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Desert Gold Ventures Inc. is pleased to announce the successful renewal of the Rwandan gold permits for another four years and also that the anticipated mineralization over the target area Byumba continues to meet expectations.

Pierre Damien Habumuremyivisited the National ID project offices located in Kimihurura, Kigali City.

Just eighteen years after genocide, this tiny East African nation is an international success story.

Mr Charles Onyango Obbo , a columnist in The East African newspaper has written 900 articles in the paper and recounts the journey made so far.

After three months in the United States, Jean Claude Nshimyimana hasn't picked up much English, but he's got the most important words down.

NELLY Mayanja hopes to lift his new club Kiyovu SC against Tanzanian giants Simba SC at the Orange Confederation Cup in Kigali starting on February 17.

THE competitiveness of this year's basketball playoffs is expected to go a notch higher after a Rwf16m cash boost from Imbuto foundation.

Rwandan lawyers haven't been lining up to defend Leon Mugesera - wanted for almost two decades for his alleged role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide - but one has stepped forward, despite possible security issues and little pay.

UNHCR is alarmed by recent reports that internally displaced people have been tortured and killed by armed elements in the IDP camps of North Kivu province in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

World Council of Churches - News CHURCHES ARE CALLED TO BE PEACEMAKERS IN AFRICA For immediate release: 03 February 2012 Amidst increasing security issues in several African countries plagued by violence, political turmoil, religious intolerance and lack of democratic governance, churches are called to engage in peace-building, said African church ... (more)

Rwanda president Paul Kagame has said China's donation to Africa - the new headquarters worth $200 million unveiled last week is a reflection of Africa's bigger problems.

Mugesera, who was deported from Canada last month, on Thursday requested an Intermediate Court Judge in Kigali for two months so that he can get lawyers of his choice before his trial gets underway.

The experiences I report on are mine and mine alone. I recall these incidents as I experienced them and all of the names remain the same.

When genocide struck Rwanda's countryside in spring of 1994, an estimated half a million men, women and children were killed over the course of 13 weeks.

Rwandans have been urged to emulate past Heroes by becoming more patriotic and focus on issues that build the dignity and integrity of the Rwandan people and their country.

Rwanda President Paul Kagame examines HIV/AIDS drugs manufactured by Ugandan company Quality chemicals in an industrial area of Kampala, Uganda on January 27, 2012.

The Bill which sailed through the 3rd Reading late this afternoon, now moves an inch closer to been law of the East Africa Community.

Rwandan fugitive Leon Mugesera is handcuffed on the tarmac as he arrives at Kigali International Airport.

It's as bad as SeaWorld and a sign of moral decline on a daytime TV staple loved by grannies and dream-seekers alike.

EASIER TO PUNISH MUGGERS THAN MONSTERS Winnipeg Free Press http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/fyi/easier--to-punish--muggers-than-monsters-138251199.html Jan 28 2012 Canada CLOSE to one million people died in the Rwandan genocide in the 1990s, and this week, after a 17-year legal battle in Canada, Leon Mugesera, who is accused of inciting ... (more)