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Trump versus Rwanda in trade battle over used clothes
A little known American trade association's petition has set Africa in the cross-hairs of the new administration’s ‘America First’ trade ideology, pitting the world’s largest economy against tiny Rwanda over an unlikely US export: cast-off clothes.
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Landslides kill 18 in Rwanda, death toll at 200 since January
The heavy rains on Sunday night killed 15 people in Western and Northern provinces; three people died earlier on Sunday in Rubavu district.
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Heavy rains and landslides kill 18 in Rwanda - govt
The East African nation, dubbed a country of a thousand hills, has recently been affected by landslides because of heavy downpours flattening houses on mountain slopes.
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[ANALYSIS] Rwandans discuss how best to commemorate genocide
The genocide memory in Rwanda is diverse and dynamic
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Ramaphosa wants to open SA borders for African business
President Cyril Ramaphosa has urged citizens to look at foreigners coming to South Africa in a positive way and not as people who come to steal their jobs.
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Diplomatic relations between SA, Rwanda to return to normal
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Tuesday met with his Rwandan counterpart Paul Kagame, soon after he arrived in Kigali for an extraordinary summit on the African Continental Free Trade Area.
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Family of SA man living in Rwanda concerned about his whereabouts
Leon Orsmond's step-daughter Chelsey Orsmond says that his last Facebook post was on 16 February and she last heard from him on 29 January.
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714 churches, mosque shut down in Kigali
Anastase Shyaka, who heads the board monitoring public and private institutions, says some churches conduct their worship services in shoddy and unclean structures, to the detriment of people's health and safety.
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Volkswagen to start Rwanda car assembly in May
The company said it planned to spend $20 million to start developing the assembly plant and ride-hailing service - part of a push into sub-Saharan Africa.
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Rwanda and Uganda deny signing migrant deals with Israel
Israel said on Wednesday it would pay thousands of African migrants living illegally in the country to go home or to ‘third countries’.
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Rwanda accuses France of role in 1994 genocide
The claims were contained in a new report released by a Washington law firm on Wednesday.
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Evolution of African liberation movements under spotlight in Rwanda
The country’s ruling party Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) is celebrating its 30th anniversary this week.
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Critic of Rwanda's president asks for freedom in court
The 35-year-old accountant is accused of faking the registration papers she filed to stand in the election that Kagame went on to win with 98.8% of the vote.
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Rwanda’s Diane Rwigara allegedly rearrested
Police in Kigali have not confirmed this; it took them a week to admit they were holding her after she was reported missing in August.
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Rwandan police admit holding opposition politician Diane Rwigara
Rwigara’s been missing since police raided her home a week ago, ostensibly investigating charges of fraud and tax evasion.
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Rwandan police deny holding opposition politician Rwigara
Diane Rwigara spoke out against Paul Kagame’s autocratic regime and was disqualified from running against him in presidential elections earlier this month.
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Rwanda’s Kagame sweeps presidential polls to win third term
With 80% of votes accounted for, the National Electoral Commission’s Executive secretary Charles Munyaneza told a news conference.
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Polls open in Rwanda elections
The polls are expected to hand a third term to Paul Kagame, a commander who led Tutsi rebel forces into Rwanda to end the 1994 genocide & banned the use of tribal terms after becoming president.
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[ANALYSIS] Why elections matter for democracy in Africa. Cases of Kenya, Rwanda
With their frequent irregularities, it’s easy to become cynical about elections in Africa.
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Rwanda’s Kagame predicts clean sweep to third presidential term
Paul Kagame restored stability to Rwanda after its 1994 genocide, presiding over rapid economic growth and a relatively corruption-free government.
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Rwanda regulator fines MTN Rwanda $8.5m over external IT hub
The regulator said in a ruling posted on its website that MTN Rwanda was hosting its IT services hub in Uganda, which it had prohibited.