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Technicians install Starlink internet at a health centre in Rwanda. Healthcare providers in various parts of Rwanda have lauded the impact of Starlink internet. Courtesy
Technology
Medics praise Starlink internet for enhancing service delivery in health centres
Genocidal militia leader Callixte Mbarushimana looks on at the opening of the confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on September 15, 2011.   A hearing to confirm war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, committed in 2009 against Congolese citizens opened at the International Criminal Court. AFP PHOTO/ANP/Jerry Lampen -  netherlands out - belgium out
Crime
Genocide: France drops Callixte Mbarushimana case
South Africa’s former finance minister Tito Mboweni died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday, October 12. Courtesy
Africa
Rwandans, Africans pay tribute to Tito Mboweni
Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António welcomes Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on his arrival to the meeting in Luanda on Saturday, October 12. Courtesy
Africa
Rwanda, DR Congo ministers hold fifth round of talks in Angola
Businessman Davis Manzi, the founder of Billion Traders FX, is set to reappear in court on October 17.
Crime
Online forex trading: Suspect in $10m fraud case returns to court
Minister Health Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana during the press conference  on Thursday, October 10 Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Why Rwanda's Marburg fatality rate is lower than in previous outbreaks
Director-General of Africa-CDC Dr. Jean Kaseya addresses delegates at the Biashara Africa forum in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Health
Rwanda has almost zero risk to export Marburg, says Africa CDC boss
Innocent Sagahutu, former commander of the reconnaissance battalion in the genocidal regime’s army, Forces Armées Rwandaises (FAR). Internet
Crime
Sagahutu and Nteziryayo: Who are the two genocide masterminds DR Congo is ready to host?
RIB arrested Phocas Katabogama, a Catholic priest and headmaster of Lycee de Rusumo over defiling a 15-year-old student at the school in Kirehe District. Courtesy
Crime
Priest arrested over defilement of 15-year-old student
Harrison Mutabazi, the spokesperson for the judiciary and the current president of the Rwanda Judicial Officers Association speaks during the official conclusion of the 2023-2024 judicial year, in September.
Technology
Tech crime: Is Rwanda’s judicial system prepared?
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) postponed the hearing of a case challenging DR Congo's admission to the East African Community (EAC)  on Friday, October 4. Courtesy
Africa
Regional court postpones case challenging DR Congo’s admission to EAC
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Health
How Rwanda detected the first Marburg virus cases
Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana said that healthcare workers account for more than 80 percent of the confirmed cases of the Marburg virus disease.
Health
80% of Marburg cases are healthcare workers, says minister
A screenshot  of the accident in Lake Kivu when a Congolese boat MV Merdi from Minova, in South Kivu Province, capsized some 300 meters before docking at Goma on Thursday. Internet
Africa
DR Congo: Lake Kivu shipwreck leaves at least 23 dead
The Marburg virus originated from the German city of Marburg in 1967
Health
Explainer: The origin of Marburg virus, name and nature
President Paul Kagame and his host President Edgars Rinkēvičs address journalists during a joint press conference on Wednesday, October 2. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Economy
Kagame, Latvian president talk economic, political cooperation
Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana  briefs journalists on Marburg virus disease (MVD) situation on Sunday, September 29. He said that the Ministry is closely monitoring over 300 individuals identified as contacts of the confirmed Marburg virus cases. Courtesy
Health
Marburg: Govt monitoring over 300 contacts of infected people
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), most outbreaks of Marburg disease have occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Health
Marburg: How past outbreaks unfolded

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