APR Aiming for Successful Title Defence
[New Times] LAST year's volleyball champions APR are aiming at successfully defending the title after winning the first two rounds. Now in the third round, APR Volleyball Club is leading the league...
View ArticleCallixte Nzabonimana Gets Life Sentence for Genocide Crimes
[New Times] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) today sentenced former Rwanda Minister of Youth and Associate Movements, Callixte Nzabonimana, to life in prison for his role in the...
View ArticleUnrelenting Euro Zone Crisis May Affect Africa - Warns Kaberuka
[New Times] The AfDB President, Dr Donald Kaberuka today opened the 47th Bank's Annual General Assembly cautioning African governments to prepare for any eventuality as the Euro zone crisis deepens and...
View ArticleArmy Had French Missiles At Time of Habyarimana Death, Report Reveals
[RFI] Mystery surrounds the discovery of a UN document by a British journalist which reveals the presence of 15 French Mistral ground-to-air missiles in the Rwandan army arsenal in the build-up to the...
View ArticlePan-African Parliament Condemns Mali
[New Times] The Pan-African Parliament (PAP) has passed a resolution condemning human rights abuses in Mali, due to recent violent seizure of power and asked the African Court of Human and People's...
View ArticleMPs Object to 'Rushed' Approval of Report On Draft Budget
[New Times] Members of the Chamber of Deputies today morning turned down the request from the Speaker and the Standing Committee on Budget and Patrimony to "hurriedly" discuss and approve a report...
View ArticleFalse Accusations - the Price Rwanda Has to Pay for Taking a Stand
[New Times] A lot has been said about the anger raised in this country by the UN's latest accusation, as evidenced by friends' comments in these pages, and I hate drawing from the same murky waters.
View ArticleA Time to Reflect On Peacekeeping Missions
[New Times] On Tuesday, peacekeepers from 33 countries, who lost their lives in the line of duty were recognized by the United Nations.
View ArticleSix for African Championships
[New Times] Six athletes, including one girl, will represent Rwanda at the Senior African Athletics Championship in Porto-Nova, Benin scheduled for June 26 to July 1.
View ArticleICC Rejects Arrest Warrant for FDLR's Mudacumura
[New Times] The International Criminal Court (ICC), yesterday, dismissed the prosecutor's application for an arrest warrant against Sylvestre Mudacumura, the field commander of Democratic Forces for...
View ArticleWomen to Constitute 30 Per Cent of Police
[New Times] Plans are underway to increase the proportion of women in the national police force to 30 per cent as the constitution stipulates, the Minister of Internal Security, Musa Fazil Harelimana,...
View ArticleEx-Rwandan Minister Gets Life
[New Times] The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), yesterday, sentenced former Rwanda Minister of Youth and Cooperative Movements, Callixte Nzabonimana, to life for his role in the 1994...
View ArticleGov't Banks On Broadband to Increase Internet Access
[New Times] With the acceleration of broadband technology, the population will be in a position to access affordable and faster internet services, the Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert...
View ArticleNo-Tobacco Day Targets Industry
[Focus] According to the World Health Organization WHO, tobacco is one of the leading global causes of preventable death which kills nearly 6 million people every year, of which more than 600,000 are...
View ArticleInyange Offers Milk on the Go
[Focus] Inyange Industries has launched milk dispensers that will earn enable low-income to easily get milk, for as little as 100 francs.
View ArticleTransparency Rwanda Gives Education Good Marks
[Focus] Transparency International Rwanda (TI-Rw) has released a report according to which the funds allocated to the 9-years basic education program (9YBE) have been used effectively. However, the...
View ArticleFormer Minister Nzabonimana Sentenced to Life Imprisonment
[Focus] Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, composed of Judge Solomy Balungi Bossa, presiding, Judge Bakhtiyar Tuzmukhamedov, and Judge Mparany Rajohnson, delivered its...
View ArticleAll Kids Should Grow Up in Families, MPs Say
[Focus] Members of the chamber of deputies met officials from the ministry of gender and family promotion on Thursday in a consultative meeting to discuss the current status of former street children...
View ArticleReproductive Health Services Rewarded
[Focus] Rwanda has won the 2012 Resolve Award for innovation in service delivery for the efforts made towards family planning and universal access to reproductive health services. Rwanda was rewarded...
View ArticleFormer Minister Jailed for Life
[Daily News] Arusha - THE International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment former Rwandan Youth Minister Callixte Nzabonimana for his role in the genocide...
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