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President Paul Kagame yesterday called on the world community to collectively promote family planning, adding his voice to a global chorus calling for provision of modern contraceptives to 120 million girls and women in developing countries who have no access to family planning.

Foreign affairs ministers and representatives from 11 countries that constitute the International Conference of the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) have called for “renewed focus on strong and decisive action against the FDLR who remain a threat to Rwanda as well as to Rwandophone and other communities in Eastern DRC”.

A former military doctor who NTV, a Kenyan television, revealed on Sunday treated Rwandan Genocide fugitive Felicien Kabuga was confirmed dead on Tuesday.

The Minister of Finance, John Rwangombwa, yesterday, called on Rwandans to utilise access to reproductive health services in order to avoid unwanted pregnancies.

The ongoing conflict in eastern Congo has not hindered tourism sector as mountain gorillas remain secure in Virunga National Park, their habitat.

The first National Cancer Referral Centre in Rural East Africa will be officially opened on Wednesday, 18 July.

Nyagatare – Thirteen people have been arrested for illegally transporting rare indigenous trees found in natural forests located in Nyagatare and Gatsibo districts.

Members of Parliament put the Minister of Finance, John Rwangombwa, to task to reassure Rwandans on the validity of national statistics as he tabled the revised bill establishing the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) on Monday.