Kagame Denies Link to Journalist's Murder
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday rejected allegations that his government was behind the killing in Kampala earlier this month of a journalist critical of his government.
View ArticlePM Pledges Support to Maize Processors
Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, yesterday toured a leading maize milling factory, MINIMEX, in Kicukiro District, where he raised concerns over the plant's low production.
View Article2012 Will Be Critical for Justice, Genocide Fugitive Trackers Say
2011 may go down as the turning point in ensuring that Genocide fugitives don't continue to evade justice.
View ArticleWomen Still Face Challenges in Trade - Report
A new study aimed at establishing the participation and role of women in trade in the region indicates that the majority of Rwandan women are confined to petty trade, household or agricultural related...
View ArticleFrustrated Drivers, Passengers Demand for New Bus Terminal
Public transport operators in Kigali City have decried the lack of enough parking space in the city centre, describing it as a major setback in their business.
View ArticleCommitted to Returnees' Safety, Gatsinzi Tells UN Meet
The Minister of Refugee Affairs and Disaster Management, Gen. Marcel Gatsinzi, has reassured a United Nations Refugee agency (UNHCR) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, that Rwanda will continue to ensure...
View ArticleAppeal Court to Rule on Genocide Mastermind
The Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Wednesday will hand down its judgment in the case of two former Rwandan senior military officials, including the alleged...
View ArticleUgandans Traffic Teenage Girls for Sex
Some lodge owners in Uganda, working through local contacts in Kigali, are involved in the practice of luring orphaned teenage girls, many of them Rwandans, into prostitution in Kampala.
View ArticleObjectivity and Honesty Lacking in Reports of Ingabire Death
Let us revisit the case of Charles Ingabire, the alleged Rwandan journalist who lost his life in Uganda a couple of weeks ago when unknown assailants gunned him down in the Ugandan capital.
View ArticleEvidence-Based Medicine to Improve Pediatric Treatment
In a bid to decrease infant mortality rate, the Belgian Technical Cooperation (BTC) in partnership with Kigali City winded up a series of trainings of pediatricians on new approaches to save kids' life.
View ArticleSexual Violence to Be Reduced to 20 Percent By 2015 in the Region
The fight against gender-based violence against women and girls should be reduced to 20% by the year 2015, committed participants from country members at the Kigali International Conference (KIC)...
View ArticleSenate Approves New Chief Justice
The Senate yesterday approved Prof. Sam Rugege as the new Chief Justice for an eight-year non-renewable term.
View ArticleIrregularities Cited in BPR's Gir'inka Scheme
A programme inspired by Banque Populaire du Rwanda (BPR), Gir'inka scheme, which offers special loans to farmers to purchase cows, is mired with irregularities, The New Times has learnt.
View ArticleReturnees Complete Vocational Skills
99 former Rwandan refugees, hailing from Gatsibo District, were recently awarded certificates after completing a five-month training programme in carpentry, hair dressing and tailoring.
View ArticleTrade Mark, PSF in Bid to Strengthen Regional Trade
The Country Director of Trade Mark East Africa (TMEA) Rwanda, Mark Priestley, and Faustin Mbundu, Chairman of the Private Sector Federation (PSF), yesterday signed a grant agreement worth US$1.4million.
View ArticleGovernor Commends Ngoma Farmers
The newly appointed Governor of the Eastern Province, Odette Uwamariya, yesterday commended pineapples growers in Ngoma District during her familiarisation tour of the province.
View ArticleItorero Students in Outreach Drive
Students attending the countrywide civic training programme, commonly known as Itorero, taking place at Kidaho Secondary School in Burera District, have completed the construction of 10 houses for the...
View ArticleProsecution Gives Up Appeal in Ex-Ministers' Case
The prosecution will not appeal against the trial judgment handed down by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to four former Rwandan ministers on September 30. Two of them were...
View ArticleGovernment Signs MOU With Agriculture Investor
The government represented by the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and the National Agriculture Export Board (NAEB) recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Cevital Group.
View ArticleProsecution Seeks Enhancement of Sentence Against Kanyarukiga
The prosecution Wednesday asked the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) to increase the 30-year-imprisonment sentence imposed on former Rwandan businessman Gaspard...
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