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Rwanda: Kagame Hosts Harvard Students
Urugwiro Village — President Paul Kagame, on Tuesday evening, hosted a group of 18 students from Harvard Kennedy School, at Urugwiro Village. The students have been in the country for the last 10 days, getting a first-hand account of Rwanda’s remarkable transformation journey. During their stay, the students interacted with top government officials, who also [...]
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Generation Rwanda’s Student Workshop “Introduction to Leadership”
What makes an effective leader? Is an effective leader always a good leader? These were the questions asked and discussed at Generation Rwanda’s student workshop “Introduction to Leadership” held at ISOKO Institute on October 30, 2010. Generation Rwanda, according to their website, “is dedicated to helping orphans and other socially vulnerable young people in Rwanda [...]
“I will prepare and someday my chance will come.” -Abraham Lincoln
By: Anna Reed I have posted several times about one of my students at Sonrise, Emmanuel (see Anna’s blog post “Emmanuel,’God with us’”). I have known from the beginning that he is special….I was just waiting for the rest of the world to discover him. And they finally have. Just a brief history…Emmanuel is a [...]
Rwanda: Kagame Calls for ‘Meaningful Relations’ Between Donors and Recipient Countries
By: Edmund Kagire Kigali — President Paul Kagame, yesterday, emphasised that what developing nations like Rwanda need is a “meaningful relationship” with donors, where people are accorded the right to think and do what they think is in their best interest, and strongly stressed the need for accountability. Addressing the 9th Government and Development Partners [...]
Rwanda: Kagame Receives Global Peace Award
Kigali — President Paul Kagame has been awarded the Global Peace and Unity Services to Humanity Award 2010. The Award was received on behalf of the Head of State by Senate President, Dr Vincent Biruta, during a high-profile interfaith function in London, UK, on October 23, 2010. The Award was given to President Kagame by [...]
World Food Day: Let’s Unite to Against Hunger!
Rome, Italy, October 16, 2010 /WNCNews/ – Problem solving of world hunger was urgent and obligations of all institutions and governments at every level. For that, let’s unite to against hunger. It was announced by Director-General of Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Jacques Diouf in his speech at the commemoration of 30th World Food Day [...]
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Rwanda: PM Makuza to Present Govt’s Seven-Year Strategy
Allafrica.com By: Edwin Musoni Kigali — The Prime Minister, Bernard Makuza, will today present before both Chambers of Parliament, the government’s programme for the next seven years This will be the first time the Prime Minister will be making a presentation of the government plans, before the public. Speaking to The New Times, yesterday, the [...]
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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame speaks on CNN.com
Rwanda to keep its peacekeepers in place Paul Kagame on CNN.com – see video: http://topics.cnn.com/topics/paul_kagame United Nations (CNN) — Rwanda will not pull its troops from U.N. peacekeeping missions despite a leaked draft report that accused Rwandan soldiers of genocide in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame told the U.N. [...]
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Rwanda: Kagame Meets With MDG Advocates
September 23, 2010 Following Monday’s launch of the MDG Summit, President Paul Kagame, co-chair of the MDG Advocacy Group, and UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-moon, yesterday participated in the second meeting of the group that comprises eminent personalities selected to support the UNSG to build political will to accelerate progress on MDGs. The Advocacy Group [...]
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