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SEEN IN KIGALI: To prevent the risk of
#Coronavirus
outbreak, passengers at the Kigali Bus Park have to wash their hands before getting onto buses.
#Rwanda
has recorded NO case of the epidemic but the country has stepped up vigilance.
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JUST IN: Rwanda's Salma Mukansanga has made it to the list of Match Officials for the FIFA World Cup in Qatar.
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#BREAKING
: First Daughter Ange Kagame has been appointed as the Deputy Executive Director, Strategy and Policy Council at the Office of the President.
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By the time Lt. Ariane Mwiza completed high school, she already knew that somehow, her career path would involve the military.
At just 25, Mwiza is not only part of RDF, she is also currently serving as a helicopter pilot on a UN Mission in Juba.
#PKDay
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Kiran Khawaja, the founder and CEO of
@fajarrealty
in Dubai: We are creating awareness of Dubai real estate in
#Rwanda
, but we are also creating awareness of Kigali in Dubai.
"The return on investment in Dubai is extremely high."
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The CEO of Rwanda Development Board, Clare Akamanzi has been appointed as a founding board member of the WHO Foundation.
@cakamanzi
will serve alongside Mr. Bob Carter, and Professor Thomas Zeltner.
The WHO Foundation will address the most pressing global health challenges.
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WATCH: New Rwanda Defence Force officer cadets in high spirits after being commissioned on Friday.
📹
@MugwizaO
/TNT
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UK prime minister,
@BorisJohnson
, gives a double thumbs up👍👍 as he departs Rwanda where he's been attending the 26th Commonwealth Heads of Governments Meeting.
#CHOGM2022
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PHOTOS: Formula One legend Lewis Hamilton, widely regarded as the greatest
@F1
driver of all-time, recently trekked the mountain gorillas in
#Rwanda
.
The Briton shared the photos during the visit via his Instagram page.
#VisitRwanda
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JUST IN: Uganda's General
@mkainerugaba
has just landed at Kigali International Airport. He is in
#Rwanda
for a one day visit and will be meeting with President
#Kagame
later this afternoon.
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Bank of Kigali has appointed Obinna Ukwuani as Chief Digital Officer replacing Regis Rugemanshuro who was in February appointed to head RSSB.
Prior to joining
@BankofKigali
, Obinna worked with Paystack, a tech startup involved in facilitating payments.
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Agnes Jebet Tirop, a Kenyan Olympian and world record holder in women's 10000m category, has died at age 25.
Tirop was found dead at her home this Wednesday, reportedly with stab wounds. It is alleged that she was murdered by her husband.
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BREAKING:
#Rwanda
will host the 2025 UCI World Road Cycling Championships.
The UCI Road World Championship is a big cycling tournament that attracts 5000 cyclists and over 20 000 delegates.
It will be the first time for Africa to host the event.
#Rwanda2015
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JUST IN:
@VolkswagenSA
has appointed young Rwandan scientist Michaella Rugwizangoga as CEO of
@Volkswagen
Mobility Solutions
#Rwanda
, which will oversee the car maker's activities in Rwanda including an assembling plant
@RDBrwanda
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BREAKING: Rwanda is set to discharge 4 patients who have recovered from Covid -19. They are scheduled to return home today Sunday, April 5. This will bring the number of positive cases down to 98.
#COVID19
#coronavirus
#StayHome
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#BREAKING
: President
#Kagame
attends the 'Move Afrika: Rwanda' concert and briefly addresses a roaring audience at BK Arena. It is the first Global Citizen experience in the region.
📹:
@HeritierBahizi
/TNT
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Kevine Kagirimpundu, the Co-founder and CEO of Uzuri K&Y has her face shown at New York Time Square after graduating from the Nasdaq Entrepreneurial Center in the Milestone Makers program.
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Sherrie Silver, the Rwandan behind Childish Gambino’s hit song which has gone viral, garnering over 60 million views on Youtube in just four days.
Silver was born in Huye District 24 years ago but later relocated to the UK with her mother.
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#CONFIRMED
: Rwanda will host the 2021 African Basketball Championship (Afrobasket 2021), making it the first time the continent’s biggest basketball event is held in East Africa.
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Zindzi Mandela, a daughter to South Africa’s anti-apartheid leaders Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, has died aged 59.
Since 2015, Zindzi Mandela had been South Africa’s ambassador to Denmark. She is survived by her husband and 4 children.
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PHOTOS: Prince Harry, who is on a visit to
#Rwanda
, paid his respects to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at
@Kigali_Memorial
on Monday.
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RESPECT: A young boy welcomes his elder brother home with a striking salute after completing a rigorous army officer cadet training.
A total of 721 were commissioned by President
#Kagame
to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant yesterday.
📸: Courtesy
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Masai Ujiri: When I met Diamond Platinumz at the concert, he asked me that he wanted to meet President
#Kagame
.
The first thing he told the President was expressing his appreciation for the BK Arena. This shows you how much we need such facilities.
