Rwanda News

After bitter wrangling, Africa's leaders agreed Friday to denounce the International Criminal Court and refuse to extradite Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who has been indicted for crimes against humanity in Darfur.

Electrogaz, Rwanda's public utility, is considering water rationing due to shortages caused by a prolonged drought in parts of the country, officials said.

Friday, 3 July 2009, 4:37 pm Press Release: United Nations A former Rwandan investigator for the United Nations tribunal set up to deal with the mass killings that engulfed the small African nation in 1994 was found guilty today by the same court of leaking protected information.

A new HIV prevention campaign in Rwanda a ' "Sinigurisha" a ' warns against cross-generational sex involving both older men and older women.

Kanyabayonga, DR Congo - Rwandan Hutu rebels burnt down around 130 village homes in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, an army officer said on Thursday, although a politician said locals blamed the army.

Continuing clashes between armed groups in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo have forced civilians to abandon their homes in North Kivu and affected aid operations, a UN official said.

After killing several DRC soldiers including a Major and a Captain, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda have been blamed for killing two more Congolese soldiers.

Twenty six passengers were yesterday seriously injured when the vehicle they were traveling in lost control and swerved off the road, along the Kibuye highway.

The national public utilities' cooperation, Electrogaz, might resort to water rationing as it seeks to tackle the current shortage of the precious commodity, which they attribute to increased demand.

President Paul Kagame's role in promoting the use of ICT in development has been given another boost.

In the Bible, Ruth, stating her intention to convert, says, "Wherever you go, I will go.

Joint military efforts by the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the country's ramshackle army to neutralize Rwandan Hutu-led militias have been criticized because of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the theatre of operations, the eastern Kivu provinces.

Eight people died after a vehicle they were travelling in along Musanze Highway, rolled several times into a river on Saturday night.

A U.N. court trying alleged masterminds of Rwanda 's genocide sentenced a former interior minister to 30 years in prison Monday for tricking thousands of people to hide on a hill, only to watch them get slaughtered by militias.

Eighteen baby mountain gorillas have been a oebaptizeda at an annual event in Rwanda to signify the seriousness of the endangerment of the species.A However, the baby gorillas were not physically at the event, which was held at a national park where the primates live.

A picture, they say can tell a thousand words. In the world of journalism in particular the newspaper industry, media practitioners make one hell of a killing just out of a well captured picture.

Kigali - The main impact of the current global financial and economic crisis on the economy is expected to reduce the demand for exports Constance Mukayuhi Rwaka the Chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on Budget and National Patrimony has said that the new 2009/10 budget read on Thursday, will be implemented according to the allocations.

The defence of a Rwandan man accused of taking part in the genocide in his country in 1994 raised questions about the police investigation against him, as well as all charges, and the very legality of the court case itself.

Kigali - Rwanda has increased budget by 24% to US$1.45 billion in 2009/10 fiscal year from $1.17 billion in the previous fiscal year.

President Jacob Zuma has proposed a deal which would allow autocratic leaders in Africa immunity from prosecution in exchange for their retirement, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday.