APA-Lilongwe (Malawi) Malawi President also African Union (AU) Chairman Bingu Wa Mutharika said the AU will fully support Rwanda in consolidating its democracy. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Monday used his inauguration to launch vitriolic attacks at what he called foreign powers and their rights organizations for wanting to patronize Rwanda but vowed never to see that happen, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Paul Kagame was on Monday sworn-in as the newly democratically elected head of state of Rwanda for a second 7-year term by the Rwandan chief Justice Allosiya Cyazayire, amidst deafening applause from thousands of his supporters. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Joseph Kabila arrived in Rwanda Monday to witness his counterpart’s inauguration for second 7-year term amid the loudest applause from the tens of thousands people attending the inauguration atthe Kigali stadium, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Thousands of Rwandans from across the country are pouring in large numbers into the capital Kigali to celebrate the inauguration of President Paul Kagame for his second 7-year term of office, APA notes here Monday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan President Paul Kagame on Sunday told fellow African leaders that “trivialisation” of the UN Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as it happened in Spain needs to be avoided if they are to be achieved and for Africa to register fundamental growth, APA learns here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The 16 African heads of state and senior government officials already in the Rwandan capital Kigali, to attend the inauguration of President Paul Kagame after his election victory, have seized the opportunity on Sunday to hold a meeting to discuss Africa’s progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with a view to forming Africa’s position ahead of the UN summit scheduled for September 20-22 in New York. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo has sent a top delegation led by his deputy, Fatou Bensouda to the Rwandan capital Kigali for the inauguration of president-elect Paul Kagame on Monday, APA learns here Sunday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Several African heads of state have begun arriving in the Rwandan capital Kigali to witness the inauguration of President Paul Kagame for a second 7-year term of office, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Moscow (Russia) The London-based human rights organization, Amnesty International (AI), has said in a new report released here on Monday that Rwanda’s new government must urgently review its vague ‘genocide ideology’ and ‘sectarianism’ laws that are being used to suppress political dissent and stifle freedom of speech. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan prosecution is seeking life sentence for the embattled former President of the Rwandan Journalists Association-turned-opposition politician Deogratias Mushayidi over terrorism charges, APA learns here Monday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwanda’s military spokesman, Lt Colonel Jill Rutaremara, on Monday assured that senior military officer Lieutenant-Colonel Rugigana Ngabo, detained on charges of terrorism, is safe and being held somewhere in a military prison in Kigali the capital while investigations are going on. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The family of the detained senior Rwandan military officer, who is brother of an exiled Rwandan general, have expressed fear for his safety, a day after his arrest. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The European Union is granting 45 million Euros for a program to promote regional integration of the three countries comprising the Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL), APA learns here from a statement issued here Sunday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) A survey report by the Rwandan upper chamber of parliament, the Senate show that there is a deep-rooted fear among Rwandans of those in power, affecting their ability to express themselves freely - which consequently has an impact on political participation, APA notes here Sunday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The commander of the engineering unit in the Rwandan military Lieutenant Colonel Rugigana Ngabo has been arrested for terrorism charges related to the recent series of grenade attacks at several public places in the Rwandan capital Kigali, a spokesperson for the Defense Ministry Lt. Col Jill Rutaremara said here on Sunday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan President Paul Kagame in what looks like a radical move to silence critics questioning his democratic credentials has offered to form a government of national unity with the opposition candidates and their parties who lost to him during the recently concluded presidential elections, APA learns here Saturday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The President of Rwanda’s upper chamber of parliament, the Senate and the opposition leader of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), Dr Vincent Biruta, on Friday congratulated President Paul Kagame for his recent re-election for another 7-year term, pledging total support during his second term of office, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Rwandan President Paul Kagame buoyed by recent overwhelming support from his re-election with 93%, has this Friday launched a harsh attack to his critics especially foreigners for misrepresenting the country’s tremendous progress by predicting political crisis, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Harare (Zimbabwe) A diplomatic row is brewing between Zimbabwe and Rwanda over allegations that Harare is protecting Rwandan fugitive Proitas Mpiranya wanted by the United Nations Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (UNICTR) for the 1994 genocide in the central African country, APA learns here Friday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kampala (Uganda) The secretary general of the East African Community (EAC), Juma Mwapachu, has saluted Rwanda President Paul Kagame upon his re-election in the 9 August presidential polls with over 90% of votes. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) African nations make up 36 of the 50 countries that are featured on the Food Security Risk Index 2010 (FSRI) with DR Congo, Burundi, Eritrea, Sudan, Ethiopia, Angola, Liberia, Chad and Zimbabwe at "extreme risk" of not having sufficient food for their people coming just behind Afghanistan which tops the world list, said the FSRI issued on Thursday in Kigali. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The United Nations on Thursday condemned as a barbaric act by Rwandan rebels the attack on a UN peacekeeping base in the Democratic Republic of Congo in which three peacekeepers were killed, APA learns here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The International rights agency fighting poverty and injustice, Actionaid, on Thursday begun a countrywide sensitization campaign against child abuse in Rwanda, stressing that the role of children is critical in the attainment of the United Nations Millennium Goals (MDGs) by 2015, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The Rwandan tourism sector has recorded 9 percent growth in the first 2010 semester (January to June) generating about US$87.3 million, the head of Tourism and Conservation at the Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Rica Rwigamba, told APA on Thursday, attributing the growth to improved performance of the hospitality component of the sector. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) German federal prosecutors on Wednesday charged a former Rwandan mayor, Onesphore Rwabukombe over his alleged involvement in the country’s 1994 genocide that claimed over one million people, a statement by the Rwandan prosecution department Thursday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Montreal (Canada) Canada has “expressed real concern” over political unrest which broke out during the presidential poll held on 9 August in Rwanda, according to a press release received at APA on Saturday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Nairobi (Kenya) Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki has sent a congratulatory message to President Paul Kagame of Rwanda following his decisive victory in the just concluded general elections, said a statement issued in Nairobi on Thursday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) Few hours after the declaration of President Paul Kagame as the winner of this week’s presidential elections, two grenade attacks in the Rwandan capital left over 20 people critically injured, APA learns here Wednesday. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion

APA-Kigali (Rwanda) The final results of Rwanda’s presidential elections released Wednesday by the National Electoral Commission give the incumbent President Paul Kagame, a landslide win of 93% for a second 7-year term, APA notes here. Add to Cart - Add and View Cart - Click here for subscribtion