Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Paul Kagame will have a one-day working visit to Uganda on Sunday March 25, 2018. The meeting with President Yoweri Museveni in Entebbe will be a follow up on the Addis Ababa talks of February, whose aim, according to sources, is to find …
Read More »LIVE: 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union
Countries and Signatories: 1.Niger – President Mahamadou Issoufou 2.Rwanda – President Paul Kagame 3.Tchad – President Idriss Deby 4.Angola – President Joao Lourenço 5.Central African Republic – President Faustin-Archange Touadéra 6. Comoros – President Azali Assoumani 7. The Republic of Congo – President Denis Sassou Nguesso 8. Djibouti – President …
Read More »KAGAME: Focus on development
President Kagame pushes for delivery on development targets at leadership retreat Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwandan President Paul Kagame’s key message at the opening of the country’s 15th National Leadership retreat (Umwiherero) at Gabiro in Gatsibo district was a call to leaders to deliver on the country’s development vision. …
Read More »Rwanda celebrates 24th Heroes Day
Kigali, Rwanda | FRANCIS BYARUHANGA | Rwandans on Thursday celebrated the Heroes Day with the celebration being organized at Village levels as speeches was held at grass root with the theme ‘Upholding Heroism to build the Rwanda we want’ However, President Paul Kagame with other senior officials laid the wreath …
Read More »COMMENT: Kagame at African Union
Hope is not lost from the man whose vision and experience helped rebuild Rwanda from the ashes COMMENT | LADISLAS NGENDAHIMANA | Fifty four years after her creation, the African Union is still struggling for her internal organisation and functioning. And the global Pan-African Movement which envisions driving the dignity and unity …
Read More »Kagame assumes AU chair, launches single Africa air market
Addis Ababa | THE INDEPENDENT | President Paul Kagame of Rwanda started his reign as African Union Chairperson on Sunday by announcing the launch of a Single African Air Transport Market (SAATM). “Today we launch the Single African Air Transport Market, a major step forward for transportation. We are nearly …
Read More »Trump meets Kagame, sends ‘warmest regards’ to African leaders after reported slur
Davos, Switzerland | AFP | US President Donald Trump on Friday asked the African Union chairman to pass on his “warmest regards” to other regional leaders at a summit this weekend, after sparking outrage with a reported slur against Africans. Trump met Rwandan President Paul Kagame at the World Economic …
Read More »Unleashing Africa’s inner strengths
Institutions, policies, and champions COMMENT | Paul Kagame | Despite the myriad challenges we still face, over the past two generations our world has become more prosperous and equitable, and also safer. Cooperation among nations has been a foundation of that progress, as well as the best mechanism for sustaining …
Read More »Donald Trump to meet Kagame, Netanyahu and May in Davos
Washington, United States | AFP | US President Donald Trump is set to meet with the British and Israeli prime ministers, Theresa May and Benjamin Netanyahu, as well as Rwandan President Paul Kagame in Davos later this week, the White House said Tuesday. Trump will meet May Thursday to address the Syria conflict, Iran’s “destabilizing” …
Read More »Rwanda to host top US diplomat
Acting Assistant Secretary Yamamoto to meet Kagame Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acting Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, Donald Yamamoto will spend two days on an official visit to Kigali between Dec.13 and 14. It will be the conclusion of a two-week trip to four African countries and …
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