CAR Borrows Leaf From RNP’s Isange One Stop Centre
A delegation of 12 including lawmakers, security force personnel and welfare experts from Central Africa Republic (CAR), on Wednesday visited Isange One Stop Centre at Kacyiru Police Hospital, to purposely learn from Rwanda’s modal of fighting Gender Based Violence (GBV). The delegation, is in Rwanda for a five day visit aimed at getting acquainted on […]
Rwanda and Burundi – Who’s ‘Promoting Instability Through Violence’?
Burundi has received far greater vilification from the West compared to Rwanda which has supported rebels in neighbouring countries and whose government is accused of widespread assassinations and forced disappearances targeting the opposition and the media. Burundi appears to provide perfect cover for the odious Kigali regime and its backers abroad. As Burundian voters went […]
Rwanda Parliamentarians back scrapping presidential term limits
Parliamentarians in Rwanda have voted to support a change to the constitution that would allow President Paul Kagame to stand for a third term in 2017. More than 3.7 million Rwandans signed a petition asking parliament to abandon two-term presidential limit – a change that will now be put to a referendum. Mr Kagame has […]
Ten Places That Hold the Beauty and History of Rwanda
Beautiful and attractive! This is what first comes to one’s mind when they first set foot in the land of a thousand hills. The colorful culture of Rwanda speaks volumes of what lies underneath its beautiful landscape which is endowed with a culture of great diversity. Rwanda is a country filled with beautiful hills, springs, […]
Sir Richard Branson Meets African Billionaires In Kenya
Kenya is a model investment destination in Africa, founder and CEO of the Virgin Group Sir Richard Branson said Saturday. Sir Branson made the remark when he led a group of investors in talks with President Uhuru Kenyatta at his Harambee House office. The meeting explored how to make the most of Kenya’s abundant potential […]
Burundian soldiers clash with gunmen near Rwanda
Burundian soldiers clashed with gunmen Friday in a northern region near Rwanda, a local official and the military said, in the latest violence ahead of controversial elections due next week. The crisis in Burundi revolves around President Pierre Nkurunziza’s bid to stand for a third straight five-year term, which his opponents say is unconstitutional and […]
U.S. Appoints New ‘Great Lakes’ Mediator
I am pleased to announce the appointment of Thomas Perriello as the Special Envoy for the Great Lakes Region of Africa. I have high confidence in Tom and am grateful for his recent service as Special Representative for the Department’s successful Quadrennial Diplomacy and Development Review. Tom is a person of deep convictions who is […]
Fugitive African warlord Joseph Kony suffering from diabetes
The fugitive leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army is sickly and in retreat from an international manhunt that includes U.S. forces, a Ugandan military spokesman said Monday, citing the accounts of recent defectors who are backing up reports that the rebel group is in decline. Joseph Kony is possibly suffering from diabetes, according to defectors […]
Rwandan President, Kagame furious at Western countries for the arrest of his’s intelligence chief
Rwandan President Paul Kagame launched a furious attack on Western countries on Thursday after the arrest in Britain of the country’s intelligence chief.”Absolute arrogance and contempt is the only basis for this arrest,” Kagame said in a speech to parliament. “They must have mistaken him for an illegal immigrant. The way they treat illegal immigrants […]
Rwanda spy chief ‘in UK to meet MI6’
The Rwandan spy chief arrested in the UK over alleged war crimes had travelled to London to meet the head of MI6, sources have told BBC Newsnight. Karenzi Karake, 54, the head of Rwanda’s intelligence services, was due to meet Alex Younger on 18 June. But the meeting was cancelled at the last moment, according […]