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Fri, 15 Apr 2022 08:04:19 GMT
Africa: Is LRA Rebel Leader Joseph Kony Hiding in Darfur?
[DW] Former child soldiers are providing new information about the leader of the notorious Lord's Resistance Army. The evasive Kony has been on the run since 2005 when the ICC issued an arrest warrant for him.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:04:27 GMT
Rwanda: National Exams - Deadline Pushed for S.6 Candidates Registration
[New Times] The National Examination and School Inspection Authority (NESA) has extended the deadline of registering for Senior Six, TVET level 5 and Teacher Training Colleges (TTC) national exams to May 10, 2022.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:04:27 GMT
Rwanda: Rib - Cases of Genocide Ideology During Commemoration On Decline
[New Times] Latest data from the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) on genocide ideology and related crimes committed during the week of the 28th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi (April 7 to 13) shows there were 68 suspects, in 53 ...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:49:59 GMT
Rwanda: UNHCR 'Firmly' Opposing UK-Rwanda Offshore Migration Processing Deal
[UN News] A deal reportedly made by the United Kingdom to send some migrants for processing and relocation to the Central African nation of Rwanda, are at odds with States' responsibility to take care of those in need of protection, the UN refugee ag...

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 04:49:56 GMT
Rwanda: UK Banishing People Seeking Asylum to Rwanda Is 'Appalling'
[AI London] Responding to the announcement today (14 April) by Boris Johnson and Priti Patel to process some people seeking asylum in Rwanda, Steve Valdez-Symonds, Amnesty International UK's Refugee and Migrant Rights Director, said:

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:14:17 GMT
Rwanda: Jeannette Kagame Hails Role of Youth in Fight Against Genocide Ideology
[New Times] Denying our past altogether is a cowardly escape from guilt over their inaction, or worse, their part in keeping genocide ideology existent in the more sinister parts of our society or abroad, First Lady Jeannette Kagame said.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:13:44 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda-UK to Ink Major Deal on Migrants, Asylum Seekers
[New Times] Rwanda has over the years been consistently ranked as one of the world's safest nations.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:13:11 GMT
Rwanda: Rulindo - 20 Homes of Genocide Survivors Get Solar Power
[New Times] 20 elderly survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rulindo District, whose homes had no electricity, have received solar power systems.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 13:12:31 GMT
Rwanda: Kagame Arrives in Jamaica for Historic Visit
[New Times] President Paul Kagame has arrived in Jamaica for a three-day state visit, which seeks to strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:14:51 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - the Story of Sports Journalist Gakuba, the Only Survivor in His Family
[New Times] Genocide survivor Felix Abduljabar Gakuba, popularly known as Romalio says being a sports journalist has played a role in healing after losing most of his family in the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:04:27 GMT
Rwanda: Swimming - 140 Athletes to Compete At Genocide Memorial Tournament
[New Times] The National Swimming Federation (RSF) has disclosed that about 140 swimming will take part in this year's genocide memorial tournament, scheduled for Saturday, April 16, in Kigali.

