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Egyptian doctors conclude working visit

Egyptian medics

“Africans have the solutions for Africa.” This was emphasized by the Health Minister Dr. Agnes Binagwaho and a team of doctors from Egypt who have been in Rwanda since last Sunday, in a press conference which took place on Thursday.

May 18th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,Health,National | Read More »

Fourth Network of Reformers conference opens in Kigali

NoR conference

Delegates from several African countries are meeting in Kigali for the fourth Network of Reformers (NoR) conference.

May 17th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

USAID/Irex Youth for Change Program closes after two years

Imanzi GBV

The USAID/IREX Youth for Change (Y4C), a program that has been empowering youths from diverse backgrounds, since 2010, to help build peace in Rwandan Communities closed last week after two years.

May 16th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

Turkish Airlines launches flights to Kigali

Turkish Airlines1

On Tuesday at around 9 am, a first Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 plane landed at Kigali International Airport, marking the start of direct flights between Kigali and Istanbul.

May 16th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

Congolese refugees to be relocated

Nkamira transit center (HCR)

Recent refugees from the DRC are to be relocated from Nkamira Transit Center to a better equipped camp in Nyamagabe district.

May 16th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

Police burn drugs in Nyanza district

Some of the drugs seized in Nyanza. (photo Jean-Christophe Nsanzimana)

On Monday, the police in collaboration with Nyanza district leaders burned drugs that had been recently seized in the district. Among them were 221 kg of cannabis, 221 liters of Kanyanga and dozens of Chief-Waragi packets.

May 15th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

Ignorance about EAC remains

There are more advantages to the EAC than just free movement of persons and goods. (file photo)

Jean Harelimana, a fourth-year student in management at the National University of Rwanda, has obviously heard of the East African Community, but he is at loss to explain how he thinks he might benefit from it.

May 14th, 2012 | Posted in Flash,National,Weekly Highlights | Read More »

Experts say Kigali airport facilities poor

A Rwanda aviation official takes guest around Kigali Airport’s waiting area. (photo Kenneth Agutamba)

Rwanda Civil Aviation Authority last week hosted the 32nd East African consultative meeting on facilitation of air transport in east Africa.

May 14th, 2012 | Posted in Flash,National | Read More »

New Standards Board to benefit consumers, traders

RBS’s director general Dr Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe with MPs who visited the agency last week. (photo Eric Didier Karinganire)

The Rwanda Bureau of Standards will soon become the Rwanda Standards Board, in a move which will see the organization focus on the development of standards, quality assurance and metrology in the country, while it will divest its inspection activities.

May 14th, 2012 | Posted in Business,Flash,National | Read More »

New Electronic Sales Device to combat tax fraudsters

Commissioner General Rwanda Revenue Authority Ben Kagarama. (photo Kenneth Agutamba)

Rwanda Revenue Authority has announced it is introducing a new tool, the Electronic Sales Device (ESD) to combat the malpractice of falsifying business transactions and sales records by traders in order to pay less tax.

May 14th, 2012 | Posted in Daily News,National | Read More »

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