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First Lady Jeannette Kagame with other officials during celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Widows of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi (AVEGA) on Sunday.
You are a pillar of resilience, First Lady tells Genocide widows
Monday, February 24, 2020
Charlotte Mukankusi.
Uganda revokes passport of RNC’s Mukankusi
Friday, February 21, 2020
(Right-left) Dr Maurice Musoni, Rwandau2019s first cardiothoracic surgeon; Lead surgeon Dr Robert Oakes and Team Heart founder Dr Chip Bolman talk to Emmanuel Niyobuhungiro after he had undergone heart surgery at King Faisal Hospital, Kigali on February 13. Rwandan medics are set to independently start carrying out open-heart surgeries this year, a milestone for the countryu2019s health sector.
Rwandans to independently handle open heart surgeries
Friday, February 14, 2020
Imported products at Dubai Port World in Kigali on August 30, 2019./ Photo: E. Kwizera.
Rwanda
Coronavirus causes jitters among Rwandan traders
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
All the 60 passengers on board managed to escape the fire.
Local transport firm calls for probe as bus is engulfed by fire in Uganda
Tuesday, February 11, 2020
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Luanda MoU: Rwanda, Uganda ministers meet at Gatuna border
Sunday, February 09, 2020
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New programme to teach children robotics launched
Saturday, February 08, 2020
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E-commerce studies in Rwandan universities launched
Saturday, February 08, 2020
Some of the children at the Gitagata Rehabilitation Centre.
Government: Our focus is to ensure all Rwandans have a chance at decent life
Friday, February 07, 2020
Officials look at the linear accelerator that offer treatment using VMAT (Volumetric Modulated Arc Therapy) at the Rwanda Military Hospital in Kicukiro District on February 4, 2020. / Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda
Five things you need to know about the newly launched Rwanda Cancer Centre
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
President Paul Kagame speaks after officially launching the Rwanda Cancer Centre at Rwanda Military Hospital in Kanombe on Tuesday, February 4. Looking on are (left-right), Dr Fidel Rubagumya; Lt Col Dr Pacific Mugenzi; Health minister Dr Diane Gashumba, and RDF Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Jean-Bosco Kazura. / Photo: Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda
Rwanda Cancer Centre will save more lives – Kagame
Wednesday, February 05, 2020
President Kagame speaks during the inaugurationu00a0of the Rwanda Cancer Centreu00a0on Tuesday, February 4 at theu00a0Rwanda Military Hospital in Kanombe.
Kagame inaugurates high tech Rwanda cancer centre
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
Faustin Ntezilyayo, the Chief Justice, has said that the Government of Rwanda has done a lot to set up mechanisms to hold perpetrators of the Genocide against the Tutsi and other crimes against humanity to account. He was speaking yesterday in Kigali during an event to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of the Jewish Holocaust, in 1945. Genocide scholars called for zero tolerance to extremist tendencies. / Photo: Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda
Don’t tolerate incitement, dehumanisation – scholars
Tuesday, February 04, 2020
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Uzziel Ndagijimana presents the Emerging Investor of the Year award to Volkswagen Rwanda CEO Michaella Rugwizangoga (C) Friday.
Master Steel, VW win big at RDB investment awards
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Dr Diane Gashumba, the Minister for Health (right), and Urujeni Bakuramutsa, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, address the news conference on Friday. Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwandans in Wuhan safe, no plan for evacuations – govt
Saturday, February 01, 2020
Former FDLR officer Ignace Nkaka aka La Forge Bazeye (L) and Lt Col Jean-Pierre Nsekanabo at a past hearing. (File)
Court postpones hearing for FDLR commanders
Thursday, January 30, 2020
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Rwanda
Coronavirus: Government advises against non-essential travels to affected region
Tuesday, January 28, 2020
Many pedestrians had to be carried to make it across flooded roads shortly after the Tuesday afternoon downpour had receded. While some ferried passengers, especially the vulnerable, as an act of kindness, others saw it as an opportunity to make a quick buck. Photo: Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda
Heavy rains pound Kigali
Tuesday, January 28, 2020

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