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Earthquakes Demolished More Than 2000 Buildings In Rubavu Alone, Local NGO Intervenes
Though the epicenter was on the other side of the border, the Rwandan side experienced its fair share of the destruction Rubavu district has through its development partners extended a helping hand to citizens who were affected by the recent Nyiragongo volcanic eruption. The unprecedented eruption which occurred on May…
Read More »France’s Culture War Intensifies
With his speech commemorating the 200th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s death, President Emmanuel Macron apparently is seeking to confront all aspects of the emperor’s divisive legacy. How he manages that characteristic balancing act could reveal much about his ability to keep France’s simmering culture war from boiling over. LONDON – By…
Read More »Africa’s Trade Revolution Needs Peace
Rebalancing Africa’s security and development objectives is a daunting task. But it is one that political leaders must seize with both hands in order to realize the enormous potential of the African Continental Free Trade Area. Various traders and money changers do their business as a truck leaves the border…
Read More »All Jobs Lost Due to COVID-19 Are Back, and 98,000 More Jobs Created – Government Report
Menial jobs like these have also reduced as there is still a slow activity at places such as markets since they are also required to operate at half capacity A new report by the National Institute of Statistics (NISR) shows that all jobs lost when the COVID-19 emerged, have returned…
Read More »Uganda Dumps 33 Rwandans At Cyanika Border
Rwandans brought by Ugandan security personnel and dumped at Cyanika border this Wednesday evening A total of 33 Rwandan were this Wednesday evening brought in lorries and dumped at Cyanika border, in Burera district, which neighbors Kisoro district of Uganda. Northern Province Governor Jean-Marie Vianney Gatabazi, who rushed to the…
Read More »Only Water Can Be Served At UR Meetings, In New Cost-Cutting Measures
Education Minister Dr Eugene Mutimura (L) and Prof Philip Cotton, exchange documents at a UR function in March 2018. The former supervises UR, but it is unclear at this point if he was involved in crafting the cost-cutting measures The Vice Chancellor of the University of Rwanda (UR), Prof Philip…
Read More »Smart Tech Will Only Work for Women When the Fundamentals for its Uptake are in Place
Women irrigation their land in Cyahinda, Nyaruguru district, Southern Rwanda. If women all over the world had the same access as men to resources for agricultural production, Thiaw writes, they could increase yields on their farms by 20 to 30 percent. (Photo by FAO Rwanda) Science and technology offer exciting…
Read More »Cyanika Border: A Money Changer’s Ordeal
Cyanika border is usually a bustling area, but is quiet since Thursday On Thursday very early morning, Ndacyayisaba Emmanuel a money changer set off from a villager near the Rwanda-Uganda Cyanika border. It connects Burera district to Kisoro district of Uganda. In his usual routine, Ndacyayisaba cleared himself on the…
Read More »Uganda Summons Rwanda Envoy
Maj Gen Frank Mugambage, Rwanda envoy to Uganda Uganda today morning “invited” the Rwandan high commissioner in Kampala to a meeting at the Foreign affairs ministry, according to Uganda government spokesman Ofwono Opondo. He told a media briefing that the meeting with Maj Gen Frank Mugambage would take place this…
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