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President Paul Kagame yesterday, met with 32 Global shapers, a global network of local communities set up one year ago by the World economic Forum (WEF).

A new initiative that reduces the environmental impact of peacekeeping missions and eases tensions between the ‘Blue Berets’ and the communities within which they operate, has been launched.

The call by the United States on countries to act swiftly in arresting Genocide fugitives on the Reward for Justice Programme, has been welcomed, but with mixed feelings.

Often called in to restore and maintain peace in violent-stricken places in the world, the lot of the UN ‘Blue Berets’ is a difficult one. Currently there are 17 peacekeeping missions operating in four continents.

MUSANZE – Former child soldiers, who had been conscripted into the DRC-based Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) and RUD-Urunana militias as well as other insurgence groups, have appeal for assistance in tracing their parents.

Sudanese President Omar el Bashir has sent envoys to Kigali to deliver a message to his counterpart, President Paul Kagame.

The Government should increase its annual financial allocation to the Rwanda Red Cross, the organisation’s president, Dr Bernard Nzigiye, has said.

RWAMAGANA – Police has cautioned people who use mobile banking services to strictly safeguard their secret access numbers amidst a surge in fraud cases.