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Rwanda: Expo 2010 Opens Today
The New Times – Rwanda’s First Daily By Edmund Kagire Kigali — All roads lead to Gikondo today as the Rwanda International Trade Fair, Expo 2010, opens. When The New Times visited the Private Sector Foundation (PSF) Expo grounds in Gikondo yesterday, human activity was at peak, with hundreds of exhibitors putting the final touches [...]
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Kagame re-elected by a unified Rwanda
By Mark Darrough, Bridge2Rwanda KIGALI, RWANDA — After months of international criticism, much fueled by the West’s traditional thoughts of a hopeless Africa and its dirty politics, President Paul Kagame was elected into a second term early yesterday morning. Everything from the exile of former military leaders to the arrest of an outspoken defense attorney [...]
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Over 12,000 dedicate prayers to Rwanda elections
The New Times – Rwanda’s First Daily By Bosco R. Asiimwe The Minister of Education, Dr. Charles Murigande and religious leaders join residents to pray for peace during the Monday elections. (Photo D.Sabiiti) GASABO – Over 12,000 believers from various religious denominations in Kigali City yesterday thronged Amahoro National Stadium to pray for today’s Presidential [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Promises 12 Years of Free Education
The New Times – Edwin Musoni 28 July 2010 Kamonyi — THE Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) Presidential candidate, Paul Kagame, has said that he intends to increase free education from nine to 12 years. Kagame, made the remarks during a campaign rally in Kamonyi District, where more than 95,000 RPF supporters had converged to listen [...]
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Paul Kagame, Rwanda President Video About Future Growth
Paul Kagame, Rwanda President talking about the growth and the future for the country.
Rwanda’s internet fastest in the region
The New Times Rwanda’s First Daily By Edmund Kagire Fiber optic cables are being laid across the country (File photo) A new global report on internet connectivity has put Rwanda among the top three African countries with the fastest internet broadband connectivity and downloading speeds, ranking the country ahead of more developed African economies such [...]
Can Rwanda control its exploding population?
by The Lancet http://rnanews.com/national/3774-can-rwanda-control-its-exploding-population-/ Thursday, 15 July 2010 07:56 Kigali: Rwanda’s Government has put slowing the country’s population growth rate at the centre of its Vision 2020 plan for the future. The scientific journal, The Lancet, reports on the problems and progress so far. Not ghosts, babies!: Experts say there is no way the country [...]
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World leaders move accelerate deployment broadband: Rwanda
ITNewsAfrica.com July 12, 2010 http://www.itnewsafrica.com/?p=8284 Broadband Commission is co-chaired by President Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Mr Carlos Slim Helú Leading lights from industry, civil society, UN agencies and the creative sphere, who together comprise the Broadband Commission for Digital Development, have emphasized the critical role of broadband networks in future global development. Commissioners met [...]
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Rwanda is growing stronger – Kagame