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May 03, 2012

Cabinet approves SA, Nigeria envoys

The newly designated South African and Nigerian high commissioners are among six diplomats approved by cabinet yesterday to represent their respective countries in Rwanda.

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Continental forum to focus on agriculture

The Grow Africa Investment Forum that is slated for May 9, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia will focus on attracting and promoting private investments in the agriculture sector on the continent.

Business »

Consumers seek options to cope with soaring food prices

With a weeping baby cuddled at her back, she stoops to give the customer lemons from her worn-out basket. All she needs is money to buy other foodstuffs to feed her five children.

Sports »

Mukura foil APR’s league title hopes

SOUTHERN Province giants Mukura proved a nut to break when they halted APR’s surge for the Primus national Football league title following a 1-0 victory yesterday at Kamena grounds.

Entertainment »

Renowned Ghanaian author shares skills

AWARD–winning Ghanaian poet and novelist Parkes Nii Ayikwei will this weekend conduct a free prose writing workshop targeting Rwandan aspiring writers and secondary school English teachers.

Opinion »

Exodus of doctors, why Rwanda’s story is different

The sad reality of African countries having more doctors and nurses that are working in richer nations than their own continues to throttle this continent.

Commentary »

A new epoch in the pursuit of happiness

Countries in the East African Community did not prove any different from the rest of Africa on the happiness score as indicated in the recently released World Happiness Report.

The resistible rise of Asia?

Years back, some of the stunts women pull today to score themselves a guy worked like wonders. In fact, those moves were simply genius. Starting a family wasn’t even half as hard as it is today. A certain lady, whose name I will not mention, told me that the only way she could get her man to be serious was to get pregnant. I was not only appalled by how naïve she was, I also found it rather distasteful.

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