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Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has sent a special message to his Rwandan counterpert Paul Kagame in the capital Kigali. Uganda’s foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa deliver Museveni’s message to Kagame Thursday morning. Although the details of Museveni’s letter to Kagame were not readily available, sources said Museveni had written to Kagame
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Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame on Thursday shook up his cabinet, slashing it by 15 per cent and appointing more women. Kagame reduced the number of ministers (and ministries) from 31 to 26. Slashed ministerial positions are: minister of lands and forestry, junior education minister in charge of technical and vocational education and
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Rwandan High Court has Friday granted bail to Diane Rwigara and her mother Adeline Mukamugemanyi-Rwigara, saying that some of the reasons for which they had been remanded no longer existed. In applying for bail earlier this week, the two women stated that since prosecution had concluded investigations for the charges they
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President Xi Jinping and First Lady Peng Liyuan of China arrived in Rwanda on Sunday evening at 8:30 p.m to begin a two-day state visit. The visiting president was received by his Rwandan counterpart, President Paul Kagame, and First Lady Jeannette Kagame accompanied by top government officials. The visit aims to further
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By: Lisa Delpy Neirotti, Ph.D Destination marketing through sport sponsorship is not a new concept as exemplified by Mexico, Bermuda, Florida, Alberta and many other city, states, and countries. However, the Visit Rwanda sponsorship of Arsenal F.C.’s jersey sleeve for $39 million US over three years is raising eyebrows worldwide. Though the reported
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has revealed that Rwanda’s economy will continue to grow in 2018-2019 to by 7.2%. The IMF Mission in Rwanda Chief, Laure Redifer announced this in a press conference in Kigali. She was speaking about Rwanda’s economic growth prospect after IMF staff completed discussions in the ninth review
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Speakers at the International Conference on Responsible and Inclusive Finance (ICRIF) have urged Rwandan microfinance institutions (MFIs) to embrace new-age technology to streamline their operations and to enhance their ability to extend financial inclusion among the country’s unbanked and underbanked population. The conference held on March 21 took place in Kigali,
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As a matter of practice and policy, Rwanda’s position on migrants and refugees has been to open its doors to any Africans in need of shelter. That policy is borne out of the History and the life lived by many Rwandans, as well as our own national values. This policy has been
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A new report by Washington, DC, law firm Cunningham Levy Muse LLP has laid out the role and knowledge of French officials in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The report, which has been shared with the Government of France, is part of wider efforts by Rwanda, announced in November 2016,
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The President of the Republic of Rwanda, Paul Kagame will Saturday November 18th award the inaugural Igihango National Order of Friendship medals to nine individuals in recognition of their exemplary service to the nation. Rwandan Minister for Culture, Julienne Uwacu said: “Igihango, the National Order of Outstanding Friendship is awarded to
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