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Despite having managed to restore some calmness and stability in the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur, the peacekeeping force under the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) still lacks the required logistics to adequately execute its mandate.
The Minister of Education has urged institutions of higher learning to revise the progammes they offer in order to address the skills gap currently affecting the country.
The East African heads of state are set to sign a protocol on the establishment of the EAC Common Market when they converge in Arusha on the 20th of this month for the 10th anniversary celebrations of regional bloc.
The Kigali City Council (KCC) committee in charge of auditing is currently undergoing an exercise of auditing Nyarugenge district officials to assess how they have been using public funds.
A total of 6 investment projects worth Rwf 6.6 billion have been registered in the month of October 2009, according to information availed by the Rwanda Development Board.
President Paul Kagame has called for involvement of children in matters that affect the nation saying that as tomorrow's leaders, they ought to be exposed to these issues at an early age.
Police is holding four Somalis for illegally entering the country.
Désiré Kamanzi, head of the National Congress for the Defence of the People (CNDP), an ex- rebel group-turned political party in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) resigned recently.
The Director General of the Teacher's Savings and Credit Cooperative (SACCO), Joseph Murekeraho has resigned from his post and the resignation has been accepted by cabinet.
The cabinet meeting chaired by President Paul Kagame on Wednesday called for a speedy construction of over 3,000 classrooms to facilitate the Nine Years Basic Education (9YBE) Programme.
Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and UTEXRWA Rwanda's only textile company have entered into an arrangement where Rwanda's textile products will be promoted abroad as the company plans to go international next year.
The functioning of the banking sector in the country has improved in the recent past, as it has recovered from the liquidity crunch that hit the sector earlier this year, a senior official from International Monetary Fund (IMF) has said.
As the regional integration process enters an important phase of implementing the common market, the East Africa Law Society (EALS) is set to hold its 14th Annual Conference and General Meeting in Kigali at the end of month to review the EAC Common Market.
Rwanda has made remarkable progress in implementing its national development strategy - the Economic Development and Poverty Reduction (EDPRS) in the first six months of this year, a cross section of development partners have said.
The Social Security Fund of Rwanda (SSFR) has castigated tea farmers for not remitting contributions for their part time workers.
The Dakar-based Inter-State University of Science and Veterinary Medicine (EISMV) has pledged to play an instrumental role in the development of agriculture among the 14 countries that subscribe to it.
The DRC with an estimated population of 65 million has the second largest land area in Sub-Saharan Africa. It is rich in natural and human resources and in need of foreign direct investment to re-build an economy stagnated by prolonged civil war.
A Rwandan woman was killed and four Ugandans were injured when an Air Rwanda plane rammed into the terminal at Kanombe airport in Kigali yesterday, reports Hellen Mukiibi.
The top priority for the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is the protection of civilians from abuse, be it from the Government forces that it is mandated to support or armed rebel groups, a senior official said today.
The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has urged its citizens who recently fled inter-ethnic clashes in the western DRC province of Equateur and sought refuge in the Republic of Congo, to return home, saying calm has been restored in their villages.
52% of children below the age of 5 suffer from chronic malnutrition which results in stunted growth. It is one of the most striking findings of the Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis and Nutrition Survey.
In a debate that ended a few hours ago, the United Nations Security Council discussed the pressing, but still elusive issue of protection of civilians in armed conflict.
New information has emerged that a clandestine partnership of sharing intelligence existed between the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) and FDLR rebels even deeper than earlier thought.
Rwanda will adopt strong strategies that help to mitigate negative impacts of climate change and will remain vocal in pushing for a deal that readily addresses this global issue, State Minster for Environment and Mines Vincent Karega has said.
African countries will have to continue pursuing regional integration if they are to cut costs across all aspects of infrastructure, the World Bank said in a latest report on Africa's Infrastructure.
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