Rwanda President Paul Kagame has been overwhelmingly re-elected the chairman of the ruling party, Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) at the party’s 16th congress which convened on Sunday. The Rwandan leader got 2, 999 votes, accounting for 99.8% of the total votes while his closest contender Abdulkarim Harelimana got 3 votes or 0.2% according to a Rwandan […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame on July 4, conferred the country’s National Order of Bravery (Indengabaganizi) on Maj. Gen. (rtd) Henry Kwami Anyidoho and Maj. Gen. (rtd) Joseph Narh Adinkra, for their decision to stay back and save people during the 1994 Genocide. A report by Rwandan daily, The New Times said the President commended both […]
Ghana, Rwanda and Senegal are partnering with German biotechnology company, BioNTech SE, to fill, finish, and package BioNTech mRNA vaccines in Africa, as a first step in the chain of domestic vaccine production which will help improve vaccine supply in Africa. This was announced at a high-level meeting in Marburg, Germany, on Wednesday [February 16, […]
A man who was portrayed in a film as a life-saving hero during the Rwandan genocide has been sentenced to 25 years for terrorism by a court in Rwanda. Paul Rusesabagina, 67, was found guilty of backing a rebel group behind deadly attacks in 2018 and 2019. His family has called the trial a sham, […]
The government in Rwanda has extended rigid lockdown restrictions imposed last month to 19 April. The lockdown that began on 21 March banned people from leaving their homes unless going out to shop for food or buy medicine. The government deployed police to enforce the restrictions. The lockdown was to end this weekend but was […]
President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has ordered the delivery of food and other essential, free of charge to residents of the country amid the lockdown, which has been necessitated by the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. The president has been strategizing with the Military and other organizations in the country on how to get food […]
COVID-19: 108 Companies fined for hiking food prices; consumers barred from panic buying and hoarding Traders in Rwanda who are hiking food prices during the CoronaVirus pandemic will be delt with a wrath, government has said. The Minister of Trade and Industry, Soraya M. Hakuziyaremye, has warned that she will suspend trade licences and […]
Rwanda’s president Paul Kagame over the weekend revealed how the country’s health minister had been fired over mishandling of coronavirus testing kits. In a stinging rebuke on his ministers, Kagame accused several of them including the ex-health minister Diane Gashumba of lying, carelessness and indiscipline. Kagame, who was speaking at the National Leaders’ Retreat said […]
The African Union (AU) has unanimously elected President Paul Kagame as the new chairperson of one its new agencies that will drive the continent towards vision 2063. Kagame was yesterday, elected chairperson of African Union Development Agency- New Partnership for Africa’s Development (AUDA-NEPAD) Heads of State and Government Orientation Committee (HSGOC). The AUDA-NEPAD is an […]
An American preacher who was arrested on Monday in Rwanda for holding an “illegal meeting with journalists” has been deported, New Times of Rwanda newspaper reports. Rwandan Director General for Immigration and Emigration Regis Gatarayiha is quoted by paper as saying evangelist Gregg Schoof was removed from the country for being a “prohibited immigrant” adding that he […]
President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame has met over 3000 young Rwandans as part of his “Meet the President” series. Wednesday’s meeting took place at the Rusororo based Intare Conference Arena and was also broadcast to those not able to be at the Arena. The gathering was aimed at providing the opportunity for Kagamae to engage with the […]
The Rwandan government have banned the use of skin-whitening products in the country – This is coming after the government launched a campaign against skin-bleaching, describing it as unhealthy – Government officials and police are currently patrolling markets in provinces across the nation and seizing skin-lightening and bleaching products from vendors While many countries continue […]
