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Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

KIGALI, Rwanda — The World Health Organization and the Rwandan government on Friday declared the outbreak in Rwanda of the Ebola-like Marburg fever over after no new cases were registered in recent weeks. An outbreak is considered over after 42 days — two 21-day incubation cycles of the virus — elapsed without registering new cases and all existing cases test …

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6 days ago

Rwanda makes Formula 1 bid: Has Africa ever hosted F1 race? Can Kigali win the bid?

Firstpost

Rwandan president Paul Kagame launched his country’s F1 bid at the FIA’s General Assembly in Kigali, where Red Bull Racing’s Max Verstappen was received the winner’s trophy after successfully retaining the F1 Driver’s title for a fourth consecutive season. FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem and Rwandan president Paul Kagame at the FIA General Assembly in Kigali, where the latter launched …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Rwanda and Congo cancel peace talks to end a conflict in eastern Congo

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — Planned face-to-face peace talks between Congo and Rwanda have been unexpectedly canceled, the Congolese president said. Congo’s President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame were set to meet Sunday in Angola, which has been mediating the conflict to put an end to a decades-long conflict in eastern Congo between the Congolese army and M23 rebel group, …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting

Al Jazeera

DRC presidency says talks had hit deadlock over a Rwandan demand that the DRC hold direct dialogue with M23. Angolan President Joao Lourenco – the African Union mediator to end the conflict – was meeting alone with DRC leader Felix Tshisekedi, Jorge said. Rwanda’s foreign ministry said that a lack of consensus over direct talks between the DRC and a …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Fighting in eastern Congo between army and rebels intensifies ahead of peace talks Sunday

Associated Press

GOMA, Congo — Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group intensified in eastern Congo in recent days ahead of much anticipated peace talks on Sunday, the army said. Congo’s army accused the M23 of killing 12 civilians earlier this week in villages of the Lubero territory in the eastern province of North-Kivu in a statement on Friday. …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

The names and words you've been getting wrong all year... and how to actually pronounce them

Daily Mail

Celebrity names can be a challenge to pronounce if you have only read them in news articles or on film and TV credits. Mescal, who stars in Gladiator II, said in an interview last year that the frequent mispronunciation of his surname was due to the popularity of the similarly named Mexican spirit 'mezcal'. New research shows that the surnames …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Fighting resumes in eastern Congo in cease-fire breach ahead of possible mediation talks

LA Times

In 2022, M23 rebels stand with their weapons in Kibumba in eastern Congo. Fighting between the Congolese army and the M23 rebel group resumed in eastern Congo in yet another cease-fire violation ahead of potential mediation talks, both groups said. M23 is one of a 100 armed groups that have been vying for a foothold in mineral-rich eastern Congo near …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks

Associated Press

ARUSHA, Tanzania — East African heads of state made another push for peace in eastern Congo on Saturday but its prospects remained bleak following a regional summit that was marked by the Congolese president’s absence and an early departure of his Rwandan counterpart. A communique read at the end of the closed-door meeting of the East African Community in Arusha, …

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1 month ago

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east

Associated Press

KINSHASA, Congo — Congo’s government on Tuesday accused the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group of “ethnic cleansing” in the central African nation’s east. M23, or the March 23 Movement, is a rebel military group mainly made up of ethnic Tutsis who broke away from the Congolese army just over a decade ago. The group rose to prominence in 2012 when its …

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2 months ago

Rwanda shrugs off ‘sportswashing’ criticism in pursuit of a winning development formula

LA Times

He may be the president of a small, landlocked state in central Africa, but Paul Kagame has always had outsize dreams. Both the Kagame administration and F1 officials are reluctant to reveal details about what they describe as “ongoing” discussions, but Rwandan government spokeswoman Yolande Makolo said hosting an F1 race would allow the country to move “from being a …

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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Rwanda reports dozens of Marburg virus cases, with 11 dead, alarming public health officials

Salon

Rwandan health authorities are working to control an outbreak of Marburg virus, a hemorrhagic disease in the same family as Ebola, that is spreading across the country. Jennifer McQuiston, the deputy director of the division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that studies lethal viral diseases, told NPR that the speed at which more than two dozen …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

E-tailers help African businesses

China Daily

A view of the booth of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd during an e-commerce expo in Changsha, Hunan province. LIU XIANGJUN/FOR CHINA DAILY Chinese e-commerce platforms are investing more resources to expand their presence in Africa, helping local farmers sell their specialties, providing related cross-border e-commerce training courses and facilitating the digital transformation of local enterprises, as part of a broader …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Xiplomacy: How Chinese hybrid grass technology is changing the world for the better

China Daily

Students from Rwanda and Papua New Guinea check the growth of Juncao at Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University in Fuzhou, East China's Fujian province, March 28, 2024. Since using Juncao as fodder, Tahiya Massawe, a farmer in Bumbwi Sudi, Tanzania, has observed improved milk density and nutrition and increased milk production. "In a number of ways, scientifically, it has that …

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4 months ago

Lewis Hamilton supports Rwandan Grand Prix ahead of F1 talks

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Plans to return to South Africa recently fell through …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame sworn in saying regional peace ‘a priority’

The Hindu

Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in Sunday for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a “priority” in the face of ongoing conflict in the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo. “Peace in our region is a priority for Rwanda yet it has been lacking, particularly in eastern DRC,” Mr. Kagame said in his inauguration address. “Angola’s President Joao …

