Kigali, August 1, 2023, Rwanda Press – Former Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture Dr Gerardine Mukeshimana, was on Monday appointed Vice-President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). IFAD is an international financial institution and a specialised agency of the United Nations that works to address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing countries. […]
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Bugesera, Rwanda Press, July 22, 2023 – Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame on Saturday gifted Inyambo cows to his visiting counterpart President Sassou Nguesso of Congo Brazzaville. President Nguesso is in the country for a 3-day state visit which he started on Friday. Kagame gifted Nguesso Inyambo cows after they toured his farm located in Kibugabuga, […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, July 18, 2023- Rwanda is becoming the first African nation to host the Women Deliver conference and delegates are recommending the east African nation for its remarkable mileage in bridging the gender gap. The meeting is taking place from July 17 to 20. At the conference, President Paul Kagame urged participants from different […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, 18 July 2023 – Zigama Credit and Savings Society (ZIGAMA CSS) – Rwanda’s bank that brings together members of the security organs, has recorded a net profit of Rwf22.8 billion for the year 2022, up from 17.7 billion recorded the previous year. The new figures were announced on Tuesday, during the bank’s […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, July 16, 2023 – Rwanda has been named by a new report released by UNAIDS as one of the four countries that have financed and managed the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Winnie Byanyima, Executive Director of UNAIDS said while reading out the findings on Friday that the report showed a clear path that ends […]
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A Rwandan soldier who is serving in a United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA), was shot dead in an ambush by armed terrorist militias on Monday, Rwandan Army confirmed on Tuesday. Rwanda is the fourth biggest troop-contributing country with 4,585 military personnel in support of the UN peacekeeping operations […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, July 10, 2023 – In recognition of his friendship with the government and the people of the Bahamas, President Paul Kagame was awarded the Order of Excellence, Bahamas highest honour. The President was in the Caribbean Island to join other dignitaries for the celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the Independence of […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, June 30, 2023 – The cost of damages caused by the landslides across the Western and Northern Provinces of Rwanda amounted to Rwf222 billion, the government announced on Friday. In May this year, the flash floods and landslides caused by heavy rains of May 2-3, killed 135 people and displaced more than […]
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Kigali, Rwanda Press, 30 June 2023 –As the annual baby gorilla naming ceremony in Rwanda draws nearer, the International Gorilla Conservation Programme (IGCP) and its partner – Wildlife Friendly Enterprise Network (WFEN), have intensified their campaign dubbed ‘the Gorilla Friendly Pledge’, an awareness crusade initiated to minimize the risk of disease transmission from human to mountain […]
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British side club Manchester City footballer Benjamin Mendy claims he has slept with 10,000 women, a jury heard on Thursday. According to BBC Sports, the 28-year-old French international defender is accused of attacking a woman, aged 24 at his £4m mansion in Mottram St Andrew, Cheshire, in October 2020. According to reports, Mendy raped a […]
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