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In July 2008 Luis Moreno-Ocampo, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), announced his intention to prosecute President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan for human rights violations related to the conflict in that country's Darfur region. Less than a year later, on 3 March 2009, ICC judges confirmed that an arrest warrant had been issued for President Bashir on charges of crimes ...
The African Union (AU) peacekeeping troops from Burundi and Uganda deployed in Somalia have not been paid since May this year, an official has said.
The dispute between Rwandatel and its former employees has ended with the company agreeing to pay Rfw 188 million as compensation.
The outgoing Head of the European Commission in Rwanda, David MacRae yesterday commended the country's good leadership saying that it is one of the reasons behind the nation's remarkable recovery.
The Group of Experts appointed by UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, has delivered on its mandate, producing a report that seems to be well-researched and detailed in its accusations against those giving support to the rebel outfit, FDLR.
The decision to admit Rwanda into the Commonwealth will be taken by the Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting (CHOGM) which kicks off this evening in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
A Cabinet Meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame Wednesday appointed John Gara as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Rwanda Development Board (RDB).
ZANU PF Youth Minister Saviour Kasukuwere and his MDC Deputy, Thamsanqa Mahlangu, left Harare for Rwanda on Thursday. Mahlangu, who was a guest on our Behind the Headlines programme, told us they were going to the Rwandan capital Kigali on a 'study trip" to learn from that country's experiences and how they dealt with the 1994 genocide and subsequent national healing and reconciliation efforts.
The Lord's Resistance Army rebels have abducted 24 people and killed one in a remote corner of Central African Republic, 850km east of the capital Bangui, the army said yesterday.
In a turn of events, Partie Sociale (PS-Imberakuri) has joined the Forum for Political Parties (FPP) days after its leader; Bernard Ntaganda, vowed never to join the group.
RAYON Sport will not feature in the 2009/2010 national women league whose kick-off has been postponed to January.
The Stakeholders in the development of the Small and Medium enterprises (SMEs) in Rwanda have said that the country's SMEs are positioned to compete with other regional businesses.
Rwanda's coffee revenues will drop by 9.5 percent this year to $42m (Rwf23.7b) from $46m (Rwf26.1b) last year due to low levels of output, Ocir-café's top official said yesterday.
RWANDA'S national rugby team - the Silverbacks are fairly contended with the Prinsloo Nakuru 7s draw. The team, which left for Kenya yesterday morning, is drawn in Pool E alongside the Kenyan trio of Impala, Mean Machines and Kenya Polytechnic.
If Rwanda joins as expected, it will only become the second member, after Mozambique, without any direct British colonial connection or constitutional link.
CORPORATE Volleyball kings Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) will stretch their lead to five points with a win over Ministry of Defense (MoD) at Ecole Belge this afternoon.
ADRIEN Niyonshuti concedes that Moroccans dominated this year's Tour of Rwanda because of their superior experience and technique.
Two weeks after announcing the suspension of flights to Nairobi, RwandAir has resumed operations to Kenya's capital with two daily frequencies, the airline said in a statement.
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The Senate has accused local and International Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) operating in Rwanda of not being transparent by producing their financial reports.
In his interview of 18th November 2009 with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Joseph Sebarenzi states that the root cause of the genocide against Batutsi is "a political struggle of power between Hutu and Tutsi." For a man with the knowledge of the history of Rwanda that he has, that is an absurd assertion.
A top Ugandan army official Thursday strongly refuted allegations in the explosive report from a UN group of experts which cites Uganda as a transit route for FDLR weapons and recruits.
As a result of a global slump in the mineral prices due to a fall in demand on the global market, revenues from Rwanda's minerals are expected to drop by 36 percent, officials say.
The Bank of Kigali (BK) has shown resilience to the current global economic downturn by registering Rwf4.5b in net profit in nine months of 2001 compared to Rwf4.2b registered in whole of 2007.
The presiding judge in the case involving former directors of Horizon Construction Company has ordered for another inquiry into how the funds were spent.
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