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Patients wait at a health center in Gatsibo district, Eastern Province At Kagugu Health Center located in Kigali, Mukamusoni Martha has been there three times since August seeking remedy for a severe infection. The young woman has been given loads of medication. But the problem persists despite taking prescribed medicine.…

Regional leaders leave a summit in Angola where Rwanda and Uganda signed MoU to end their ongoing standoff. DR Congo’s parliament debates in coming days will show if armies of these leaders will be in Congo next month Lawmakers in Kinshasa on Monday filed a motion to summon the Defence…

Dr Markus Pieper, the in-charge of memorial sites and museums at the Federal Foundation for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Eastern Germany, explains to visitors at the exhibition organized as part of the events marking Germany reunification Germany and the rest of the world are commemorating 30 years…

President Paul Kagame chats with the President of Senate, Dr Jean Damascene Ntawukuriryayo, outside an event at parliamentary buildings in Kigali, August 14, 2013 (Photo by Village Urugwiro) At campaign rallies on DAY THREE of the 2010 presidential election season, on July 23, in Gisagara and later Nyaruguru districts, the…

Dr Francis Habumugisha triumphantly leaves court after during his first appearance Dr Francis Habumugisha, the businessman facing prosecution for assaulting two women is nowhere to be seen yet he is supposed to be in detention awaiting his trial. Following his arrest mid last month, he was paraded at a court…

President Paul Kagame receives South Africa Presidential Special Envoy Jeff Radebe at Village Urugwiro, Kigali. South African Presidential Special Envoys on Friday met with President Paul Kagame in Kigali, on the latest leg of their African tour. Led by Jeff Radebe, a former minister and close confidante of SA President…

Heavy rain in march last year caused river Sebeya to break its banks, flooding several villages in Rubavu district. It is from this disaster that the cement was given to the district In August last year, the Ministry of Defense delivered 5,078 bags of cement to Rubavu district meant to…

At Bus Stops, such long lines are a familiar sight A phone Application is in the works to bring order to Kigali’s bus service – which the authorities have praised for years, yet those using it daily remain skeptical. There are hundreds of buses serving the different suburbs – all…

WASAC CEO Eng. Aimé Muzola signs the dummy cheque of Rwf 50m as annual contribution of the corporation to Agaciro Development Fund CEO Jack Kayonga looks at event in Kigali on Tuesday A criminal investigation ordered by Infrastructure Minister Claver Gatete into water provider WASAC may have to be abandoned…

Inside the plenary session of the Chamber of Deputies. Under normal circumstances, this session and others are recorded and the verbatim is accessible to any member of the public, which is not the case with our parliament All competent Parliaments keep a transcribed record of everything members say in plenary…

Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao may have lost her job but she is not accepting it laying low. She fighting back accusing the AU of still advancing colonial interests The African Union Commission is under fire after sacking its envoy to the United States Dr Arikana Chihombori-Quao. An online petition has also…

The sight of young girls carrying babies is a common one across Rwanda’s villages. However, the narrative being out out there, including in the media, is blaming them instead of helping end the problem, according to campaigers As number of girls being impregnated keeps growing every year, and government still…

Justice Minister and Attorney General Johnston Busingye speaks at event marking Uganda’s 57th Independence Anniversary as High Commissioner Oliver Wonekha looks on As Uganda celebrated its 57th independence anniversary, Rwanda through Justice Minister and Attorney General Johnston Busingye sent conciliatory message of “brotherhood”. October 9, 1962, is when Uganda’s flag…

Health Minister Dr Diane Gashumba speaking on Lyon, France at the Global Fund conference Health Minister Dr Diane Gashumba announced Thursday in France that Rwanda will make its own pledge to the $14b needed by the Global Fund. The world agency dealing with HIV/Aids, Malaria and Tuberculosis, is holding its…

The mood at an RDB tourism office in Kinigi where tourists start gorilla trekking. The RDB CEO Clare Akamanzi (2nd Left) and Northern Province Governor Jean Marie Vianney Gatabazi (male in light blue shirt) were there this Wednesday to reassure tourists of the area’s security Around 8pm Michel Hugues, Sabyinyo…

