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After lengthy rounds of negotiations among partner states, the EAC Common Market Protocol was finally signed by all the five Heads of State last Friday, in what many described as a landmark agreement.
There have been numerous articles published on the hazards posed by gases trapped in Lake Kivu. The most recent were published in the New York Times and Science Daily.
In what has been described as a landmark development regarding judicial cooperation between France and Rwanda, two senior judges from the Paris Court of Higher Instance have arrived in the country to investigate Genocide fugitives on French soil.
A hospital set up in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to care for United Nations peacekeepers is also bringing hope to hundreds of local people who might otherwise lack necessary treatment for their illnesses and injuries as well as screening that can ward off preventable sickness.
The first team of French jurists investigating genocide crimes committed by some Rwandan fugitives currently residing in France, have arrived in the country to carry out a series of interviews with various witnesses.
It is likely that Rwanda will join the 53-member country Commonwealth group by the end of this week, reports emerging from the negotiations reveal.
THE inevitable occurred last evening as Branko Tucak was sensationally sacked. The Croat was sacked after Rwanda's disastrous campaign in the 2010 Africa Nations Cup qualifiers.
Nearly two years ago the world witnessed horrific images of murder and arson on a horrendous scale. We saw pictures of grim-looking, matchete-wielding young men roaming the dusty streets of shanty towns of South Africa hunting for foreign-looking Africans to hack to death.
AMAVUBI striker Abbas Rassou remains a serious doubt for this year's Orange Challenge Cup.
THE national football league has been temporarily called off as Amavubi intensify their preparations for this year's Orange Challenge Cup in Nairobi.
More Nigerians have fled the ceded Bakassi Peninsula following intensified harassment of innocent Nigerians living in the area. About 200 persons who recently escaped death and maiming by the gendarmes have arrived the returnee camp at Ekpri Ikang with sorry stories of intense torture.
TANZANIA'S Hawa Wanyeche fired an impressive two over par 74 gross in the final round, to win this year's Rwanda Ladies Open title at the Kigali Golf Course in Kigali, Rwanda over the weekend.
Congolese women in Karamoja region should not be blamed and victimised for the increase in HIV prevalence in the sub region, the army has said.
Vincent Araali Byamukama has dominated golf podiums this year but Stephen Kasaija may well have the last laugh heading into the final month of 2009.
Some Senators yesterday expressed concern over a bill establishing Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), saying the new body would be too big to manage.
TELECOMMUNICATION giants, MTN have thrown their weight behind this year's wooden bike classic tour slated for November 25.
The woes of the embattled former State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Theoneste Mutsindashyaka, seem to be accumulating day-by-day.
A group of 40 participants from various industries in Kigali are undergoing a five-day training on cleaner production that is expected to lower the cost of production and pollution.
The Minister of Justice, Tharcisse Karugarama, yesterday tabled a provisional bill before the Senate that seeks to establish general provisions governing public institutions.
Rwanda will play host to the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP) stake holders' meeting slated for December 7-8, 2009.
SAMALY Subashish put in a stirring all-round performance as Indorwa bounced back from last week's defeat against Kigali Cricket Club (KCC) to trounce a short of strength Young Tigers' side at Kicukiro oval on Sunday.
BANK of Kigali (BK) stayed atop the corporate football league table after Saturday's 3-1 win over Ministry of Defense (MoD).
The Ministry of Justice has released a report highlighting their achievements in the past six years.
With a view of providing sustainable high quality health services to all Rwandans, Management Sciences for Health (MSH) - an arm of the Ministry of Health, yesterday launched the Integrated Health Systems Strengthening Project (IHSSP).
During a presentation at the Rwanda Symposium held in Oxford in March 2009, the audience was struck at the resilience exhibited by local Rwandans in their villages.
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