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Passengers travelling across Kigali City will soon have shelters that protect them from rain or sunshine, with benches and screens that'll help them track where buses are coming from and when they arrive. These shelters will have free internet.
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JUST IN:
#Rwanda
has passed a law approving the use of medical Marijuana.
"Medical use of cannabis and cannabis products can only be made on the condition that they are prescribed by a specialist medical doctor." says Article 14 of the ministerial order
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A video of five-year old Joseph Bonane dancing to “Kungola” by
@BruceMelodie
has gone viral with almost 8 million views after it was shared by American rapper and actor Tyrese Gibson.
Bonane lives with his mother and siblings in Kirehe District.
READ:
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US-based Rwandan researcher, Prof. Aristide Gumyusenge, has been appointed as a professor at the
@MIT
, in the department of materials science.
He is the only black faculty member in the department.
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"I say that from my heart, you are a providential man. You have resurrected this country which has been declared by all the world clinically dead and that really deserves our total respect."
Prof Jacques Marescaux, founder of IRCAD France, to President
#Kagame
during the…
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Gen
@mkainerugaba
was received by among others Brig Gen Willy Rwagasana, the Commandant of Republican Guard and
@RwandaMoD
Spokesperson Col Ronald Rwivanga.
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Journalist: The US, the EU have expressed concerns about Paul
#Rusesabagina
getting a fair trial in Rwanda.
President
#Kagame
: Why do you think being fair belongs to U.S and the EU, and not to us?
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JUST IN: Rwandan Isabelle Kamariza, Founder of Solid Africa, has won the Forbes Woman Africa Social Impact Award.
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UPDATE: President
#Kagame
is following the
#AfroBasketWomen
semi-final game between
#Rwanda
and Nigeria at BK Arena. He is in the company of daughter Ange Kagame and his two granddaughters.
📸:
@Dankwizera1
/TNT
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President
#Kagame
: I have seen people on social media complaining about the traffic penalties. People are paying all the time for going beyond 40 km/hr. And that speed is for some of us who walk.
The speed should not be too low. I have spoken to the Police officials.
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Qatar Airways, carrying 15 tons of medical supplies for the fight against COVID-19, lands at Kigali International Airport this morning.
This is donation by the Emir of Qatar, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, to Rwanda.
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JUST IN: Dr Richard Sezibera has been appointed the Commonwealth Secretary General's special envoy for health and Education.
Dr Sezibera has previously served as Rwanda’s Foreign and Health Minister.
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#BREAKING
: Divine Nshuti Muheto is crowned Miss Rwanda 2022, taking over the reins from Grace Ingabire who won the beauty pageant last year.
#MissRwanda2022
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: "Africa does not need to be a dumping ground for secondhand cars, or secondhand anything.” — President
#Kagame
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Rwanda has been ranked the safest country in Africa and 6th globally for solo travelers, according to a new survey.
Switzerland emerged as the safest country, with Japan and Rwanda being the only Asian and African countries to make the top 10 list of countries.
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Tanzania's Vice President Samia Hassan Suluhu will replace John Pombe
#Magufuli
who passed away today. He was 61.
@SuluhuSamia
becomes Tanzania's first female president.
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QUOTE OF THE DAY: “We must understand that the time for babysitting is over and that we will never develop as long as we feel we have a never-ending need for European, American, Asian or other babysitters.” — President
#Kagame
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#BREAKING
: Thomas 'Young' Nkusi, the legendary video jockey who popularised translating movies in the early 2000s, has died at the age of 40.
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Rwandan lawyer Florida Kabasinga has been appointed as Chairperson of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee of the East Africa Law Society.
With 20 years of experience, Kabasinga is a member of the American Bar Association and the International Association of Prosecutors.
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#BREAKING
: PSG Academy Rwanda has won the PSG Academy World Cup in boys' U-13 category after beating Brazil in the final at Parc des Prince, in Paris.
Rwanda was making its first appearance in the competition.
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UPDATE: First Lady Jeannette
#Kagame
on Saturday arrived in Namibia to offer her condolences to former First Lady Monica Geingos and her family following the passing of President Hage Geingob.
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#BREAKING
: President
#Kagame
is re-elected as Chairman of ruling party
@rpfinkotanyi
for another five-year term.
He picked up 2,099 out of 2102 votes.
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“To be honest, this is the first president I’ve ever met in my life”
Popular Nigerian singer, Rema, told president
#Kagame
on Sunday as he received the winners of the Trace Awards and Festival at Village Urugwiro.
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RAW VIDEO: Rachel Nyiramandwa, 110, welcomes President
#Kagame
to her home in
@Nyamagabe
, southwest of
#Rwanda
.
The President is on a four-day
#CitizenOutreach
tour in Southern and Western provinces since Thursday.
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Jean Claude Uwizeye:
1. First Rwandan to race Tour de Guyana
2. First Rwandan to win Tour de Guyana
3. First Rwandan to win a race outside Africa
🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼 Golden boy 🇷🇼🇷🇼🇷🇼
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Ghanaian dancehall superstar Livingstone Etse Satekla, popularly known by stage name as
@stonebwoy
, is in Kigali and will perform at GUBA Awards ceremony on Thursday night.
