Rwanda

Rwanda remains the world’s leading country with the most number of women in government positions, according to the latest report by the Inter-Parliamentary Union dubbed ‘Women in Parliament’ (IPU). Besides the 61% of the country’s…

President Paul Kagame on Monday re-imposed tight restrictions including the suspension of all social gatherings and the adjustment of curfew time from 9pm-4am to 7pm- 4am. Movements between Kigali and other provinces in the country are…

Zamalek Basketball Club of Egypt defeated US Monastir of Tunisia 76-63 to win the Maiden Basketball Africa League (BAL) Championship which took place at the Kigali Arena in Rwanda. The final game was broadcast to fans in 215 countries…

Thousands of people from the Democratic Republic of Congo are returning to neighbouring Rwanda, fearing that the Mount Nyiragongo volcano may erupt again. Last week, an eruption killed more than 30 people and destroyed thousands of…

President Emmanuel Macron said France would invest in boosting the production of Covid-19 vaccines in Africa, to help close a gap in the availability of the shots between African and Western nations. “we will have an investment strategy to…

Rwanda has on Saturday began its second phase of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination. The vaccine doses have already been distributed to more than 500 health centres across the country. In a statement on Friday, Rwanda’s Ministry of…

Rwanda’s capital city will remain locked down for seven more days, the government said. “To further contain the spread of the pandemic, the cabinet extended existing measures countrywide including the current lockdown in the City of…

Rwandan cabinet on Monday reimposed a lockdown in its capital city of Kigali following a surge in Covid-19 cases. The lockdown, which became effective immediately and will be reviewed after 15 days, barred unnecessary movements in the…