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UN Condemns Killing of Rwandan Peacekeeper in Darfur
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Sunday condemned “in the strongest terms” the latest attacks against a peacekeeping mission in Sudan’s Darfur region, which left a peacekeeper dead. “The Secretary-General was deeply disturbed to learn of another attack today by unidentified armed assailants on a convoy of the African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) […]
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University of Rwanda to Focus on Research
Top administrators of the University of Rwanda say they plan to restructure the tertiary education system as a way of improving the quality of education in the country. In an interview with this paper, Vice Chancellor James McWha and his deputy in charge of academic affairs Nelson Ijumba said they want to change the education […]
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New Energy Coming to Over 5000 Households
The government has signed a €4 million deal (about Rwf3.5 billion) with the Netherlands to connect more than 5,200 households to the national grid as part of an electricity access rollout programme, reports the New Times. “Energy is a key component for industrial growth, which will play a key role in the creation of job […]
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Youth Needed to Continue Growing Rwanda’s ICT Industry
Today, Rwanda has over 3,000km of fibre optic cable, but only about 8.3 per cent of the population currently has access to the Internet. This state of affairs does not portend well for the country, especially when you consider that 95 per cent broadband penetration would translate into a 10-13 per cent GDP growth. “We […]
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How Public Lectures Can Help Educate Our Nation
A few days ago, I hosted a public lecture at the Faculty of Medicine, a first of its kind here at the University of Rwanda. From my perspective, public lectures can be educational tools for developing students’ broad knowledge and promoting dialogue about important issues that are often left out of the curriculum. It is […]
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Broadband Bonanza! Project to Deliver 4G to 95% of Rwanda
The Government of Rwanda and KT Corporation, South Korea’s largest telecommunications provider, today signed an agreement to bring high-speed (4G LTE) broadband to 95 per cent of the population in the next three years. The two parties established a Joint Venture company for an initial 25-year term, but Rwanda’s current mobile network operators are also […]
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Rwandan Genocide Suspects Face UK Extradition Battle
A group of Rwandans accused of taking part in the 1994 genocide appeared in court in London on Wednesday at the start of a second legal battle by four of them to avoid extradition to Kigali. The genocide memorial site at Gisozi Kigali The five were arrested last Thursday under warrants alleging genocide and related […]