Tag Archives: Rwanda

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda are preparing to host the 2018 Council for East and Central Africa Football Associations (CECAFA) Women’s Challenge Cup slated for May 12-22th at the Stade de Kigali. Bonnie Mugabe, the spokesperson and head of Communication at the Rwanda Football Federation (FERWAFA) told URN on …

Advised to partner with global firms in U.S., Europe Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Coffee farmers always complain of low farm-gate prices, saying they earn little compared to the efforts and resources invested in the crop. As a result, some farmers have abandoned the crop in favour of other cash and …

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | For a week, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda took renowned travel documentary maker, Peter Greenberg, on a tour of the country known as the “land of a thousand hills.” Greenberg is America’s most recognised, honoured, and respected front-line travel news journalist. He is a multiple …

Sector gets new information reporting and monitoring system kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA | Forex bureau operators have until June to sign on to the new Rwanda Forex Bureau Association Information System (RFBAIS), according to their chairperson, Zephania Muhigi. The new system is in line with the government’s push for adoption …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwanda has bagged the World Travel and Tourism Council’s inaugural Global Leadership Award for its efforts to put tourism at the centre of economic and social development. The award, received on behalf of the country by Prime Minister, Edouard Ngirente, was presented at the …

Bangui, Central African Republic | AFP | Nearly three weeks after more than two dozen people were killed in the worst fighting in the Central African Republic’s capital since 2015, what happened on that fateful day remains clouded by contradictions. On April 10, hours-long clashes unfolded in a mainly Muslim …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP | Congolese opposition leader Moise Katumbi, in exile for two years, said from Rwanda on Friday that he was not afraid of President Joseph Kabila. “Now that am in Rwanda, they will come up with some more fake charges because they don’t like Rwanda,” he said …

Kigali, Rwanda | AFP |  Former Liberian president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf on Friday accepted the prestigious $5 million Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African Leadership. “As the first woman to receive this Mo Ibrahim Foundation Prize award, it is my hope that women and girls across the continent are inspired …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Justice Lydia Mugambe has closed a case in, which the family of a Rwandese national has been pushing for his unconditional release by the military. Claude Lyakaremye’s family petitioned High court through his lawyer, Eron Kiiza to compel the army to release him unconditionally. The …

`Small idea’ by high school students has become global anti-genocide movement Kampala, Uganda | STEPHEN NUWAGIRA & FRANCIS BYARUHANGA | A sea of dark mass captures my attention as I head towardsthe Rwandan Parliament on this cloudy Saturday evening. It’s a mass of people clad mostly in black or dark …