Tag: Rwanda
any new motorcycle taxi registered in Kigali must be electric from 2025
In Rwanda, the government recently announced the cessation of the registration, in the capital Kigali, of new motorized motorcycle taxis from January 2025. A decision intended to promote electric mobility…
administrative justice “incompetent” to judge the French State
The Paris administrative court declared itself this Thursday, November 14, incompetent to judge the responsibility of the French State in the genocide perpetrated against the Tutsis in Rwanda in 1994.…
Created 30 years ago, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda illustrates a page of history still open
Created thirty years ago in the wake of the Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, and fifty years after the Nuremberg trials, the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) tried 79…
The 2024 Renaudot prize awarded to Gaël Faye for his novel “Jacaranda”
The Renaudot prize has just been awarded to the Franco-Rwandan author Gaël Faye, one of the favorites for the Goncourt, for his second novel entitled Jacarandapublished by Grasset. His first…
Thomas Bach wants the African continent to apply for the organization of the Olympics
The president of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, who is not seeking a third term from 2025, has just completed a “farewell tour” on the African continent. In Kenya,…
The French state accused of “complicity” in the genocide of the Tutsis in Rwanda before administrative justice
This is an unprecedented audience. For the first time on October 24, 2024, the Paris administrative court examined the responsibility of the French State in the genocide perpetrated against the…
After the DRC, the EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region in Rwanda
Johan Borgstam, the brand new special representative of the European Union for the Great Lakes region, completed his first on-site tour in Rwanda on Saturday October 12. Although he was…
in a bus station in the capital, caution remains in the face of the Marburg virus
“ Marburg virus outbreak in Rwanda brought under control »: statement this October 10, 2024 from the Director General of the Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya. Rwanda has recorded 13 deaths…
EU special envoy for the Great Lakes region concludes visit to Kinshasa
Arriving there on Tuesday, the special representative of the European Union (EU) for the Great Lakes region, Johan Borgstam, ended his stay in Kinshasa on Thursday October 10. Although hoped…
the organization expands, Tshisekedi sulks at the end of the summit
The 19th Francophonie Summit is over. After Villers-Cotterêts on Friday, the members of the OIF gathered this Saturday, October 5 under the nave of the Grand Palais, in Paris. State…