Rwanda Launches Pilot Online Single Window to Facilitate International Trade
[Business Daily] The pilot phase of the single window implementation will run for approximately three months before the full roll out with other organizations come May 2012.
View ArticleAir Uganda and Rwandair to End Code Sharing Agreement
[Monitor] Kampala - Air Uganda has served a notice to Rwandair, alerting the latter of its intention to terminate the code sharing arrangement effective April 1.
View ArticleGovernance Month Promotes Citizens-Leaders Dialogue
[Focus] When it comes to fighting corruption, Rwanda is generally considered as an exemplary country not just in the region but in Africa as a whole. However, there are still other areas of the "good...
View ArticleChaos Is Order of the Day in Sports Administration
[Focus] Confusion reigns in Rwandan sports administration. It is the order of the day in all the sports federations; it is the order of the day in the Ministry of Sports (which is so weak it has for...
View ArticleShe Hated Politics, Only to Become a Politician
[Focus] Originally, Henriette Umulisa hated politics as a nasty game as well as its players, the politicians.
View ArticleIkaze Handcraft Center Eyes International Market
[Focus] Albert Munyemana, a sculptor living in Kicukiro, has done something quite unusual for Rwanda: while most of his colleagues, especially in the arts and crafts sector, use wood for their...
View ArticleWorld Bank Calls Against Aid Reliance Not New, Say Rwangombwa
[Focus] As she left Kigali after a four-day trip last week, the World Bank Vice President for sustainable development, Rachel Kyte had one message for Rwanda: "Cut dependence on aid."
View ArticleConcerted Efforts Needed to Stop Youth From Using Drugs
[Focus] According to a recent report by the anti-narcotics unit of the police, the use of illicit drugs among youth remains a problem. Last year, 251 youth below the age of 18 were arrested on charges...
View ArticleAt Only 10, Babou Is Nation's Rising Star
[Focus] For any aspiring young musician, it would be a great accomplishment if you can record an album, launch it at Cadillac, have a string of concerts and be invited by the First Lady to perform at a...
View ArticleFathers, Sand Boxes, and Enduring Roads
[Focus] Many of us spent years in Uganda, our brother to the east. Parties, laughter, debate, and flamboyance mark the joys our eastern brother. Yet another marker of our eastern brother is the roads....
View ArticleMore Youth Involved in Drugs Use
[Focus] The anti-narcotics Police unit has released statistics that reveal that drugs abuse is increasingly becoming a problem among school-going youth.
View ArticleThink of It - the UN Being Accused of Working for Nation!
[Focus] Years ago when I worked as a media consultant for the local office of UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, we used to take Rwandan refugees on tours all over the country. These were people who had...
View Article'Access to Information Law Good for Accountability'
[Focus] The Access to Information Bill will promote transparency in national programs when passed into law, Alfred Kayiranga Rwasa, the chairperson of the political affairs and gender committee of the...
View ArticleKigali-Kampala Road an Impediment to Commerce
[Focus] Since December 2010, it has been extremely hard to get a bus seat from Kigali to Kampala or from Kampala to Kigali due to a surge in the number of passengers across the border.
View ArticleNation to Improve Forest Management
[Focus] When it comes to reforestation, Rwanda is performing well with a current growth rate of 21% of coverage, aiming at 30% by 2020. However, with 90% of the population still utilizing wood as their...
View ArticleNew Genocide Cases a Milestone for Domestic Prosecutions
[ISS] On 6 April 1994, Rwandese president Juvenal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira were killed in a plane crash. The two were travelling from Tanzania to Rwanda following a heads...
View ArticleHome-Based to Prosecute Rwanda Game - Keshi
[Daily Trust] Super Eagles Head Coach Stephen Keshi yesterday said the bulk of the players that will prosecute the Nations Cup qualifier against Rwanda will come from the local players who are...
View ArticleRegional Police Cooperation Will Help Curb Crime
[New Times] This week, regional police chiefs met in Kigali to discuss effective ways of combating crime.
View ArticleMugesera to Foot Own Bill If He Hires Foreign Lawyers
[New Times] Léon Mugesera will have to dig into his own pockets if he is to have Canadian lawyers of his choice.
View ArticleOver 50 Cases of Leprosy Reported in 2011
[New Times] 52 cases of leprosy were reported in 2011, one less than those documented in 2010.
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