Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Scientists, entrepreneurs, institutional leaders and students from Africa and beyond are meeting in Kigali, Rwanda and online for the second continental African Plant Breeders Association Conference (APBAConf2021). The week’s long conference is expected to end on Oct.29. Guided by the theme, “Accelerating Genetic Gains in …
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🔴 LIVE FT: Rwanda 🇷🇼 0 Uganda 🇺🇬 1 ● Oct 10 Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Rwanda 🇷🇼 – St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | A 40th minute goal by Fahad Bayo gave Uganda Cranes all three points in their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying match in Kigali on …
Read More »Uganda Cranes seek change in fortunes in Kigali
● Oct 7 Rwanda 🇷🇼 vs Uganda 🇺🇬 – Kigali 7pm ● Oct 10 Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Rwanda 🇷🇼 – St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes will hope to put back on track their FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 qualifying campaign when they take on Rwanda …
Read More »Uganda Cranes off to Rwanda, eye maximum points in double header
● Oct 7 Rwanda 🇷🇼 vs Uganda 🇺🇬 – Kigali ● Oct 10 Uganda 🇺🇬 vs Rwanda 🇷🇼 – St Mary’s Stadium, Kitende Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Cranes head coach Milutin Sredojević Micho says they are targeting a maximum of six points in their doubleheader against Rwanda in …
Read More »Court sentences Hotel Rwanda’s Rusesabagina to 25 years in jail over terror charges
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwandan High Court Special Chamber for International and Cross-border Crimes in the capital city Kigali, sentenced on Monday Paul Rusesabagina, portrayed as a humanitarian activist in the controversial Oscar-nominated film “Hotel Rwanda”, to 25 years in prison after finding him guilty of terror-related charges. Rusesabagina, a …
Read More »Losing sight of grand strategy
How Kampala’s cold war with Kigali harms Uganda’s national interest and what can be done about it THE LAST WORD | ANDREW M. MWENDA | Last week, Uganda’s Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI) arrested the Vice Chancellor of Victoria University, Lawrence Muganda, apparently on charges of espionage. Muganga is not …
Read More »Officials clash as two bodies of Rwandan nationals are repatriated from Uganda
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ugandan authorities on Thursday afternoon clashed with their Rwandan counterparts over postmortem reports of two Rwandan nationals whose bodies were recovered at different locations in Kabale district last week. The two were identified as Paul Bangirana, 47, and Theoneste Dusabimana, 52. They both hail from …
Read More »Museveni condemns Guinea coup
FULL INTERVIEW: President threatens to pull out of Somalia, blames Rwanda for their actions Paris, France | THE INDEPENDENT | In an exclusive interview with France 24, Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni condemned the coup d’état in Guinea, describing it as a “step backwards”. He said the coup leaders should be sanctioned and …
Read More »Kabale residents protest non-stop illegal entry of Rwandans
Kabale, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Butanda sub-county in Kabale district have staged a peaceful demonstration protesting the continuous entry of Rwandan nationals into Uganda through porous borders. The residents mostly taxi drivers blocked Butanda-Rubaya-Kabale road at Habubaare trading Centre in Butanda sub-county using their vehicles on Sunday …
Read More »Kenya’s KCB bank acquires Rwandese bank
Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan regional bank, KCB Group, has completed the acquisition of Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR) from Atlas Mara Mauritius and Arise. Joshua Oigara, CEO of KCB, said the purchase follows the securing of the requisite regulatory approvals in Kenya, and Rwanda making the lender the majority …
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