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Rwanda’s ambitions to become Africa’s health and biotech hub received a major endorsement this week, as the European Union announced a €95 million ($103 million) investment to bolster the country’s vaccine manufacturing, biotechnology, and economic inclusion efforts. Unveiled in Brussels during the Global Gateway Forum, the funding marks a deepening partnership between the EU and […]
The M23 rebel group in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has continued its offensive, defying a ceasefire agreement signed by DRC President Félix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Despite international calls for an immediate halt to hostilities, M23 forces captured the strategic town of Walikale on Wednesday (19 March), a key area rich […]
The East African Community (EAC) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) have agreed to come together for a high-level joint summit later this week (7-8 February) in a bid to find a common ground on the escalating crisis in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. This follows an agreement between the Chairman of SADC […]
With 79% of the ballots counted, Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has won more than 99% of the vote during Monday’s (15 July) presidential election, according to electoral authorities, putting him on course to serve a fourth term as the country’s leader. Kagame has won every election since 2000 and he is set for a fourth […]
As Rwandans go to the polls on Monday July 15 to elect a President, the incumbent Paul Kagame is expected to win a fourth term in office, as he is running virtually unopposed after three decades in power in the eastern African nation. The 66-year-old Kagame led the rebel movement that ended 1994 genocide in […]
Rwanda is “ready to fight” with the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) if necessary, its President Paul Kagame has declared in response to the accusations from Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi who had claimed that Rwanda was orchestrating genocide in eastern DRC. In a recent exclusive interview with FRANCE 24, Kagame discussed the growing tensions in […]
Rwanda’s ruling party chose President Paul Kagame as its candidate to run for July presidential elections for a fourth seven-year term. Kagame, 66, has fostered his grip on power in Rwanda since his first election as president in 2003. Since then, he has won two other elections with over 90% of the votes. He is […]
The UK government’s proposal to designate Rwanda as a safe asylum destination was rejected in The House of Lords on Monday (4 March) after the upper chamber passed no less than five amendments to the draft text, challenging Rwanda’s safety status. The failure of the bill is yet another in a string of bad news […]
The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) is reportedly hoping soldiers from the 10-nation Southern African Development Community (SADC) will help it regain ground from the M23 militia in the lawless east. Troops from the regional bloc SADC, including from South Africa, Tanzania and Malawi, have been discreetly arriving in DRC since the […]
Gabon’s leader of the transition Gen. Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema has instructed the Foreign ministry to launch an embassy in Rwanda as soon as possible, the office of the Gabonese leader announced in a statement following a meeting with Gabonese living in the central African country on Monday October 16. Nguema visited on October 16 […]