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President
#Kagame
recognises the solidarity and contribution of many countries in Rwanda's quest for liberation – including Uganda.
"Uganda carried the burden of Rwanda's internal problems and was even blamed for that."
#Kwibuka30
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Trevor Noah on the UK-Rwanda development partnership: Rwanda was trying to do something nice and now they have to hear everyone talk s*** about them?
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UPDATE: Rwanda Defence Force releases fresh photos of newly promoted seven female colonels – the first to achieve the rank in
#Rwanda
's history.
1/2
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To the Rwandan Hero(e)s, living and gone: even when your fight is misrepresented by ill-intended tongues, or misinterpreted by ill-informed glares....always remember that your sacrifice is sacred.
✍️: First Lady Jeannette Kagame
Read:
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Dr. Maurice Musoni is
#Rwanda
's first Cardiothoracic Surgeon, specializing in surgical procedures of the heart and other chest organs
He recently graduated at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa after pursuing his first medical degree at the University of Rwanda.
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Rest in Peace: A 24 year-old Rwandan policewoman who was on a peace-keeping mission abroad has died. She had been repatriated in critical condition after catching Covid-19. We salute the women and men putting their lives at risk to protect others.
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WATCH: Formula One great, Lewis Hamilton, reveals that
#Rwanda
was his favourite destination during his recent four-country African tour.
"I feel like I can live there everyday," he said in an interview with Sky Sports'
@NaomiSchiff
.
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President
#Kagame
and First Lady Jeannette Kagame on Wednesday met with Prince Charles and his wife, Duchess Camilla, ahead of the
#CHOGM2022
meeting in Kigali.
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WATCH: Nyiragongo volcano in Eastern DR Congo erupts. The volcano, situated a few kilometres from
#Rwanda
's Rubavu town, last erupted in January 2002.
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PHOTOS: Major streets in the City of Kigali are lined with the flags of all 54 members of
the Commonwealth ahead of
#CHOGM2022
.
More photos:
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JUST IN: French President Emmanuel Macron has arrived in Kigali for a historic visit to
#Rwanda
.
Before departing France, Macron tweeted: “I have a deep conviction we are going to write together a new page in our relationship with Rwanda and Africa.”
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#BREAKING
: Rwanda's Patriots beat Nigerian side Rivers Hoopers 83-60 in the opening game of the inaugural Basketball Africa League
@theBAL
.
#theBAL
#GameOn
🏀
📸:
@PMuzogeye
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WATCH:
#Rwanda
-n star Bruce Melodie flies the country's flag as he joins Jamaican legend Shaggy on stage at the iHeartRadio Jingle Ball Tour in Texas to perform their trending song ‘When She's Around'.
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BREAKING: Patricia Scotland has been re-elected as the Secretary General of the Commonwealth.
#CHOGM2022
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A plane transporting 66 refugees, mainly minors, single mothers and the sick just took off from Misrata airport in Libya heading to
#Kigali
.
On arrival, the refugees will be hosted at an emergency lakeside facility at Gashora Transit Centre, in Bugesera District.
📸
@UNHCRLibya
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WATCH: Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed and the First Lady, Zinash Tayachew, exercise on the green running track around Kigali Golf Resort & Villas.
Abiy, who was in the country for
#Kwibuka30
, had a peacekeeping duty tour in Rwanda in 1995.
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WATCH: Salma Rhadia Mukansanga on what it means for her to make history as the first woman to ever referee a men's AFCON match.
#AFCON2021
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JUST IN: Canada's Prime Minister,
@JustinTrudeau
, has arrived in Kigali for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.
#CHOGM2022
It is Trudeau's first time to
#VisitRwanda
.
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Billy Byiringiro has become the first Rwandan to get a Rhodes Scholarship in its 117-year history.
@byiringiro_bill
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#Breaking
:
@FlyRwandAir
🇷🇼 is named among the top 10 "Most Improved Airlines" in the world by the annual World Airline Awards.
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UPDATE:
#Rwanda
has abolished school fees for government-aided pre-primary and primary schools, effective with the 2022/23 academic year.
Parents will only pay Rwf975 (less than a dollar) as their contribution to the school feeding programme.
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#BREAKING
:
Rwanda Transport Development Agency has added speed camera warnings to traffic signs in the country.
Share your thoughts. ⤵️
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WATCH: President
#Kagame
on Tuesday received General Muhoozi Kainerugaba at his farm. He also gifted him with Inyambo cows.
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No charges and fees will henceforth be incurred when transferring funds from one’s bank account to their mobile money wallet or vice versa, the central bank has announced in a new directive.
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Seen in Nyamirambo.
By pressing this button, traffic lights 🚦🚥turn red, stopping incoming traffic and allowing students and pedestrians to cross the road.
#SmartCities
#Kigali
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Kagame: Praying is good, and I don't think there is any region of the world where people pray than in Africa, but praying should always go with actions, we should not just resign ourselves to prayers.
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