New Disease-Resistant Cassava Varieties Released
Daily News (Dar es Salaam)-The push to increase the production of cassava in Tanzania has received a major boost, thanks to a recent release of four new varieties that are tolerant to the deadly rot...
View ArticleDar es Salaam Reclaims Business From Mombasa
Daily News (Dar es Salaam)-Dar es Salaam Port is gradually reclaiming its share of maritime business from Mombasa Port, with report showing that Dar es Salaam handled 16 per cent above the...
View ArticleDar Port Inches on Mombasa
Citizen (Dar es Salaam)-Kenya Ports Authority (KPA) is losing business to rival Dar es Salaam port as delay in cargo clearance in Mombasa prompts traders from neighbouring countries to turn to Tanzania.
View ArticleExpert Report Casts Some New Light On Crash That Sparked Genocide
Hirondelle (Lausanne)-The experts' report commissioned by a longstanding French inquiry identifies the most likely missiles used in the downing of former Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana's plane...
View ArticleKilombero Sugarcane Project Flops
Daily News (Dar es Salaam)-A MULTI-billion deal entered between the government and Kilombero Sugar Company (Illovo), for sugarcane production in Luipa farms in Kilombero District, Morogoro Region, has...
View ArticlePastor to Be Returned for Genocide Trial Soon
Hirondelle (Lausanne)-Genocide-accused Pastor Jean Uwinkindi, currently in custody of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), will be transferred to Rwanda for trial before February 23,...
View ArticlePolemic At ICTR Over Uwinkindi's Transfer
Hirondelle (Lausanne)-While top officials with the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) this week locked horns on the implementation of the order for transfer of Pastor Jean Uwinkindi to...
View ArticleA Master Road Builder's Vision
Focus (Kigali)-A month ago I was in Nairobi to seek healing for my foster son, Mugisha Gabriel. We arrived at approximately 8:00 a.m. for a 2:00 p.m. appointment at Aga Khan Hospital. It should have...
View ArticleBring Mugesera Back for Justice!
Focus (Kigali)-Leon Mugesera wants to escape justice, and live the rest of his days in Canada in bliss.
View ArticleGenerals and Business, Us and Hungry People
Focus (Kigali)-So, what were the four military brass thinking? I mean generals Richard Rutatina, Fred Ibingira, Wilson Gumisiriza and Col. Dan Munyuza, with their shady business dealings in DR Congo?...
View ArticleMarket Sought for Surplus 500,000 Tons of Maize, Beans
Focus (Kigali)-While farmers have seen out put go up in the past few years, there is now need to plug gaps in post-harvest handling and market linkages to enable them reap maximum benefits from their...
View ArticleAgriculture Sector Gets Boost From World Bank Loan
Focus (Kigali)-The government and the World Bank have signed a loan agreement worth US$ 12.99 million to scale up of agriculture sector programs.
View ArticleJustice Has Come of Age, Says Karugarama
Focus (Kigali)-The national judicial system has attained internationally recognizable levels of maturity and trust, thanks to several reforms in the last decade, the minister of Justice, Tharcisee...
View ArticleArrested RDF Officers Had Gone Rogue
Focus (Kigali)-The four suspended senior military officers - Brig. Gen. Richard Rutatina, Lt. Gen. Fred Ibingira, Col. Dan Munyuza and Brig. Gen. Wilson Gumisiriza - now under house arrest were...
View ArticleKagame Impersonator Has Presidential Ambitions
Focus (Kigali)-Apart from the fact that he is shorter, David Ndahiro has striking resemblance to President Paul Kagame that some would believe he is son of the President. Now Ndahiro, a young law...
View ArticleNew Pay Scale to Motivate Public Servants
Focus (Kigali)-After a reformulation of guidelines for fixing salaries in the public sector, the government has now embarked on the implementation of the ministerial order for salary regularization and...
View ArticlePornography, Drugs Pose Challenge to Parents in Slums
Focus (Kigali)-Kigali is a fast growing city as shown by massive construction works currently going on and a rapidly expanding population.
View ArticleEggs Are Latest Weapon Against Malnutrition
Focus (Kigali)-For Health Minister Agnes Binagwaho, 2012 must be the year of eliminating malnutrition in Rwanda; this is of capital importance, she says, because an unhealthy diet in an individual or...
View ArticleIf Black Is Beautiful, Then Why Do Women Use Skin-Lightener
Focus (Kigali)-When entering one of the cosmetic shops in town, the sight that greets you is of rows of products that are supposed to give smoother, lighter skin to the almost exclusive female...
View ArticleNur Gets 3.6 Million Euro Research Lab
Focus (Kigali)-The Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) has handed over a new modern science laboratory to the National University of Rwanda.
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