Kagame set to win Rwanda election by around 98%: partial results Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwanda President Paul Kagame is set to win a third term in office with a landslide of around 98 percent of votes, according to partial results released by the electoral commission Saturday. With …
Read More »Kagame headed for landslide win as poll results trickle in
Kagame headed for landslide win as poll results trickle in Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Rwandan President Paul Kagame looked set for a landslide victory Friday as election results trickling in showed the incumbent with an average 98 percent of the vote in districts counted. The 59-year-old is expected to …
Read More »Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda vote next President
Thousands of Rwandans in Uganda happy to vote next President Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The queues started forming as early as 7am as thousands of Rwandan living in Uganda on Aug.03 thronged their embassy to vote in the presidential election. Many of them told The Independent that they …
Read More »VIDEO: Rwanda Final Rallies
VIDEO: Rwanda Final Rallies Kampala, Uganda | NBS TV | RPF candidate Paul Kagame has replied the international community that has been mocking Rwanda over democracy to mind their own business because they don’t believe what they teach. As he concluded his campaign trail in Gasaabo, Kagame asked Rwandans to make …
Read More »Rwanda and China’s rich
Why Jack Ma went to Kenya, Rwanda with 38 Chinese billionaires in tow RWANDA |PEREZ TIGIDAM| Jack Ma, Asia’s richest man and founder of Alibaba Group recently completed a two-day trip to East Africa, visiting Kenya and Rwanda with 38 fellow Chinese billionaires, all no doubt poised with expensive fountain …
Read More »RWANDA: Kagame vows to leave no Rwandan behind
President Paul Kagame, who is seeking re-election and holding campaigns across the country, has said the mantra of his party; RPF-Inkotanyi, is “not to leave any Rwanda behind”. RWANDA |SUSAN BABIJJA| Kagame who is the chairman of RPF-Inkotanyi is pushing this message at all his rallies. He is urging Rwandans …
Read More »Rwanda targets high-end tourist market
Volcanoes National Park, Rwanda | AFP | Nicaraguan singer Hernaldo Zuniga brought his entire family to trek through the lush forests and mist-shrouded volcanoes of northwestern Rwanda in search of mountain gorillas. He described their encounter with the critically endangered primates as “an almost spiritual” experience, and said it was the …
Read More »Candidate AIDS vaccine passes early test in Uganda, Rwanda
Paris, France | AFP | The three-decade-old quest for an AIDS vaccine received a shot of hope Monday when developers announced that a prototype triggered the immune system in an early phase of human trials. Tested in 393 people in the United States, Rwanda, Uganda, South Africa and Thailand, the …
Read More »Rwanda opposition in uphill battle against powerful Kagame
On the impeccably clean streets of Rwanda’s capital, where a skyline of gleaming new buildings pokes through undulating hills, few have heard of opposition presidential aspirants Frank Habineza and Philippe Mpayimana. Kigali, Rwanda | FRAN BLANDY | They were only confirmed as candidates and allowed to begin fundraising a week …
Read More »After hammering South Sudan, Mucureezi waits for Rwanda
Qualifiers (1st Round, 2nd Leg): Uganda Cranes 5-1 South Sudan (Agg: 5-1) Rwanda 0-0 Tanzania (Agg: 1-1) *Rwanda advances on away goal rule Lugogo, Uganda | FUFA.CO.UG | Uganda Cranes humiliated neighbors South Sudan 5-1 to book a place in the final round of the Total CHAN championship qualifiers against Rwanda. Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) striker Paul Mucureezi single handedly led …
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