Tag Archives: Rwanda

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  An accident at an eastern Rwanda mine on Monday killed 14 people, including seven women, a local government official said. “This is an unfortunate event that nobody expected. The accident happened when falling debris at the mining site buried all the 14 people and killed …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Herbert Muhangi, the former Commandant of the Police Flying Squad and five other senior police officers have been charged for failure to protect war materials, aiding and abetting kidnaps in Uganda. The six appeared before the Makindye based General Court Martial Chaired by Lt. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s Ubumwe Grande Hotel fetched $34.053 million in as auctioneers that was held on Dec 24 to recover money owed to Kenya Commercial Bank’s Rwandan unit. The winning bid for the property was offered by Umubano Industries. Reports indicate that more than a dozen interested parties …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s national carrier, RwandAir, hopes to use the West Africa hub of Accra to feed its direct flights to the US once it gets the final approval from the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) and the US Federal Aviation Agency (FAA). A statement from the …

Kampala, Uganda | ISAAC KHISA | The inaugural Intra-African Trade Fair (IATF 2018) ended in Cairo on December 17 with the Rwandese capital of Kigali being announced as the host of the 2020 event. Former Nigeria President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, who is also Chairman of the IATF Advisory Council, made the …

Goma, DR Congo | AFP | Two Congolese soldiers were killed in clashes with Rwandan pro-Hutu rebels after two of their leaders were arrested in an eastern frontier region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, a military spokesman said Monday. The Congolese army has battled militants from the Democratic Forces …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  At least two Rwandan soldiers in an attack by rebels who had crossed the border from the Democratic Republic of Congo, President Paul Kagame said on Friday. The Rwandan army blamed the December 9 assault in the country’s restive east on Hutu rebel group, the …

Urges new team to transform Rwanda and citizens Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & AGENCIES | Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Oct.19 swore in six new ministers appointed in a major cabinet reshuffle. The new ministers are Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Minister of Trade and …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Louise Mushikiwabo, has been unanimously elected as the next Secretary General of the Organisation of the French speaking nations (OIF). The elections were held on Oct.12 in in Yerevan – the capital City of Armenia during the 17th OIF summit. She …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  Rwandan President Paul Kagame carried out a major ministerial reshuffle on Thursday, following the voluntary departure of foreign minister Louise Mushikiwabo, notably removing his influential defence minister from the post. The resignation of Mushikiwabo, who was last week chosen to head the world organisation of French-speaking …