Only 10 Percent of Visually Impaired Have Access to White Cane
[New Times]Of the over 64,000 visually impaired people in the country, only 10 per cent have white canes, their union has said.
View ArticleAfDB Commits to Combat Gender Inequality
[New Times]AS the African Development Bank (AfDB) plans to transform the state of gender parity on the African continent, a new strategy has been developed to ensure that economic opportunities, social...
View ArticleAfrica Challenged to Manage Its Natural Resources Better
[New Times]African states must improve the management of their natural resources for the benefit of their growing populations, according officials at the 8th African Development Forum.
View ArticleCompromise Vital in Decision Making
[New Times]A recent directive by transport authorities - banning commuter transport vehicles from conducting any other business - has raised dust among operators.
View ArticleTB Medication Accessible to All - Report
[New Times]The 2012 Global Tuberculosis report has named Rwanda, alongside Kenya, as a top performers in testing of HIV and provision of anti retroviral treatment for Tuberculosis (TB) patients...
View ArticleTraders Irked By New Border Restrictions
[New Times]There is congestion, especially during the evenings, at the DRC border post in Rubavu District as travellers and traders scramble to cross to either side before closure on Congolese side at...
View Article97 Percent Vaccinated Against Polio
[New Times]AT least 97 per cent of children under the age of one receive polio vaccination according to Dr Maurice Gatera, the head of Vaccine Preventable Diseases in the Ministry of Health.
View ArticleKigali to Host Continental Economic Conference
[New Times]Leaders and scholars from around the world will converge in Kigali next week to explore the continent's prospects for sustainable and inclusive growth in the wake of the global economic crisis.
View ArticleFinnish Court Upholds Pastor Life Sentence
[Hirondelle]Arusha -Finnish justice on Monday uphold the life term handed down against François Bazaramba, a Rwandan Pastor convicted for genocide.
View ArticleGenocide Suspect Arrested in DRC
[New Times]Interpol has arrested a key suspect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, who has been on the run for the last 18 years.
View ArticleGenocide Trial Goes to Dutch Court
[Hirondelle]The Hague -The trial of Rwandan Yvonne Ntacyobatabara has opened in the Netherlands, the first genocide trial ever to be heard before a Dutch court.
View ArticleNorway Video Link Facilitates Genocide Trial
[Hirondelle]Kigali -A Norwegian court trying former Rwandan businessman Sadi Bugingo this week started hearing more than 50 witnesses by video conference from Kigali.
View ArticleAPR, Simba Face-Off Today
[New Times]Primus National Football League champions APR FC squares off with their UPDF (Ugandan army) counterparts Simba in a friendly match this afternoon at the Amahoro stadium.
View ArticleLawmakers Question Akagera Park Management Deal
[New Times]THE parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) on Wednesday quizzed officials from the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) over a deal to hand over the management of Akagera National Park to a...
View ArticleKayiranga Upbeat Despite Defeat
[New Times]Coach Jean Baptiste Kayiranga saw SC Kiyovu's unbeaten record brought to a halt on Wednesday but remains confident his side will fight on till the final whistle of the season.
View ArticleEAC Week to Update Rwandans On Regional Integration Process
[Focus]This year's East African Community (EAC) week will focus on updating Rwandans on different stages attained through the East African regional integration. This is in a bid to showcase available...
View ArticleTwo Rwanda Runners Set for Rock City Marathon
[Daily News]RWANDAN athletes Robert Kajuga and Jean Pierre Mvuyekure will feature in the fourth edition of Rock City Half Marathon due in Mwanza on Sunday.
View ArticleBlending Grants, Loans to Finance Infrastructure
[Observer]Infrastructure development financing in Africa, and Uganda, has been dominated by donor and government financing for many decades, with quite reduced participation of the private sector and...
View ArticleGovt to Establish EAC Desks in Regional Missions
[New Times]The government will establish information desks in its diplomatic missions in all the partner states of the East African Community (EAC) to provide vital information as well as helping...
View ArticleI Want to Be Rwanda's Giorgio Armani
[New Times]Francis Iraguha's first shoulder brush with fame was when he featured in the video of Shanel's Ndarota.
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