Fri, 15 Apr 2022 07:04:22 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda to Host PSG Academy World Cup
[New Times] The PSG Academy Rwanda is set to host the French club's inaugural juvenile world cup tournament.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:40:12 GMT
Rwanda: Outsourcing Asylum Seekers - the Case of Rwanda and the UK
[The Conversation Africa] British media is awash with reports that Boris Johnson's government has agreed a deal with Rwanda to have asylum seekers processed there rather than in the UK. There had previously been disagreement in Johnson's cabinet abou...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:47:25 GMT
Central Africa: 300 Great Lakes Traders to Participate in Kigoma Forum
[Daily News] KIGOMA Region is set to host a trade forum of business personnel from the five Great Lakes countries to strengthen the economies of those countries through cross-border trade activities and investment.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:37:50 GMT
East Africa: EAC Seeks Resolve to Recurrent Political Crisis in DRC
[Daily News] THE East African Community (EAC) is mulling over plans of involving eminent persons in the region, to resolve the recurrent political crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:24:24 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - Amavubi Captain Niyonzima Calls for Unity
[New Times] The national football team captain Haruna Niyonzima has called for love and unity in the country as a symbol to appreciate the work of the men and women who liberated the country in July 1994 from the Genocide against the Tutsi which clai...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:23:52 GMT
Rwanda: Volleyball - Gisagara, REG Set for 2022 Africa Championship
[New Times] Local volleyball league defending champions Gisagara and Rwanda Energy Group (REG) will represent Rwanda in the men's African Club Championships slated in Tunis, Tunisia from May 5-18.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:22:57 GMT
Rwanda: Police Host Musanze as League Returns
[New Times] The national football league returns this weekend after the commemoration week in honour of the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:18:29 GMT
Rwanda: Police Recover 560kg of Metallic Equipment Stolen From Utility Firms
[New Times] Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recovered over 560kgs of assorted metallic equipment stolen from utility companies in Kigali, and arrested four people in connection with the act.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 09:17:47 GMT
Rwanda: Countering Genocide Ideology Requires Facts, Resources - Experts
[New Times] For anyone, especially the youth to counter Genocide ideology, they need to be equipped with facts about what actually happened and backed by necessary resources, according to experts.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:02:49 GMT
Cameroon: Cameroon Offers Shelter, Aid to Abandoned Street Children
[VOA] Yaounde, Cameroon -- Authorities in Cameroon moved 150 children from the streets of the capital to centers for abandoned kids on Tuesday as part of its observance of International Day for Street Children. The government says the number of stree...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 08:15:18 GMT
Chad: Sudanese Teen Drowned in Eastern Chad 'Valley of Death'
[Dabanga] Goz Amer Camp -- A 13-year-old Sudanese girl has drowned, her friend injured, and her sister narrowly escaped, after getting into difficulty in a river that runs past the Goz Amer camp near to the South Darfur border in eastern Chad, that r...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:37:39 GMT
Rwanda: ADEPR Rallies Youth Against Genocide Ideology
[New Times] Emmanuel Dusabimana, a university student and member of the Pentecostal Church of Rwanda - ADEPR, is saddened by the awful fact that all the Tutsis who were living in his native area Manwari, Nyamagabe District were exterminated during th...

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:29:17 GMT
Rwanda: Police Recover 560kgs of Metallic Equipment Stolen From Utility Firms
[New Times] Rwanda National Police (RNP) has recovered over 560kgs of assorted metallic equipment stolen from utility companies in Kigali, and arrested four people in connection with the act.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:03:30 GMT
Rwanda: Slain Politicians Remembered as Commemoration Week Ends
[New Times] Those who continue to deny the Genocide against the Tutsi with an aim to conceal their role in the dark history, under the basis of freedom of speech should be reminded that they are wasting time.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:02:20 GMT
Rwanda: Kwibuka 28 - Rayon Sports Pay Homage to Departed Souls
[New Times] Players and officials of Rayon Sports have paid tribute to the people who lost their lives in the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.

Thu, 14 Apr 2022 05:47:20 GMT
Kenya: Kenya and DR Congo Sign Bilateral Cooperation in the Agricultural Sector
[Capital FM] Nairobi -- In April 2021, President Uhuru Kenyatta and H.E. President Felix Tshisekedi of the Democratic Republic of Congo held bilateral talks in Kinshasa, Congo. At the event, the two countries signed a Defence agreement and held techn...

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 13:03:00 GMT
Rwanda: Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville Sign Eight Pacts
[New Times] President Paul Kagame and President Sassou Nguesso of Congo-Brazzaville on Tuesday presided over the signing of eight agreements as part of the efforts to deepen bilateral cooperation between the two countries.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 05:45:55 GMT
Rwanda: France Promises to Try a Genocide Suspect Every Six Months
[New Times] The French government is mulling ways that will see at least two suspects of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi tried every year, as part of the efforts to give justice to the over a million victims.

Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:21:57 GMT
Central Africa: Food Crisis Inches Toward Record High in West, Central Africa
[VOA] Dakar, Senegal -- An estimated 250 million people in Africa lack access to daily food, with the number impacted in west and central Africa expected to reach a record high. Officials and aid groups from more than 50 African countries meet this w...



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