Tag: Rwanda
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.…
In the spotlight: Rwanda replaces Sparta
A first for five years: the arrival, yesterday Thursday March 9, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, of a delegation from the United Nations Security Council, for a working visit…
Francophone book meetings in Kigali: Mohammed Mbougar Sarr and Wilfried N’Sondé
Mohammed Mbougar Sarr, Senegalese author, Goncourt Prize 2021 for “ The most secret memory of men » and Wilfried N’Sondé born in Brazzaville, multi-award winning author notably for his historical…
the French language without borders with the Rencontres du livre francophone
In Rwanda, the second edition of the Rencontres internationales du livre francophone is held from March 1 to 4. On the program, round tables, readings, shows, with about fifteen guest…
Francophone book meetings in Kigali: writing as reparation
Yolande Mukagasana and Dorcy Rugamba lost their families during the Genocide perpetrated against the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994. Writing to testify and survive has since become essential for the…
Yolande Mukagasana: “Writing has served me as therapy”
She is one of fifteen authors invited to the Rencontres du livre francophone at the French Cultural Institute in Kigali, Rwanda. Yolande Mukagasana, whose first job is a nurse, began…