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The Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana has commended Africa Digital Media Academy for promoting ICT skills geared at job creation among Rwandan youths The minister made the remarks during an event to celebrate the reception of a World Summit on the Information Society project Prize 2013 given by the International Telecommunication ... (more)

The Democratic Green Party of Rwanda continues to have problems in registering to be an officially recognised party in Rwanda.

Minister of Trade and Industry, FranA ois Kanimba requested Turkish businessmen to invest in Rwanda.

A delegation of 31 students and instructors from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in the US has been inspired by Rwanda's leadership policies based on empowerment of citizens.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon pledged Thursday that UN troops will be in place within "one or two months" to battle armed rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo's volatile east, as he toured the flashpoint city of Goma.

Ban Ki- Moon Predecessor Kofi Annan directed UN Peacekeeping Operations when the Rwanda genocide took place in 1994 and it is claimed that he held back UN troops from intervening the genocide In 2003 Canadian ex-General Romeo Dallaire, who was force commander of the United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda claimed that Annan was overly passive ... (more)

Arriving today in restive eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo , United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged all the leaders of Africa's Great Lakes region to throw their support behind a recently-signed peace accord which aims to ensure security, as well as development, for the long-troubled country.

With their refugee status being annulled, Rwandans fear what is in store for them if they go back.

As Africa celebrates the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Organization of African Unity, the focus of the celebrations is renewing Africa's vision for continental unification as envisaged by its founding fathers such Kwame Nkrumah.

The City of Kigali is challenging architects to design projects that comply with the city master plan.

Technical and Vocational Education and Training will again be allocated a huge chunk of the Ministry of Education budget due to its recognised capacity to promote skills development and bridge the labour market skills gaps, Education minister Vincent Biruta has said.

According to Clarence Fernandes, the representative of Rwanda Development Board in India, the team will be in the country under the platform India - Rwanda Show 2013 and they will tour potential areas where they can invest their money.

The Rwanda Private Sector Federation has launched a project "Linking Farmers to Market" this will help farmers get entrepreneurship skills and appropriate market for their produce in Rwanda and abroad.

M23 rebels fired two rockets into the eastern Congo city of Goma, killing one person and wounding four, officials said, in an apparent spillover from three days of fighting raging north of the city.

African nations this week mark the 50th year since the founding of a continentwide organization that spearheaded efforts to liberate Africa from colonial masters.

While addressing the Fifth Annual Oxford Africa Business Conference that was recently held in London, the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame praised the African continent saying that it is the new frontier for business, which holds the promise for the global economic turn-around. President Kagame was the inaugural recipient of the Distinction of ... (more)

The body of a Congolese journalist was found on the bank of the Ngezi River near the provincial capital of Bunia in eastern Congo, the city's mayor said Saturday.

The deployment of a rapid UN intervention force in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo should be speeded up in view of this week's fresh unrest, UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Tuesday.

Witnessing life in Goma, a city that's been invaded, ransacked, inundated with refugees, and flattened by a volcano -- all in the last 17 years.