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Wen meets African leaders on ties, cooperation
SHEIKH, Egypt: Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao discussed bilateral ties and cooperation with several African leaders on the sidelines of the fourth ministerial meeting of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, which opened on Sunday at the Egyptian tourist resort.
British taxpayers, who have seen huge sums of their hard-earned money handed over in recent years to the Rwandan government for economic development, might be puzzled by the Rwandan president Paul Kagame's suggestion that Rwanda 's donors should not condition their aid on respect for human rights and political freedom.
There is a debate among geopolitical and economic commentators about...
One argument is that Chinese investment is exploitative and undermines the development of democracy and human rights on the continent.
University of Cambridge News Stories
Gates scholars suggest way forward for Rwanda's leading hospital
Expensive medical equipment is lying unused in Rwanda's leading hospital because it costs too much to use it, a report by enterprising students has found.
Rwanda: U.S. Institute Honours Ciountry's ICT Expert
Rwanda's Irene Niyombaza, an Information Communication and Technology expert was yesterday honoured by the United States Telecommunications Training Institute as Graduate number 8.000. According to the Chairman of USTTI, Ambassador Michael R. Gardner, the 27-year old Infrastructure Officer at the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency , was praised for ...
Rwanda: Rebels Will Soon Be History, Says Obasanjo
The United Nations Secretary General's Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the problem of FDLR is being resolved by the European Union.
Rwanda: UK Official Praises Country's Recovery
Rwanda's progress and rebuilding after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, is an outstanding example to show other conflict ravaged countries worldwide that it is possible to re-establish a stable, secure and growing economy after years of devastating civil strife, a senior UK government official said yesterday.
It's a long way from selling B.C. real estate to healing Rwanda. But 56-year-old Maple Ridge-native Cathy Emmerson made the move - the biggest of her life - six years ago and never looked back.
Congo-Kinshasa: Nkunda Secret Book Unveiled
A political manifesto allegedly written by former Congolese warlord Laurent Nkunda just days before he was arrested by the Rwandan Government surfaced for the first time last week.
Global help needed to curb youth unemployment in Africa, Tanzania says at UN
Tanzania's President called for global assistance in the 'gigantic task' of generating employment for African youth at the General Assembly today, warning that the problem can serve to perpetuate conflict on the conflict.
October 24: A day to stand up for planetary justice
What we are doing to our planet, to our children and grandchildren, and to the poor, by our heedless production of greenhouse gases, is one of the great moral wrongs of our age.
Africa: Graft Costs Africa Business - Kagame
For Africa to attract more business and move forward in its on-going transformation, the continent must embrace good governance that promotes accountability, President Paul Kagame told a conference of Ombudsmen and anti-corruption officials yesterday.
Green Party banner over Rwanda
By giving democratic forces in Rwandan an internationally recognizable banner to rally round, the international Greens have helped Rwandan Greens kick a hole in the huge and hugely evil IMF/World Bank/U.S.-U.K. State Department/Rev. Rick Warren lie about Paul Kagame's Rwanda, and, about the covert U.S. War in Central Africa---the most lethal, but ...
US troops aid Philippine rescue
MANILA: US troops are helping rescuers get food aid to the northern Philippine region cut off by recent floods and landslides that have killed about 600 people.
West should learn from China's links with Africa, says Rwandan president
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has praised the way China does business in Africa, criticising the West for basing relations with the continent on aid.
Do more to reduce illicit guns in society
President Yoweri Museveni on Monday torched a huge pyre of 3,500 illegal guns at the opening of the East African Peace and Security conference at Speke Resort Munyonyo.
The Big Question: How is Rwanda coping with the aftermath of genocide?
Why are we asking this now? One of the eight fugitives named as ringleaders of the genocide in which around 800,000 people are thought to have died in Rwanda in 1994 has been arrested this week in Uganda.
Rwanda Genocide Arrest: Justice, but Is It for All?
Idelphonse Nizeyimana in this undated photo, was arrested by Interpol agents as one of the suspects in Rwanda's 1994 genocide.
Rwanda experienced Africa's worst genocide in modern times, and the country's recovery was marred by its intervention in the conflict in neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.
Havel receives Quadriga prestigious German award
Former Czech president Vaclav Havel received the Quadriga prestigious German award for civic courage in Berlin today, on the 19th anniversary of the unification of Germany.
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