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President Paul Kagame yesterday urged residents of Gatsibo District to explore all avenues to lead better lives. He made the remarks while visiting the district.

Rwanda’s highly acclaimed programme of rehabilitating and reintegrating ex-child soldiers has won the ultimate accolade – it is being used as the blueprint for an ambitious and high profile United Nations Security Council campaign of naming and shaming groups that recruit and use child soldiers.

A new initiative to help cities across the world, particularly African, manage risk caused by disasters has been launched.

Members of the Civil Society have appealed to President Paul Kagame not to sign the draft penal code.

Rwanda Commercial Bank (BCR) and an investment firm, Establisse Ramnik, have settled a 23 year case out of court.

Plans to interconnect electricity grids within Eastern and Central Africa are failing due to lack of funds necessary to finance the implementation of projects in the next four years.

The world must tackle the urgent challenge of ending hunger if it is to ensure a model of development that is sustainable over the long term, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) has said in its latest assessment of the food security situation in the world.

Rwanda National Police has written to Interpol in China, requesting them to hunt down  suspected human traffickers, The New Times has learnt.