT
CHOGM - Kigali Financial Centre Gains New Members
[New Times] The membership of Kigali International Finance Centre grew further this week as continental finance players expressed interest in setting up operations in the regional financial hub.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:26:48 GMT
The New Times Reporter Named Among Best African Sports Writers
[New Times] Edmund Okai Gyimah, a reporter for The New Times, has been named among the best sports writers on the continent by AIPC Sports Media Awards.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:26:12 GMT
Rwanda to Feature in UK's New Preferential Trade System
[New Times] British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said that Rwanda is among countries expected to feature in the United Kingdom's preferential trade system. Johnson was speaking at the closing of the Commonwealth Business Forum which concluded on ...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:25:41 GMT
Construction of BioNTech Vaccine Plant Launched in Kigali
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has, on June 23, led the ceremony to break ground for the construction of the BioNTech vaccine manufacturing plant in Rwanda that will promote scalable mRNA vaccine production in Africa.

Thu, 23 Jun 2022 00:55:46 GMT
Africa and Commonwealth Must Do More to Ease Africa's Malaria Burden
[allAfrica] After a recent work trip to Kisumu City on Lake Victoria in western Kenya, I suffered a bout of malaria that left me sick for two weeks. Getting tested and treated was not hard; the challenge was the long incubation and recovery period th...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 08:52:17 GMT
CHOGM - What Makes Rwanda a Place to Trade, Invest?
[New Times] Itzhak Fisher, an Israeli that lives in New York and works in Rwanda, first came to Rwanda a few years ago as a tourist.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:56:26 GMT
President Akufo-Addo Participates in Sod-Cutting of Biontech Se Vaccine Facility in Rwanda
[GhanaToday] Vaccine manufacturing capabilities of Africa on Thursday received a boost following a ground-breaking ceremony for the establishment of an mRNA BioNTech SE vaccine production facility in Kigali, Rwanda.

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:47:30 GMT
Kinyafranglais - How Rwanda Became a Melting Pot of Official Languages
[The Conversation Africa] Today, Rwanda is a melting pot of official languages. Although more than 99% of Rwandans speak Kinyarwanda - a Bantu language and the country's mother-tongue - Rwanda has three other official languages: French, English and S...

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:32:22 GMT
Boris Johnson Pays Tribute to Genocide Victims
[New Times] The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Boris Johnson, has paid tribute to the victims of 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, describing the events as "utterly shocking".

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 06:21:48 GMT
Museveni to Attend CHOGM in Kigali
[New Times] Yoweri Museveni, the President of Uganda, has announced that he is traveling to Rwanda for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM).



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