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Rwanda Ntarama a Story of Untold Barbarism
The township of Ntarama is home to a red-brick Christian church, set in a garden and surrounded by trees. It looks like a very quiet place, but that tranquility belies its violent past. At Ntarama Catholic Church, more than 5000 people were brutally killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsis. The church, today a memorial, presents a few particularities compared to other sites: while ...
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Rwanda Battle to Eliminate Child Labor Intensified
One Wednesday morning, Emmanuel Twizerimana looks desperate as he is waiting for someone to buy his bundle of firewood at the roadside of Gatsata, a neighborhood of Kigali city. The 15-year-old has walked for three hours with the heavy load, from Murambi sector in Rulindo to the city's periphery, in the hope of earning some money. Twizerimana, a senior-one student, says he has to resort to ...
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Rwanda Sunset Spa - Walk in Gloomy Walk Out Glowing
Are you tired from the cares of the day, or are you looking to treat your skin or do you wish to be pampered more than even your closest friend would, then Sunset Spa is the place for you. Situated in the magnificent Sunset Apartments in Kibagabaga, the calming Sunset Spa and its interiors offer visitors a day of otherworldly respite from daily life. Open two months ago, the beauty haven offers ...
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Cameroon Nigerian Contingent Showcases Solidarity in Yaounde
The 111 men in a majestic march past held the Head of State and his guests spellbound. Gentle and majestic! This is the description many onlookers gave a contingent of Nigerian army, guest at this year's National Day, as the 111 men marched past the Head of State and other national and international dignitaries at the 20th May Boulevard yesterday May 20. They were unique in everything. ...
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Rwanda How to Create Graduates Adapted to the Labor Market
One of the solutions that politicians propose to under- or unemployed youth and fresh graduates is to be job creators not seekers. The question is, though, whether our universities - in the region in general, and in Rwanda in particular - are also able of creating job creators. Prof Mayunga H. H. Nkunya is a seasoned academic. He is the executive secretary of Inter-University Council for East ...
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Rwanda Budget Shines Spotlight On RRA
As Finance Minister Claver Gatete prepares to unveil the 2013/14 budget early next month, the one institution whose resilience will be tested is the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA). First, the takes into account lower than expected external budget. This means that most of the resources to keep the country's development agenda on course must be domestically generated. Secondly RRA is not ...
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Tanzania Tanzanian Elected Sacau Vice-Chairman
A TANZANIAN, Mr Salum Shamte has been elected Vice-Chairman of the Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU). Mr Shamte who is also Chairman of the board of Directors of Agricultural Council of Tanzania was elected during the organisation's annual general meeting and will lead for a period of three years. Tanzania hosted this year's SACAU policy conference and its ...
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Cameroon Defence Forces Showcase Ongoing Modernisation
The military parade and civilian march past at the Yaounde 20th Many Avenue on May 20, 2013 marking the 41st edition of Cameroon's National Day remains historic because of innovations the country's Defence Forces demonstrated during the occasion and also the consolidation of democratic institutions. History will have it that the first ever Senators of the country were represented at ...
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Rwanda Customs Process Made Easier for Tax Compliant Traders
Thirteen companies, three of them Rwandan, last week signed a Memorandum of understanding with Rwanda Revenue Authority to be accorded preferential treatment when clearing their goods at customs. The Authorized Economic Operator (AEO) is a regional trade facilitation program recommended by the world customs organization to ease trade and customs clearance for tax compliant and prominent ...
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Kenya ICT AVUs Integral Teaching and Learning Approach
For Africa to compete in the global economies, 12 -15 percent of its workforce need to have access to technical tertiary education. This was the opening remark by Dr. Bakary Diallo, Rector of the African Virtual University (AVU) during the African Virtual University Computer Science and Teacher Education Curriculum Design workshop at the Intercontinental Hotel, in Nairobi. At the end of this ...
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Cameroon Cameroon-Saudi Arabia - New Cooperation Agreement Imminent
Ambassador Mahmoud Bin Hussein Qattan organised a farewell dinner on May 16 in Yaounde. The outgoing Saudi Arabian Ambassador to Cameroon, His Excellency Mahmoud Bin Hussein, on Thursday, May 16, 2013 announced the imminent signing of a bilateral cooperation agreement between Cameroon and Saudi Arabia, expressing hope that it would help in fostering relations. He was speaking at a farewell ...
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Rwanda We Should All Help to Root Out Child Labor
Recently, cabinet approved a new 5-year policy to root out child labor in the country. While the situation is certainly not alarming in Rwanda, this initiative is to be applauded. Every child which spends its time working instead of going to school, is one too many. While according to the law a person can only be employed when he is at least 16 years old (and even then, the work should be ...
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Kenya Strike On As County Pay Talks Collapse
The ongoing strike by county assemblies to force the Salaries and Remuneration Commission improve their salaries is expected to continue after the salary negotiation talks collapsed. The chairman of the the county assemblies speakers forum Nuh Nassir said they had been unable to reach a satisfactory compromise with the commission. "As we speak now, county assemblies remain adjourned until ...
