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Rwanda starts vaccine trials against deadly Marburg virus

Rwanda has said it will begin vaccine trials for the fatal Marburg virus, which has already killed at least 12 people in...

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Football

CECAFA U15: Zanzibar coach Swalehe excited with 3-0 win over Rwanda

Njeru, (UG): The head coach of Zanzibar’s U-15 team, Mr Maalim Swalehe Mohamed has said he is excited that his team made...

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Rwanda

Former Rwanda IGP, Emmanuel Gasana arrested

Kigali, (RW): Emmanuel Gasana, a former and once powerful Inspector General of Police in Rwanda, has been arrested, local reports based in...

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Africa

Miss Rwanda pageant organiser handed 5-year jail term for rape

Kigali, Rwanda (AFP): The organiser of the Miss Rwanda beauty pageant was Friday sentenced to five years in prison for rape and...

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Sports

Rwanda women’s coach suspended for saying Ghanaian rivals were ‘like men’

Kigali. The head coach of Rwanda’s women’s football team was suspended on Saturday by the national federation for saying Ghanaian rivals were...

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Africa

Kagame to run for fourth term as Rwanda’s President

Kigali, (AFP): Rwandan President Paul Kagame has said for the first time that he plans to run for a fourth term in...

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Big Story

Authorities speak out on RwandAir Plane incident at Entebbe airport

RwandAir National Carrier has opened up on the Wednesday plane incident at Entebbe International Airport saying passengers aboard the aircraft were disembarked...

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National

Rwanda Finally re-open Gatuna border after Muhoozi-Kagame talks

Rwanda however stressed that it remains committed to ongoing efforts to resolve pending issues between the two countries and believes that this...

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Africa

Rwanda arrests 13 suspected of plotting ‘terrorist’ attacks

KIGALI, RWANDA: Rwandan police said on Friday they had arrested 13 people suspected of plotting “terrorist” attacks in the capital Kigali and...

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Africa

Rwandan YouTuber jailed 15 years for anti-Kagame posts

KIGALI, RWANDA: Court in Rwanda on Thursday sentenced a prominent YouTube commentator and genocide survivor to 15 years in prison for “inciting...

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Business

Rwanda jails 8 Kenyans, Ugandan in Equity Bank hacking case

By The East African | Eight Kenyans and a Ugandan arrested in Rwanda for hacking Equity Bank have been handed eight-year jail terms and...

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Business

Govt urged to take action as Rwanda legalises medical use of Cannabis

As Uganda’s government remains undecided on its position to license individuals and companies to grow and produce Cannabis also known as marijuana,...

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COVID-19

RwandAir Suspends Flights to Uganda Over Surging #Covid-19 cases

Rwanda’s flag carrier airline, RwandAir Thursday announced the suspension of its flights to and from Uganda’s Entebbe International Airport, allegedly due to...

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Africa

ODD MAN OUT! Rwanda’s Kagame Refuses To Attend Museveni Swearing-In, Sends Junior Minister

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has refused to attend his Ugandan counterpart Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni’s sixth term swearing-in ceremony, delegating junior minister...