Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kenyan scholar Dr. Wandia Njoya has stressed the importance of knowledge to ensure the story and lessons from the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi of Rwanda are not lost. Speaking at a Public Lecture held at Makerere University Wednesday on the 30th commemoration of the …
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3 things the international community should have done – expert ANALYSIS | WALTER DORN | As the world marks the 30th anniversary of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi ethnic group in Rwanda, it is important to understand what the international community could have done to prevent it. In one hundred …
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How this small and poor country in Africa that should be irrelevant has become a beacon of hope THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | Last Sunday, Rwanda commemorated 30 years since the genocide against the Tutsi. I was in Kigali to attend the colorful commemoration that was attended by a large …
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Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda President Paul Kagame’s speech today at the 30th Commemoration (Kwibuka 30) of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. **** FULL ADDRESS *** Today, our hearts are filled with grief and gratitude in equal measure. We remember our dead, and are also grateful for …
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The 30th commemoration marks a generational cycle and is opportune for reflection on Rwanda’s transformation COMMENT | JOSEPH RUTABANA | The Genocide against Tutsi in Rwanda took lives of more than a million Rwandans. The Genocide was organised and executed in full view of the International Community, which stood idle and …
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KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Rwanda on Tuesday officially became the headquarters of Africa’s innovation financing facility, known as timbuktoo Africa Innovation Foundation. The foundation launched by African leaders in January this year at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, is a bold partnership between the United Nations …
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KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Chinese manufacturers of electric buses have set BasiGo, a Kenya-based company, on course toward its business sustainability but also the start of a significant role in advancing Rwanda’s transition to greener transportation. It is roughly three months since BasiGo launched pilot electric buses in public …
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How Ntare Lions League boosted Uganda-Rwanda relations Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Described as the greatest caravan to Rwanda since 1990 when the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) launched a guerilla war to liberate their country, the journey of Ntare School Old Boys, with friends and well-wishers to watch the Ntare …
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KIGALI, RWANDA | Xinhua | Rwanda has asked the African Union not to support troops from southern African countries deployed to fight armed groups in the restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), claiming the force will exacerbate the conflict. Rwandan Foreign Minister Vincent Biruta said in a letter …
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Katuna, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Two police constables at Katuna border police station in Kabale district are in trouble for allegedly robbing a Rwandan businessman at gunpoint. The suspects are police constables Gracious Tusiime, 25, and Zechariah Ekiyankundire, 26. They are accused of robbing Thomas Habanabakize,38, a Rwandan national and resident …
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