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Kenya Which Way for Kenyas Oil Sector
Nairobi - The National Oil Corporation of Kenya has kicked off a series of stakeholder talks on the future of oil and gas exploration and production in Kenya. The talks seek to inform policy making and the creation of institutional structures needed for effective management of the emerging petroleum upstream sector. National Oil has identified a number of topics in the areas of oil and gas ...
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Rwanda Unauthorized Settlement Led to Evictions - Gasabo Mayor
Gasabo district Mayor Willy Ndayizeye has declared that claims made by evictees in the district (Kimicanga, Gaculiro, Gisozi, etc.) are unfounded because they were evicted because of unauthorized settlement. In the recent past, people living mainly around Gisozi marshland and Kimicanga have been asked to leave those areas for respectively environment protection and not matching the city's ...
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Kenya Asus Vivobook Laptop Is a Touch Above the Rest - Review
The first impression you get about the Asus VivoBook is how sleek and stable it looks despite its 1.8kg weight. The S400 notebook has a metallic finish on the top and a smooth velvet feel on the battery-pack side, making it comfortable to use. With an i7 Intel Core processor, the S400 is an upgrade of its predecessor, the core i3 S200 but still in the reasonably affordable range. The VivoBook ...
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Rwanda First Commodity Exchange Starts to Take Shape
Access to goods markets is the main concern of every farmer. So, the excitement around the creation of the regions first commodities exchange, the East African Ex-change Rwanda (EAX Rwanda), is justified. Promoters of EAX Rwanda last week asked the media to tell the farmers to ready themselves to harvest benefits that come with organized marketing. EAX Rwan¬da is a subsidiary of Africa ...
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Security guards fire rubber bullets at South Africa strikers
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Security guards at a South African chrome mine owned by chemicals group Lanxess fired rubber bullets at stone-throwing workers on an illegal strike, a spokeswoman for the company said on ...
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Zimbabwe Tsvangirai promises salary hikes ahead of polls
Zimbabwe's Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has revved his election drive, promising restive civil servants salaries that are at par with the private sector, once he comes into ...
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Churches desecrated in Central African Republic Christians flee to countryside
In recent weeks, Islamist rebels who assumed power in the Central African Republic in March have kidnapped the rector of the cathedral in the nation's capital as well as the archdiocesan chancellor. Calling members of the new regime "religious extremists with evil intentions," Bishop Albert Vanbuel of Kaga-Bandoro decried "the deliberate program of desecration and ...
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Death in Zimbabwe results in unusual charge against US government worker
This image released by U.S. District Court in Alexandria, Va., shows the damage to the car that allegedly hit and killed Alois Pedzisai Matyoramhinga in Zimbawbe. Unusual circumstances have left federal prosecutors pursuing vandalism charges against Andrew Pastirik, a U.S. government worker accused of killing the Zimbabwe man in a drunken driving collision. Much of the case against Pastirik is ...
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Africa Africa Loses $50bn Annually to Illicit Fund Flow - Mbeki
The Chairman of the United Nations High Level Panel on Illicit Financial Flows from Africa, Thabo Mbeki, has said that the continent loses, at least, $50 billion annually through illicit fund flows. Mr. Mbeki, a former President of South Africa, made the fact known in Abuja on Monday when he led a delegation of the UN panel on a courtesy visit to President Goodluck Jonathan. He said the panel ...
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Zimbabwe Mining Firms to Engage Govt
INCOMING Chamber of Mines of Zimbabwe president and Zimplats chief executive Mr Alex Mhembere says constant dialogue with Government is key to maximising the mining industry's contribution to national economic development. Mr Mhembere said this after he was elected the chamber's new president at a closed council meeting during the 74th annual general meeting at Troutbeck Resort in ...
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Kenya Elgeyo Marakwet County Tops in Changaa Busaa Abuse
Elgeyo Marakwet county has been rated as one of the leading in consumption and manufacture of chang'aa and busaa. The government has threatened to arrest parents who allow their children to engage in brewing and consumption of traditional brews. County deputy commissioner Moses Lilan said numerous children have dropped out of school in many parts of the region. "We will round up ...
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Tanzania Kikwete Mourns Veteran Politician Sykes
PRESIDENT Jakaya Kikwete has mourned the sad demise of a veteran politician and one of the champions of Tanganyika's independence struggles, Mr Ali Abdallah Kleist Sykes, who passed away in Nairobi, Kenya on Sunday. A statement issued by the Directorate of the Presidential Communications said that the president received the death of Mzee Sykes, who was also one of the founders of the ...
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Three major African airlines to launch new regional player
West and central Africa may soon have a regional airline to connect the countries of the region and feed the three largest airlines in Africa, especially South African Airways, which has dominance on the continent, although it has indicated it will not provide financial support to such a venture.
There are exciting plans afoot in the African aviation industry the continent’s three largest airlines, South African Airways, Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines, considering the establishment of a regional airline in central and West Africa that would feed the larger airlines on loner routes or what they call ‘truck routes’. Read more
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