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4 months, 1 week ago

Rwanda’s Kagame sworn in for fourth term after 99 percent election win

Al Jazeera

President Paul Kagame secures himself another five years in power, pledging to ‘consolidate national unity’ amid criticism from opposition. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has been sworn in for a fourth term after sweeping to victory in an election last month with more than 99 percent of the vote. DRC ceasefire talks Kagame is credited with rebuilding a ruined nation after …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Inside shady fake news website accused of fuelling riots by falsely claiming Southport suspect was an asylum seeker

Daily Mail

A Pakistani father, an amateur Canadian hockey player and a man named Kevin from Texas have been identified as some of the figures involved in a shadowy fake news website that fuelled lies about the Southport stabbings. There is no suggestion he had anything to do with the Southport story FAKE NEWS: A screengrab of the story as it was …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Woodwork helps Indigenous war veteran process 'traumatic' Rwanda deployment

ABC

Robert Syron loves woodworking, but it's more than just a hobby to keep him busy in retirement. "You watch war movies as a young fella and think it's bad, but when you're in the real thing it's a completely different scenario," Mr Syron said. A healing process Mr Syron has crafted a collection of traditional Aboriginal artefacts from timber sourced …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

British PM Keir Starmer calls emergency meeting over ‘far-right thuggery’ on U.K. streets

The Hindu

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has called an emergency COBRA meeting of senior ministers and police chiefs at 10 Downing Street in London on August 5 after a weekend of riots across several cities in the country, which he termed a “far-right thuggery” that will face the full force of the law. Hundreds of arrests have been made as police …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Rwandan farmers thrive with Juncao tech

China Daily

Emmanuel Ahimana checks mushroom tubes at his workshop in Kigali, Rwanda, in 2020. CYRIL NDEGEYA/XINHUA KIGALI, Rwanda — At an exhibition stand during an agriculture show in Rwanda's capital Kigali, Emmanuel Ahimana said it is an exciting time to be involved with China's Juncao cultivation technology. Ahimana is one of more than 4,000 Rwandan farmers making use of Juncao technology, …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Bricks, bottles thrown at UK cops as protests spiral over stabbing attack

India Today

A wave of violent protests swept across the UK, leaving several police officers injured during clashes between anti-immigration and anti-Muslim protesters in the aftermath of misinformation over a fatal stabbing of three young girls in Southport last month. In Bristol, 14 people were arrested by Avon and Somerset Police, with Neighbourhood Chief Inspector Vicks Hayward-Melen saying they would face the …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Teen appears in UK court over girls' stab deaths

China Daily

A prison van believed to be transporting Axel Rudakubana, the 17-year-old charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a summer dance class, departs Liverpool City Magistrates Court in Liverpool, Britain, on Aug 1. The United Kingdom's prime minister met senior police officers on Thursday to discuss violence that has flared since a horrific attack …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Teen appears in UK court over girls' stab deaths

China Daily

A prison van believed to be transporting Axel Rudakubana, the 17-year-old charged with the murder of three young girls in a knife attack at a summer dance class, departs Liverpool City Magistrates Court in Liverpool, Britain, on Aug 1. The United Kingdom's prime minister met senior police officers on Thursday to discuss violence that has flared since a horrific attack …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary

Associated Press

Thirty years ago, while he was hiding from the machetes that killed his father, two of his brothers and an estimated 800,000 other people during the genocide against Rwanda’s Tutsi minority, Pascal Kanyemera made a deal with God. “By the end of the genocide, I owed God 400 Rwandan francs,” said Kanyemera, now 45, from his home in Ottawa, the …

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Rwanda and WHO declare end of Marburg outbreak after no new cases reported

Rwanda makes Formula 1 bid: Has Africa ever hosted F1 race? Can Kigali win the bid?

Rwanda and Congo cancel peace talks to end a conflict in eastern Congo

Rwanda, DR Congo peace talks hit snag as mediator Angola calls off meeting

Fighting in eastern Congo between army and rebels intensifies ahead of peace talks Sunday

The names and words you've been getting wrong all year... and how to actually pronounce them

Fighting resumes in eastern Congo in cease-fire breach ahead of possible mediation talks

East African summit urges peace in eastern Congo but its leader skips talks

Congo accuses rebel group of ‘ethnic cleansing’ in country’s east

Rwanda shrugs off ‘sportswashing’ criticism in pursuit of a winning development formula

Rwanda reports dozens of Marburg virus cases, with 11 dead, alarming public health officials

E-tailers help African businesses

Xiplomacy: How Chinese hybrid grass technology is changing the world for the better

Lewis Hamilton supports Rwandan Grand Prix ahead of F1 talks

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame sworn in saying regional peace ‘a priority’

Rwanda’s Kagame sworn in for fourth term after 99 percent election win

Inside shady fake news website accused of fuelling riots by falsely claiming Southport suspect was an asylum seeker

Woodwork helps Indigenous war veteran process 'traumatic' Rwanda deployment

British PM Keir Starmer calls emergency meeting over ‘far-right thuggery’ on U.K. streets

Rwandan farmers thrive with Juncao tech

Bricks, bottles thrown at UK cops as protests spiral over stabbing attack

Teen appears in UK court over girls' stab deaths

Teen appears in UK court over girls' stab deaths

Surviving Rwanda: God, remembrance and reconciliation on the genocide’s 30th anniversary