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Rwanda’s rebuttal to the addendum to a UN Group of Experts interim report linking Kigali to rebels in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is “very serious and satisfactory”, the outgoing Netherlands Ambassador to Rwanda, Frans Makken, said yesterday.

Zambian Immigration Department deported a Rwandan Catholic Church Priest for allegedly inciting the congregation to rise against the Zambian government.

The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Local Government, CyrilleTuratsinze, may spend seven years in jail and pay a fine of Rwf20 million,if found guilty of soliciting a bribe.

Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi on Thursday told the bicameral parliament that the government plans to scale up agricultural produce through irrigation and mechanisation to enhance food security and help fast-track economic development.

The City of Kigali is currently in negotiations with the Chinese government for a credit line of US$55m to repair and reconstruction of 47km of city roads.

KAYONZA – In a bid to end human-wildlife conflicts around Akagera Nationa Park, Rwanda Development Board (RDB), yesterday started guiding stray animals behind the new electric fence.

The Ministry of Natural Resources has warned that the development goals enshrined in the Vision 2020, Millennium Development Goals could be hindered by environmental degradation.

NYAMAGABE – Sitting inside her makeshift house, Kobwa Mukeshimana represents hope and disappointment for all that is going on in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).