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Rwandan President Paul Kagame has announced for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in next year’s elections. “I am happy with the trust Rwandans have placed in me. I will always serve them, whenever I can. Yes, I am indeed a candidate,” 65-year-old Kagame told the French-language magazine Jeune […]
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has dismissed over 100 army senior commanders and terminated the contracts of 112 others, in a major overhaul of the army. The army, which announced the decision in a statement Wednesday, said 14 other top commanders, including Major General Aloys Muganga and Brigadier General Francis Mutiganda, have been also fired. The […]
Rwanda’s longtime leader Paul Kagame announced Wednesday discussion within ruling party to find his successor as man who has been lately re-elected as chair of the party in power says his retirement as inevitable. The 65-year old strongman who has been leading the eastern African country for 23 years made the announcement during a joint […]
Rwanda is considering waiving visa fees for a broad category of visitors entering the country, President Paul Kagame was quoted as saying in London. While speaking at the International School for Government at King’s College in London, President Paul Kagame said the will is to allow all Africans, citizens of Commonwealth nations and the Francophonie […]
The first meeting of the Morocco-Rwanda High Joint Committee, which was crowned Tuesday with the signing in Rabat of twelve cooperation agreements, lays out a successful model of South-South cooperation, said Rwanda’s Foreign Minister Dr. Richard Sezibera. “The relations between the two African countries are gaining momentum day after day and set the example of […]
Morocco reiterated its calls for freeing the African Union of the useless debates that are disconnected from the reality in the Sahara. Speaking at a joint press conference Tuesday in Rabat with Rwandan Foreign Minister Richard Sezibera, Moroccan Foreign Minister Nasser Bourita said the African Union should be cleaned of debates on the Sahara issue […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco has reiterated that he encourages and supports the reform process of the African Union. This came in a phone conversation the Sovereign had Monday with President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Acting Chairman of the African Union. The phone talk took place on the eve of the Extraordinary Summit of […]