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  1. PoliticsRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... official source in Moroni told PANA Wednesday. Kigali to track down Rwandan genocide fugitives in Mozambique Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan judiciary announced its willingness to coope rate with Maputo to track down the nine genocide fugitives ...

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  2. SocietyRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... Najib Cherif, said. 24/12/2009 full text... Rwandan Parliament to consider bill criminalizing homosexuality Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - Rwandan MPs will this week in plenary session consider a bill seeking to criminalize any homosexual acts in the ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News

  3. AgricultureRead the original story

    7 hrs ago | Panapress

    ... under t he Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flo r a (CITES). 14/12/2009 Rwanda seeks US$ 300m to sustain agriculture Rwanda requires US$ 300 million in new investment s in its agriculture to sustain the ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Senegal, World News, Dakar, Senegal, The Gambia, Banjul, The Gambia, Life, Food, Vegetables, Africa, Paul Kagame

  4. In the militaryRead the original story

    Wednesday | Seacoast Online

    ... has completed his three year teaching assignment at West Point. He has been reassigned to the U.S. Embassy in Kigali, Rwanda where he will be the military attache. Hurlburt is a 1989 graduate of Exeter High School. Drew Brown a 1996 graduate of ...

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    Related Topix: Travel, World News, Africa, Rwanda Travel, US Military, US Air Force, Lackland Air Force Base, Kittery, ME, Fort Sill, US Army

  5. Stoves aim to curb violence against women and the environmentRead the original story w/Photo

    11 hrs ago | The Seattle Times

    ... camps to seek refuge. The war has caused nearly seven times the number of deaths of the 1994 genocide in neighboring Rwanda, according to the Portland-based humanitarian group. The worst violence has been in eastern Congo, near Goma, the capital of ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Congo, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gisenyi, Rwanda, Goma, Rwanda

  6. 14:00 Rwanda Hunts for Kill...

    12 hrs ago | Prensa Latina

    Kigali, Dec 24 Rwanda Attorney General Martin Ngoga announced a cooperation accord with Mozambican justice to hunt and try nine genocide criminals hiding in the neighboring nation.

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Kigali, Malawi, Central, Malawi, Malawi

  7. Dr Congo: UN to use 'all means' to protect civiliansRead the original story

    13 hrs ago | Newkerala.com

    New York, Dec 24 : Faced with widespread reports of massacres and other serious human rights abuses by Government soldiers and rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Security Council has again called on United Nations peacekeepers to "use all necessary means" to protect civilians from threats from any party.

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  8. RWANDA : Rwanda to bid for 2013 FIBA Africa ChampionshipRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Basketball in Africa

    BY BONNIE MUGABE RWANDA is stepping up the gear in her bid to host the 2013 FIBA Africa Basketball Championship for men, President of Rwanda Basketball Federation, Lt.

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  9. RWANDA : Future of Rwandan basketball is bright-OwourRead the original story

    20 hrs ago | Basketball in Africa

    BY BONNIE MUGABE APR Basketball Club head coach Cliff Owour is optimistic that the future of Rwandan basketball is bright after his team finished third in the 24th Fiba Africa Club championship, which ended Tuesday in Kigali.

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  10. Algerian 'Foxes' back in the African big timeRead the original story

    Yesterday | Mail & Guardian

    ... qualifying group as old foes Egypt, few outside Algeria believed they could top a mini-league completed by Zambia and Rwanda. Having drawn in Kigali, the Foxes won four consecutive games and went to Cairo knowing even a one-goal defeat would clinch ...

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    Related Topix: Egypt, FIFA Soccer

  11. PoliticsRead the original story

    Yesterday | Panapress

    ... Boubeye Maiga, said in Paris on Wednesday. Kigali to track down Rwandan genocide fugitives in Mozambique Kigali, Rwanda (PANA) - The Rwandan judiciary announced its willingness to cooperate with Maputo to track down the nine genocide fugitives ...

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    Related Topix: World News, Africa, Libya, South Africa, Mali, Bamako, Mali, Kigali, Malawi, Central, Malawi, Malawi

  12. DR Congo: UN peacekeepers to use - all necessary means' to protect civiliansRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | United Nations

    Faced with widespread reports of massacres and other serious human rights abuses by Government soldiers and rebels in the Democratic Republic of the Congo , the Security Council today again called on United Nations peacekeepers to 'use all necessary means' to protect civilians from threats from any party.

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    Related Topix: World News, Congo, Africa, Democratic Republic of the Congo

  13. 24th AFCCM (Classification 5-6): Kano Pillars maintain 5th positionRead the original story

    Wednesday | Basketball in Africa

    Nigeria and FIBA Africa Zone-III champion, Kano Pillars basketball club Tuesday afternoon maintain its fifth position in the continent most prestigious club competition with a 107-76 points win over ASPAC basketball club of Benin Republic in the position 5-6 classification game decided at the sports hall of the Amahoro stadium, Kigali, Rwanda.

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  14. UN: Ensure Peacekeepers in Congo Focus on Protecting CiviliansRead the original story w/Photo

    Wednesday | Human Rights Watch

    ... two successive Congolese army operations against a Rwandan Hutu militia, the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR). Since March, MONUC has supported the Congolese army in the second operation, known as Kimia II , through logistical ...

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  15. Children Born of Rape Face Dismal FutureRead the original story

    Wednesday | IWPR

    ... so violently they later died. Many were held as sex slaves by the army or the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, FDLR, for weeks or months. One of the youngest cases documented by HRW was an assault on a nine-year-old girl by FDLR ...

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  16. Sexual Violence in African ConflictsRead the original story

    Wednesday Nov 25 | Open CRS

    ... Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Cote d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Ethiopia, Liberia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, and Uganda. The issue has been particularly salient in eastern DRC, where security forces, ...

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  17. Rwanda: Lawmakers Seek to Scrap Article on HomosexualityRead the original story

    Tuesday | AllAfrica.com

    ... birth or other status," artcle 26 of the Convenant says. Kanzaire's six-man team is charged with reforming of Rwanda's 33- year old penal code. However, Kanzaire informed lawmakers that several opinions gathered during consultations indicated that ...

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Gay/Lesbian

  18. Rwanda: Gov't Acquires 67 Modern AmbulancesRead the original story

    Tuesday | AllAfrica.com

    Government yesterday unveiled 67 state-of-the-art ambulances that will be distributed in all district hospitals across the country.

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    Related Topix: Africa, World News, Bernard Makuza

  19. Journalist who incited Rwandans to kill jailed for life

    Tuesday Dec 22 | Frost Illustrated

    ... but a grassroots "gacaca" court gave her a sentence of life behind bars. For 100 days in 1994, extremists among Rwanda 's majority Hutu group rampaged through the central African nation, slaughtering close to a million Rwandans. A powerful slide ...

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  20. Co-op Bank seek seventh place finish in Africa eventRead the original story

    Tuesday Dec 22 | Basketball in Africa

    Co-operative Bank are headed to finish a poor seventh or eighth in the 24th FIBA-Africa mena s basketball club championship when they meet Inter Club of Congo in their last classification tie at the Amahoro Stadium, Kigali, Rwanda on Tuesday.

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