Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwanda’s national flag carrier RwandAir announced Tuesday it will launch direct flights between London Heathrow and Kigali, the Rwandan capital, next month, replacing the existing service between London and Kigali, with one stop in Brussels, Belgium. The direct flights from Kigali will operate four times a …
Read More »Chinese-financed road helps ease traffic flow, movement of goods in Rwanda
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | A road upgrading project in Rwanda contracted to China Road and Bridge Corporation (CRBC) has helped ease traffic flow and advance seamless trade along the Kigali-Bugesera district, eastern Rwanda. The upgraded road, stretching 13.8 km, starts from the Sonatube roundabout in Kigali, the capital …
Read More »Gabon, Togo join Commonwealth at Kigali summit
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Commonwealth has admitted Gabon and Togo as its 55th and 56th members respectively. Both countries are former French colonies. Leaders accepted applications by the two west African countries at the closing session of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali, Rwanda. It …
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CHOGM: Why it won’t be the relaunch some were hoping for NEWS ANALYSIS | Between June 20-25 most of the leaders of some 54 countries – from Africa, Europe, Asia and Southern America – converged on Kigali for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Philip Murphy, a professor of …
Read More »The Prince of Wales’ Opening Speech for CHOGM 2022
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | The this 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting is being held in Rwanda. Here he is the meeting opening speech by Charles, The Prince of Wales. ***** Your Majesties, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of The Queen, in this Platinum Jubilee Year, my wife …
Read More »PICTORIAL: Museveni in Kigali
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda President Yoweri Museveni is in Kigali, Rwanda to attend the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). He flew on a helicopter from Entebbe to Gatuna, then travelled by road to Kigali. It is his first visit to Rwanda since a security dispute …
Read More »UTB unveils the Explore Uganda brand at CHOGM 2022 in Kigali
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Tourism Board in partnership with the Uganda High Commission in Kigali, will showcase Uganda’s tourism potential during the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) 2022 in Kigali, Rwanda under the theme ‘’Delivering A Common Future: Connecting, Innovation, and Transforming.’’ Ahead of the official …
Read More »Rwanda’s Umuganda community work resumes, after two-year suspension due to COVID-19
Kigali, Rwanda | Xinhua | Rwandan citizens on Saturday formally resumed monthly community work, locally known as Umuganda, after significant decline in COVID-19 infections, for the first time since the outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020. About 1,500 people gathered at Bumbogo, in a suburb of Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, …
Read More »Rwanda agrees to re-open border with Uganda
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has finally agreed to re-open her border with Uganda after receiving assurance that the issues that led to its closure three years ago are being addressed. A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda released last night incidacted the Gatuna border post …
Read More »Army Commander Muhoozi Kainerugaba in Kigali
Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | Army commander Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba has arrived in Kigali for talks aimed at restoring relations between Uganda and Rwanda. Gen Kainerugaba, the Commander of Land Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) and Senior Presidential Adviser on Special Operations, flew into Kigali on …
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