Elections in Rwanda

East Africa: House Speakers Vow to Restore Peace in Great Lakes Region

Kigali — Speakers of Parliament from eleven countries of the Great Lakes Region have vowed to restore peace and ensure stability in the region. This was revealed Wednesday during a conference of Speakers of the Forum of...

East Africa: EALA to Conduct Public Hearings On the EAC Common Market

Kigali — The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) is to conduct Public Hearings on the EAC Common Market starting on December 17 to 23. The Public Hearings will be conducted simultaneously in all the five partner States of...

UNDP’s Byanyima: Focus on party reforms for more women in politics

Reforming the laws on political parties and election systems is crucial to increasing women’s participation in politics because if women cannot rise in political parties, they will not be able to lead governments, said a...

'Hundreds of thousands' could have been saved

In 1993, Romeo Dallaire was full of hope for Rwanda. He was about to lead United Nations peacekeepers in the central African nation. A year later he left a broken man, having watched more than 800,000 people perish despite his...

Italians say terror plot broken up

Italian anti-terrorism police on Tuesday dismantled an alleged Islamic extremist cell accused of plotting to bomb a military base, police... Rome Italian anti-terrorism police on Tuesday dismantled an alleged Islamic extremist...

China's US$9bn hostage in the Congo war

General Laurent Nkunda claims his forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo's increasingly violent eastern region are defending minority Tutsis. At the same time, he demands cancelation of a US$9 billion venture giving China...

Rwanda: Cultural Values And Human Rights Not Contradictory

"Culture influences how people manage their lives, shapes behaviors and provides the lens through which individuals interpret their society." This was said by Minister of Youth Protais Mitali at the launch of the 2008 "State of...

Plans to Root Out FDLR Announced as Country Liquidates Opponents

The Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence on Monday briefed legislators on the security situation in the region. Parliament heard from ministers Rosemary Museminali and Marcel Gasinzi that there was currently a "four plus...

Rwanda: Musabyimana Still in CAF Until 2011

Posted to the web 1 December 2008 Hamza Nkuutu Kigali Rwanda's Celestin Musabyimana is still Cecafa representative on the Caf Executive Committee with two more years still to run on his mandate. This confirmation comes as...

Interview, Christiane Amanpour: 'Somehow I don't feel it in my gut'

It is another morning when Barack Obama - still not officially president - is offering assurances that he can lead America out of the economic crisis, and Christiane Amanpour glances over her shoulder at the flatscreen...

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