A woman working in her rice field in Bugarama marshlands in Rusizi district – the region producing more than others in Rwanda. In the quest to eradicate poverty and achieve sustainable economic growth in Africa, the equal contributions of women and men are crucial, the World Bank said Wednesday. Africa…

Bernard Makuza, the President of the outgoing Senate, speaking at final press conference today The eight-year term of the Senate ends this Thursday October 10, opening a new chapter in Rwandan’s parliamentary structure with Senators also serving for five year term, renewable once. The 26-member Senate was introduced by the…

Cops arrest Pastor Gregg Schoof after presenting to him summon from RIB Police in Kigali on Monday morning arrested an American pastor Gregg Schoof as he prepared to hold a press conference where he was to announce his departure from Rwanda. Schoof, according to details we have obtained, is moving…

The 14 victims of the attack were buried today afternoon Police say security forces have captured some of the attackers who attacked three sectors in Musanze district, northwestern Rwanda. They attacked Nyanze, Kinigi and Musanze sectors. Some were captured during military operations since Friday night following the attack, while others…

President Kagame reacts to huge reception from the Rwandan diaspora in Bonn, Germany This Saturday, more than 3,500 Rwandans from mainly German and other EU countries descended on the Germany city of Bonn for ‘Rwanda Day’ – a government-led diaspora mobilisation forum. It took place hours after an attack by…

Musanze district where the attack happened Between 10-11pm yesterday, armed assailants attacked Kaguhu cell in Kinigi sector and Kabazungu cell in Musanze sector – all in Musanze district, northern province. The first news about the attack emerged very early Saturday morning due to the remoteness of the areas. However, early…

The Parliamentary building where the Senate yesterday released its report Government should set up a specific office to deal with the growing genocide negationist lobby, says Parliament in a new report. The upper house of parliament, the Senate, recommends the government appoints “Ambassador at Large” – a position which if…

Rwanda has RwandAir, Tanzania got its Air Tanzania, Kenya has Kenya Airways, and Uganda with its Uganda Airlines. The Ugandan delegation to the regional parliament has informed the House that it will table a motion for the reestablishment of the East African Airlines. Taking turns in a session on Thursday,…

ADEPR pastors stand outside DOVE Hotel in Gisozi, Kigali. It is the hotel causing such a big fight with billions at stake Twelve former pastors and officials of the Pentecostal Church of Rwanda (ADEPR) are appearing this Thursday and Friday in an appeals court which could see them either repaying…

Former Prime Minister Faustin Twagiramungu The day when the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) rebels launched Liberation struggle, October 1, 1990, according to former prime minister Faustin Twagiramungu, is the day of when all Rwanda’s current problems started. Twagiramungu, speaking for a group calling itself Rwandan movement for democratic change (MRCD),…

President Pierre Nkurunziza (in white Jersey) prays for potatoes in January 2018. He has conducted similar sessions for other crops. The ILO modelling shows less than 5% of the working age Burundians are employed by the mainstream economy The vast majority of working-age Burundians are depending on themselves to survive…

Anti-corruption billboards are everywhere across the country as part of the government’s tough war on graft. However, there remain widespread accusations that its targeting the “small fish” In March 2015, Emmanuel Habyarimana, the former executive secretary of Nyabihu district in western province was found guilty and sentenced to 2 years…

The baby is being taken care of by a mother in Nyamagabe district It is very likely a four-month baby girl found dumped in a village bush in Nyamagabe district has parents desperately looking for her. The baby was found on Friday morning crying from a bush in Sumba village,…

On Friday, the Rwandan High Commissioner Maj Gen Frank Mugambage received the Deputy Speaker of Chamber of Deputies, Edda Mukabagwiza and MP Justine Mukobwa who are in Uganda as Rwanda’s delegation to the 64th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference The Rwandan High Commission in Uganda has condemned article published in the state-owned…

Members of the electoral college line up to vote in Muhanga district. It is these who are elected from cells and sectors levels that go on to elect district mayors Women mayors have been elected to take over four districts whose mayors resigned in the recently mass resignations. By-elections were…