{{The USAID Dairy Competitiveness (UDC) Project, in partnership with Land O’Lakes International Development, has just launched the Rwanda National Dairy Board (RNDB) and a new Dairy Quality Assurance Laboratory (DQAL) located just outside Kigali. The space was generously donated by the Rwanda Animal Resources Development Authority (RARDA), and is located at the Bull Station in […]

Jurors in the trial of Lazare Kobagaya accused of ordering atrocities during Rwanda's 1994 genocide revealed to the media the panel agreed unanimously that he had nothing to do with the mass killings. In their first public comment since the trial ended earlier this week, two jurors also said that some questioned the amount […]

Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has expressed hope that Japan will balance its efforts to rebuild from the March 11 quake and tsunami and keep supporting the world's needy. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo, the minister, who was visiting Japan for a two-day international meeting on poverty reduction, said in a […]

American based human rights body Amnesty International is calling on Rwanda to ease restrictions on free speech. According to several news sources including AFP and Reuters, the rights group says the months leading up to last year's presidential election were marked by a crack down on freedom of expression. Amnesty is calling on Rwanda […]

The Rwanda Stock Exchange today registered low volumes of transactions compared to yesterdays’ trading and a total turnover of 2’921’000 Rfw was recorded from the sale of 12’700 shares of Bralirwa traded in 4 transactions. The price of Bralirwa shares closed at Rfw 230, which has been constant over the past one week. At […]

Rwanda will implement a new set of business reforms aimed at boosting the contribution of small enterprises to the economy. The country also wants to make Kigali one of the world’s top investment destinations, and hopes to achieve a higher ranking this year. In the latest Doing Business Report 2011, Rwanda moved up 12 positions […]

Internet users in Burundi are expected to pay less if the country's first fibre optic network fetches high-speed and low-cost internet through Rwanda and Tanzania early next year, an official has said. Burundi, with the help of the World Bank (WB), is embarking on about 1,300-kilometres of fibre optic to cover all the 17 provinces, […]

Though the RPF soldiers (Inkotanyi) might not have saved everyone on time during the Tutsi genocide, those who were saved narrate the heroism exerted by the peace-aimed soldiers led by President Paul Kagame. Igihe.com brings you an insight of some of the rescue operations conducted in the city. Chantal Mukanyandwi, 35, is one of the […]