Stephen Okechukwu Keshi who was early last year announced Super Eagles Coach by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has been warned not to underrate Rwanda’s Amavubi ahead of their first leg 2013 Nations Cup qualifier billed for Kigali on February 29. According to the news agencies in Nigeria, the Former Togo and Mali National Coach, […]

The head of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Zambia has denied accusations that her organization is forcing Rwandan refugees to return to their country. "The UN agency can never be involved in "forced return but does facilitate voluntary repatriation of refugees,"said Joyce Mends-Cole. The Rwandan refugees recently staged a peaceful demonstration […]

Rwanda may be known for its violent past but tourism officials are hoping, with the help of mountain gorillas, that travelers to the country will see for themselves why the "land of a thousand hills" is worth a visit. Rwanda is one of just three countries where the world's population of mountain gorillas can be […]

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has this morning of Wednesday paid a courtesy call on the South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on talks of strengthening bilateral ties to harmonize Information Technology projects. President Kagame is currently in the South Korean port city of Busan for the summit on the sidelines of an international conference on aid […]

Rwanda Prisons authorities have refuted claims by families of eight Sierra Leonean war crimes Prisoners that they are being mistreated in a Rwandan prison. The Sierra Leonean war criminals serving their sentence in Rwanda have complained about their mistreatment in prison and want to be transferred back home. Paul Rwarakabije, the Commissioner General of the […]

East Africa Community (EAC) Science, Technology Commission will have its headquarters in Rwanda following the apparent spirited efforts to turn the country into the technological hub in the region. This was approved by the bloc’s sectoral Council of Ministers responsible for the Community Affairs and Planning in its three-day meeting that ended on Friday in […]

Libya's new leaders have promised that the 69-year-old Moammar Gadhafi will be buried this Friday in an Islamic traditions in a Sirte cemetery, denying reports that he would be buried in a secret grave, National Transitional Council member, Mohamed Sayeh reported. The Information Minister Mahmoud Shammam also confirmed this. "He will be buried Friday according […]

Rwanda has won Future Policy Award 2011 owing to the National Forest Policy that was introduced in 2004 and reviewed in 20110, thus becoming the world’s most distinguished and innovative forest policy. The United Nations-backed awards were announced September 21 by the World Future Council (WFC) at the UN Headquarters in New York, USA. Rwanda’s […]

The current report that has been released shows that unless boys join the cause, girls are fighting a losing battle for gender equality. The findings compiled in the 2011 edition of ‘because I am a Girl: The State of the World's Girls’ in printed by the International children's rights organization; Plan International. The edition this […]

The Natural Fire 11 military exercise kicked off Friday Sept.16 at Chukwani Training Center in Zanzibar, Tanzania. Approximately 350 participants from the EAC bloc and the United States are conducting training for the next four days, with the objective to equip the participants with the skills to conduct peace support operations, humanitarian assistance, disaster […]