Mombasa hosts Stakeholders for the Launch of the regional leather design studio
To address long standing design weaknesses and improve market entry of the region’s leather and leather products in a sustainable manner, the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Trade Competitiveness Section in partnership with COMESA-Leather and Leather Products Institute (COMESA/LLPI) have embarked on an ambitious project to establish a Regional Design Studio (RDS). The launch of the project and […]
One Acre Fund, a nonprofit agriculture organization, opening its Malawi and Uganda operations
One Acre Fund, a nonprofit agriculture organization that supplies smallholder farmers with the financing and training they need to increase their incomes and food security, today announced the official opening of its Malawi and Uganda operations. Malawi and Uganda began as pilots in 2013 and 2014 respectively. One Acre Fund now serves 400,000 smallholder farmers—with […]
African Countries Discuss Proper Ways to Support Migrants
There should be relevant mechanisms for the protection of migrants in countries in crisis, officials said yesterday. The remarks were made during a consultative meeting on migrants in crisis in Eastern and Southern Africa, in Bugesera District. Bayani V. Mangibin, Ambassador of Philippine to East Africa, based in Kenya, who spoke on behalf of Migrants […]
Rwanda Genocide Perpetrators and Survivors Reconciled in Nyamasheke
Ten Genocide perpetrators, including two women, who showed remorse and apologised to survivors were Sunday forgiven during a mass at Ntendezi Parish in Ruharambuga Sector, Nyamasheke District. The ceremony was witnessed by Fidele Ndayisaba, the executive secretary of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission (NURC), Aime Fabien Kamali, the mayor of Nyamasheke, security agencies, priests, […]
French Youth Leaders Visit Widows of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide
French youth leaders and their other European colleagues, yesterday, visited widows of the 1994 Genocide, as part of an outreach programme to commemorate the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. The youth are members of the European Grassroots Antiracist Movement (EGAM). Valerie Mukabayire, the president of Avega Agahozo, an association of Genocide widows, said such visits […]
The extreme superstitions tourists should know from around the world
Apparently chewing gum will turn into flesh at night, whistling indoors will summon the devil and 12 grapes at the stroke of midnight will give you 12 years of good luck. These are just some of the extreme superstitions believed by people across the world. In countries including Turkey, Lithuania and Rwanda, there are many […]
Rwanda Releases Names of Corrupt Politicians and Their Scandals
The Rwandan Government will name high ranking officials convicted of embezzling public funds in a new move aimed at curbing corruption in public service. As many as 75 national development projects are said to have stalled due to corruption and gross mismanagement. The said projects, valued at over Rwf125 billion (about $165m) while culpable institutions […]
Rwanda President Kagame Fires Military Intelligence Chief
President Paul Kagame has fired Rwanda’s head of military intelligence, Major General Richard Rutatina in unclear circumstances. In a statement posted Monday on the Ministry of Defence website, the president and commander-in-chief of the Rwanda Defence Forces dismissed Maj Gen Rutatina from his position commonly known as “J2”, while promoting two other senior military officers. […]
Rwanda training Burundian rebels to topple Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza
Rwanda has been accused of training Burundian rebels to topple Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza, according to a confidential report to the United Nations Security Council and reported by Reuters. Nkurunziza plunged Burundi into crisis when he announced his intention to run for a third term in April 2015. Since then, more than 400 people have […]
Rwanda is the best place to be a woman in Africa
Rwanda ranks sixth in the world in the successful diminishing of gender gaps, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2015. Rwanda is the best place in Africa to be a woman, according to the recently released Global Gender Gap Index 2015. The country ranks sixth in the world in terms of its gender equality […]
