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 Moise M. Bahati
Moise M. Bahati
A view of the newly completed Shema Power Lake Kivu (SPLK) plant in Rubavu District. The $400 million facility, is currently providing 37.5 megawatts. According to the plant officials, by February 2024, the SPLK methane plant will be providing a total of 56MW. Photo: Courtesy
Rwanda’s biggest methane power plant connected to national grid
East African Community Regional Force (EACRF) Commander Maj. Gen. Aphaxard Muthuri Kiugu visiting the Ugandan contingent’s bases in Kiwanja and Bunagana, in North Kivu Province, in June 2023. The EAC regional force has troops from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and South Sudan.
Africa
DR Congo crisis: Kenyatta urges non-military solution
Specialists work inside IRCAD Africa, the centre of excellence in Kigali’s budding, health hub in Masaka sector in Kicukiro District. Courtesy
Health
Explainer: How Rwanda’s next-gen surgery works
President Paul Kagame met with US Senator Mike Rounds and Congressman Ron Estes at Village Urugwiro, on Monday, October 9. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda
Kagame meets US lawmakers
Chiefs of Defence Staff of the Quadripartite Mechanism on Eastern DRC convened at the AU Headquarters on Friday, October 6. COURTESY
Africa
DR Congo crisis: African army chiefs back peace talks
President Paul Kagame and Prof Jacques Marescaux, the founder of IRCAD France  inaugurate IRCAD Africa in Kigali on Saturday, October 7. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Health
PHOTOS: Kagame inaugurates surgical research, training centre IRCAD Africa
RDF's Head of International Military Cooperation Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa (C) briefs the defence attachés and associates accredited to Rwanda, at RDF Headquarters at Kimihurura on Friday, October 6. Courtesy
Security
Rwandan army briefs defence attachés on security matters
Specialists work inside IRCAD Africa, the newly completed centre of excellence in Kigali’s budding health hub  in Masaka in Kicukiro District on Friday, October 6. The state-of-art  medical facility started offering courses on Monday, October 2. Courtesy
PHOTOS: Africa’s modern surgical training centre opens in Rwanda
Army chiefs from four African regions met at the African Union (AU) headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia over the crisis in eastern DR Congo  on Friday, October 6. Courtesy
Africa
African army chiefs meet over DR Congo crisis
Rwanda National Police has said liquor stores and groceries in Kigali are turning into bars in an unlawful way that will not be overlooked by law enforcement agencies. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Police vows crackdown on liquor stores-turned bars
Rwanda Energy Groups technician during the grid extension in Gasabo. Rwanda National Police has issued a stark warning against vandalism and theft of power transmission lines. Courtesy
Security
Stark police warning as power cables, water pipes are vandalised
Traffic cameras, which currently regulate speed, will soon begin tracking a host of other offences. Courtesy
Security
Road safety: Traffic cameras to track other traffic offences
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Africa
DR Congo commander sentenced to death for killing protestors
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Africa
DR Congo: Fighting continues after two-day calm
Rwanda's Minister of Trade and Industry Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze (right) speaks during a session of the Intergovernmental Committee of Senior Officials and Experts as his Burundian counterpart Marie Chantal Nijimbere (centre) and ECA's ECA Deputy Executive Secretary Hanan Morsy look on. The meeting held in Bujumbura from September 26-29 urged African governments to leverage the continent free trade market in order to tackle food security issues. Courtsey
Africa
African govts urged to leverage AfCFTA to tackle food insecurity
The commander of the East African Community regional force in DR Congo, Maj Gen Alphaxard Kiugu, visited Kenyan and South Sudanese troops deployed to Rutshuru Territory, in North Kivu province on August 10, 2023. The regional force occupies positions vacated by the M23 rebels as part of a withdrawal plan called for by regional leaders. Courtesy
Africa
Regional army chiefs to discuss interventions after fighting resumes in eastern DR Congo
The World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended the use of a new vaccine called R21/Matrix-M for the prevention of malaria.
Health
Hope for 'malaria-free world' as WHO approves new vaccine
Former United Nations Resident Coordinator in Rwanda Fode Ndiaye has said that Rwanda’s “visionary leadership” has a lesson to teach African countries. File
Economy
Former UN Rwanda coordinator talks country’s ‘favourite homegrown solutions’

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