Rwanda Travel News

Building on a decade-long relationship, Western University researchers and their partners in Rwanda are looking to construct a better health-care system for some of the most vulnerable in the central African nation.

Cellist Joshua Roman will be the guest soloist for Saturday night's Reading Symphony Orchestra concert.

The executive director of Igongo Cultural Centre James Tumusiime receives the cheque from the High Commissioner of Rwanda High Commission Maj.Gen Frank Mugambage The First Lady of Rwanda, Janet Kagame has given $10,000 towards the promotion of culture between Uganda and Rwanda.

After three months in the United States, Jean Claude Nshimyimana hasn't picked up much English, but he's got the most important words down.

RDB's Faustn Karasira who is in charge of Tourism and planning said that tourism is one of the important pillars of the country's economy and that Rwanda is among 50 World's tourist sites worth visited.

The Rwandan government said on Friday it will increase the cost of a permit to track the endangered mountain gorillas, the country's main tourist attraction, to $750 from $500 starting June 1. "This increase comes at a time when there is significant growth of the gorilla population as well as an increasing demand for gorilla tourism," a statement ... (more)

Big Picture High School is still awaiting final approval from the state Department of Education to change the magnet school's educational model.

A former member of Rwanda's ruling Hutu party during the 1994 genocide arrives in Kigali after being extradited from Canada.

MANY of us will have resolved to head to the gym more often or make a greater effort to get fitter this year.

Global Lens 2012, screening at The Museum of Modern Art through Jan. 28, is unique in that four of the series' ten award-winning films are by first-time directors: Gustavo Pizzi of Brazil, Carlos Osuna of Colombia, Tolga Karacelik of Turkey, and Kivu Ruhorahoza of Rwanda.

A convention bureau will be launched this year to market Rwanda as a top destination for meetings and conferences, according to the head of Tourism and Conservation at Rwanda Development Board , Ms.

These flights are now available for reservations in the Global Distribution System and via flysaa.com, the airline's online website.

Due to my work I have the opportunity to travel around the world including the African continent quite extensively.

Local News : Rev. Francis Kabango, the rector of the Kacyiru Parish, Holy Trinity Anglican Church 's sister church in Kigali, Rwanda is visiting Jackson this week and led the worship service at Holy Trinity yesterday morning.

For Claire Morrow, Africa was love at first sight. "There is something about this continent and especially Rwanda that is captivating to me,'' says Morrow, who is in her third year at Northeastern University, majoring in international affairs and human services.