Tag: Rwanda
DRC estimates losses linked to illegal mineral trafficking at one billion dollars a year
Mineral trafficking in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has been documented by various NGO and UN reports. According to the US Treasury, more than 90% of the gold produced in…
Benin scores its first point after a draw against Rwanda
After a defeat against Senegal (3-1) and another against Mozambique (1-0), Benin continued with a draw, this time against the Rwandans. Gernot Rohr’s men failed to meet the challenge of…
UK Home Secretary in Rwanda to bolster migration deal
British Interior Minister Suella Braverman is on an official visit to Kigali this Saturday and Sunday 19 March. Almost a year after the signing of the nearly €160 million refugee…
experts questioned on the health of Félicien Kabuga and the rest of his trial
On March 15, 2023 in The Hague in the Netherlands, one of the three experts who believes that businessman Félicien Kabuga is not fit to stand trial was questioned by…
Gianni Infantino re-elected without surprise at the head of Fifa
This Thursday, March 16, Gianni Infantino was re-elected until 2027 to the presidency of Fifa, which he has held since 2016, without competition and by acclamation during the 73rd Congress…
arrival of the first BioNTech mobile labs for the production of vaccines
In Rwanda, the first BioNTainer, a mobile laboratory from the German group BioNTech, arrived on Monday March 13 at Kigali airport. This is an ongoing project since October 2021, of…
“Kigali in Paris”, a space to support young Rwandan artists
Rwandan culture in all its facets is in Paris this March. Theatre, dance, music, cinema, comics, stand-up, comedy, but also fashion shows. Le Lavoir Moderne, in the heart of the…
In the spotlight: retirement at “whatever it takes”
The countdown has begun for the vote on the pension reform project in France. If the text has, of course, been voted by the Senate, a perspective is emerging, that…
opposition supporters demonstrate massively against Rwandan aggression
In Kinshasa, the political parties of Martin Fayulu, Moïse Katumbi and Augustin Matata Ponyo, three candidates for the next presidential election, attracted tens of thousands of supporters on Saturday March…
How climate change is reinvigorating Africa’s cholera outbreak
The African Public Health Agenda Conference, organized by the NGO Amref Health Africa and Africa CDC, the health agency of the African Union, was held in Rwanda from March 5-8.…