Hammering it home: there are no men-only jobs
Women in Rulindo district are breaking down another gender barrier, while at the same time building things: they are learning carpentry.
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The iron-smith: bending life to his will
Life can be hard and cruel, but with determination (and some skills) you can turn it around.
Why one producer wants to rock you like a hurricane
Producer Justin Musoni, a.k.a Babyjay, intends to rock the music industry’s boat.
Ignorance makes house workers more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS
Household maids have long been used as servants, a fact that allows their bosses to dominate their lives, and it is this oppression, together with their relative seclusion, that makes them more vulnerable to HIV/AIDS.
Contempt prior to investigation…
Most Westerners don’t realize that in 1884 the Berlin Conference convened and the African continent was carved up by drawing lines on maps. European colonial powers, later endorsed by Americans, drew borders in some places where white explorers had not even set foot and they did so without regard to ethnic groups, language, local identities [...]
A lesson for genocide deniers
Predictably, the drumbeat of condemnation has begun against Rwanda for arresting an American lawyer, Peter Erlinder who is a notorious denier of the Genocide of Tutsis of 1994.
Genocide denier in hot soup
Protesters want “harsh punishment for genocide-denying criminal” The notorious Genocide denier Peter Erlinder was full of bluster when Criminal Investigations Department Police went to pick him at the Laico Hotel in the morning of last Friday. Peter Erlinder, genocide denier. (Internet photo) As CID officers led him away, Erlinder, an American lawyer who [...]
Social Security Fund honors Genocide victims
Employees of the Social Security Fund last week gathered at Musha sector in Rwamagana district to honor Genocide victims, and later held a remembrance service for 19 social security workers who perished in 1994.
PS-Imberakuri wrangles continue unabated
The never ending problems of the recently registered political party PS-Imberakuri, have reached new heights with the party’s stand-in President Christine Mukabunani announcing that they intend to drag the former leader Bernard Ntaganda to court.
A home sweet home feeling for returnees in Kirehe
John Rwakabishya, a resident of Kiyanzi in Kirehe district in the Eastern province, cannot believe the turn of events. He and another 246 families are now proud owners of new houses thanks to the efforts of Rwanda Red Cross and some of its partners. The returnees have left the refugee camps behind. (Internet photo) Rwakabishya [...]
