March 16, 2023
Rwanda: MPs Push for ECDs at Workplaces
After maternity leave, women struggle with balancing breastfeeding their newly born babies and keeping active at work during working hours. Most of them have one-hour permission… Read more »
Rwanda: Ferwacy Inks Three-Year Deal With French Cycling Federation
The Rwanda cycling federation on Wednesday, March 15, signed a three-year memorandum of understanding with the French cycling federation. Read more »
Rwanda: Genocide Fugitive in France Loses Case Over 'African Nazi' Label
A genocide fugitive in France who sued a journalist there over being labelled as an 'African Nazi' due to his role in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi has lost his court case. Read more »
Africa: Kagame Hails FIFA Decision to Double Number of African Teams at World Cup
President Paul Kagame on Thursday, March 16, said he was positive about the increased engagement and visibility for African teams at future World Cup tournaments, following FIFA's… Read more »
Africa: FIFA Congress - Keep Bad Politics Out of Sports - Kagame
President Paul Kagame on Thursday, March 16, called on world leaders to keep bad politics out of sports. Read more »
Rwanda: Lightning Kills Two, Injures 8 Schoolchildren
Two people in Gakenke District were on March 15 struck by lightning and died instantly. The victims are, a 4-year-old child from Muyongwe sector, and a 52-year-old man from Gakenke… Read more »
Rwanda: Medics Suggest a 'Trial of the Facts' in Kabuga's Hearing
The Forensic Psychiatrist, Henry Gerard Kennedy, one of three independent medical experts that conducted the recent medical report on Felicien Kabuga's health said that the hearing… Read more »
Rwanda: FIFA Congress - Advisory on Alternative Roads in Kigali
As the 73rd FIFA Congress gets underway at the BK Arena Thursday, March 16, motorists have been advised to use alternative routes to access the Kigali Central Business District and… Read more »
Rwanda: Up-Close With James Cyigenza, the Rwandan World Record Setter
James Cyigenza Is a 40-year-old sailor from the State of Michigan in the US. He made history recently by being the first African sailor to help set a world sailing speed record. Read more »
March 15, 2023
Rwanda: Kagame Honours Pele As Rwanda Stadium Is Named After Late Icon
President Paul Kagame paid tribute to former Brazilian legend, Edson Arantes do Nascimento a.k.a Pele for inspiring the football world and getting the world united during his… Read more »
Africa: A Closer Look At FIFA Presidents Past and Present
Giovanni Vincenzo "Gianni" Infantino, born March 23, 1970, a Swiss football administrator and the current President of the Fédération Internationale de Football… Read more »
Rwanda: How a Barber's Creative Videos Made Him One of Kigali's Top Hairstylists
If you've heard of him, or perhaps come across some of the videos he shares on his Instagram page, you will most likely agree that Martin Safari is a very creative fellow. Read more »
Rwanda: Vox Pop - What Do Rwanda Youth Expect From the FIFA Congress?
Rwanda will on Thursday March 16 host the 73rd FIFA Congress, the supreme body of the Fédération Internationale De Football Association (FIFA) Read more »
Rwanda: The Life and Times of Gen Marcel Gatsinzi
Rwanda's former defence minister, General (Rtd) Marcel Gatsinzi, who died on March 6 in a Belgian hospital, will be laid to rest on Thursday, March 16 in Kanombe Military Cemetery. Read more »
Rwanda: GSI - Towards a More Peaceful and Secure World
The world today is facing a variety of risks and challenges, and human society are confronted with multiple security dilemmas like never before. There are still many conflicts… Read more »
March 14, 2023
Kenya: 10,000 Crocodiles Die As Lake Dries Out in Kenya
The second biggest crocodile habitat in Africa has dried up completely following failed rainy seasons. Read more »
Rwanda: Why Rwanda Banned Sale of Unrefrigerated Meat
Rwanda has banned the supply and sale of meat that is not chilled in cold-rooms for at least 24 hours as means to curb zoonotic and transmissible diseases. Read more »
Rwanda: Calling It Wasted Money Won't Deter Rwanda From Demanding Its Share of the U.S.$500 Billion Global Sports Industry
Reading Rwanda Development Board CEO, Clare Akamanzi's article in The East African 'Sportswashing? No. Rwandans benefit from the business of sport' I was taken aback with a… Read more »
Rwanda: Commonwealth Day - Rwanda Supports Activities Aimed At Making India Green
The High Commission of Rwanda to India joined the Commonwealth family in celebrating the Commonwealth Day, on March 13. Read more »
Rwanda: Tourism Boss Rugwizangoga On Importance of Rwanda's Partnership With Bal
The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Chief Tourism Officer, Michaëlla Rugwizangoga, on March 13, discussed the importance of Rwanda's partnership with the Basketball Africa… Read more »
March 13, 2023
Rwanda: 7 Continental Priorities Region's Business Community Presented to AfCFTA Boss
Rwanda on March 10 signed a host agreement with the Secretariat of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) and the Afreximbank for the $10 billion Adjustment Fund aimed at… Read more »
Rwanda: Podcast - Exporting Marijuana but Criminalising Domestic Consumption - Does It Make Sense?
On this week's episode of The Long Form, Sanny Ntayombya discusses the double standards associated with cannabis exportation profits and how that contrasts with the large numbers… Read more »
March 11, 2023
Rwanda: Musanze's Old Buildings to Get Major Face-Lift
Musanze District has agreed with investors to close old buildings for renovation. Also in plan is the construction of new multi-storey structures. Read more »
March 10, 2023
Rwanda: Kigali Judge Arrested Over Forgery
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested the Nyarugenge intermediate Court judge, Eric Twambajimana, over allegedly forged documents. Read more »
Rwanda: Commercial Court Judge Arrested Over Forgery
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested the Nyarugenge commercial court judge, Eric Twambajimana, over allegedly forged documents. Read more »