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JUSTICE:Tribunal expresses confidence in local judicial process Prosecutors in Kigali yesterday welcomed a decision by the Tanzania-based International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to refer the case against Fulgence Kayishema to Rwanda.

Rwanda is poised to replace South Africa at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) after receiving the support of the African Union.

Peacekeepers in the joint United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), in western Sudan, will open fire and defend themselves if provoked again, the UNAMID Force Commander, Lt. Gen. Patrick Nyamvumba, stressed yesterday.

Insurance:Questions arise over drop in remittances GISAGARA – Civil society organisations have started debate on the challenges met by the public in submitting their remittances for the community-based health insurance scheme, commonly known as Mutuelle de Santé.

UNEMPLOYMENT:A cure being sought The Minister of youth, Jean Philbert Nsengimana, has called on the youth to focus on entrepreneurship as a way of curbing on the rate of unemployment.

OUTCRY:Property owners said the rates were expensive
Rwanda Natural Resource Authority (RNRA) has announced it plans to slash lease fees for 19,386 land title holders in Kigali in line with the land taxation policy.

People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWAs) have called on the government to incorporate them into the medical insurance scheme, (Mutuelles de Sante), to help them seek medical treatment at no extra cost.

Robbers who on Tuesday night broke into a computer laboratory at a local school, La Colombiere, and stole 16 computers worth Rwf5.3 million, have been arrested.