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Somali President Sheikh Shariff Sheikh Ahmed arrived in Rwanda yesterday for a two-day working visit just weeks ahead of general elections in his country.

Rwanda Biomedical Centre’s Medical Procurement and Distribution Division, which previously operated as an independent parastatal known as Camerwa, was singled out as one of the agencies that incurred massive financial losses – in the recently released 2011/2012 Auditor General’s report.

In a bid to ease public transport within the City of Kigali, transport operators have been directed to operate on specific routes. This follows  public outcry over shortage of transport in the city during peak hours.

A Genocide fugitive, Thadee Kwitonda, was arrested yesterday morning near the Belgian Embassy in Kampala.

The Rwanda Defence Forces (RDF) has won accolades for its discipline and selfless contribution to peacekeeping operations globally. But the less talked about side of the force is its benevolent actions aimed at changing people’s lives.

Rwanda has been named among the few countries that have attained universal access to antiretroviral therapy (ART’s) in a recently released Millennium Development Goals report 2012.

Musanze–based Ruhengeri Institute of Higher Education (INES), yesterday, held its third graduation ceremony in which 604 students were conferred with degrees and diplomas in various disciplines including Languages and Applied Linguistics, Economics, Social Sciences and Management, Applied Fundamental Sciences and Law.

Debate on the trusteeship bill was on Thursday put on hold due to what MPs viewed as mix-ups in its conception and drafting.