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Rwanda said it needs additional funding to keep its troops in northern Cabo Delgado region in Mozambique where they are fighting Islamist militants. Rwandan High Commissioner to Mozambique said they had asked the European Union for financial support for the troops to bring the situation in the region under control, …

The Rwandan authorities have announced the reopening of the main border with Uganda from next Monday, which has been closed for almost three years. The border’s reopening was announced after meeting of President Yoweri Museveni’s son Lieutenant General Muhoozi Kainerugaba and Rwandan President Paul Kagame. Cross-border movement of people and …

Unvaccinated people in Rwanda will be barred from public spaces and events, Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente said in a statement. Prime Minister Ngirente said people should be fully vaccinated before being allowed to access public spaces or events and festivities. A nightly curfew will begin from midnight, and night clubs …

The Rwandan government has announced that it has lifted the ban on concerts imposed as a measure to curb the spread of covid-19.This is rather good news for Rwandan artists. The ban was effected in December after a rise in Covid-19 cases attributed to the Omicron variant. The government says …

Eleven people have died and four others hospitalized in the Rwandan district of Bugesera since Christmas Day after drinking a local banana-based brew, the Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) confirmed. According to the Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority, high levels of methanol, found in the stomachs of victims who drank the …

Health authorities in Rwanda have announced that the country will begin giving third doses to the elderly and those who have underlying conditions starting on Tuesday. The health ministry says the implementation will be done in phases and will begin in the capital, Kigali. People between 30 and 50 are …

Authorities in Rwanda have announced new measures including the suspension of flights to and from southern African countries in order to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. All those attending gatherings like weddings and funerals must be fully vaccinated, the government says. Following the government directives on travel, the …

The Democratic Republic of Congo says its forces clashed with their Rwandan counterparts near the eastern border on Monday. According to an army spokesperson in North Kivu province, Rwandan forces crossed into Congo and tensions culminated into a clash. “A military company of Rwandan forces reached five kilometres into Congo…You …

Rwandan President Paul Kagame has pardoned former Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi who was sentenced to three years in prison for issuing counterfeit cheques. The former PM was jailed last year for the fraudulent cheques he paid out to creditors at his Kigali-based Christian University of Rwanda, which has since …

The lawyer for Christopher Kayumba, a Rwandan opposition leader, announced that his client had gone on a hunger strike after being arrested by police. Christopher Kayumba, the leader of the Rwandese Platform for Democracy (RPD), was arrested on Thursday on rape charges, the Rwanda Investigation Bureau said. He has previously …