Rwanda

Rights groups say Rwanda has one of the worst human rights records in Africa and accuse Kigali of stifling dissent.

“Imagine serving four years in preventive detention,” Ibambe told Reuters. Rights groups say Rwanda has one of the worst human rights records in sub-Saharan Africa and accuse the government of using authoritarian means to stifle dissent.

They were arrested in October 2018 during a crackdown on YouTubers critical of President Paul Kagame's government.

they must be released," the court ruled. "The justice system needs to start considering other remedies such as bail because spending four years in jail for crimes that you did not commit is a form of injustice." The journalists were not present in court for the verdict.

Nairobi, October 5, 2022—In response to the acquittal and release on Wednesday of three journalists for YouTube-based Iwacu TV who have been detained in ...

One of their lawyers, Jean Paul Ibambe, confirmed to CPJ that the journalists were released from Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali on Wednesday evening, following the acquittal. The journalists were held in pre-trial detention until their trial started in August 2021. Finally, these journalists can go home to their families,” said CPJ’s sub-Saharan Africa representative, Muthoki Mumo.

By Enyichukwu Enemanna A Court has freed three Rwandan reporters who have been in detention since four years for allegedly spreading false information with ...

“Imagine serving four years in preventive detention,” Ibambe said. “The fact a prosecution took place at all will send a chilling message to others who dare to exercise their right to free expression in Rwanda.” “There is no evidence to prove that their publication incited violence,” Speciose Nyirabagande, one of the court’s three judges, said on Wednesday.

"You know, I'm a refugee and I think refugees contribute to the country so we have to have empathy," Edward Enninful tells Sky News.

"I feel that sending people to Rwanda is not really the solution. "I think we all should do better," he said. "This country was built on refugees," he told me. "You know, I'm a refugee and I think refugees contribute to the country so we have to have empathy," he said. "People from India, people from Africa, from the Commonwealth." "You know, I'm a refugee and I think refugees contribute to the country so we have to have empathy," Edward Enninful tells Sky News.

African diplomats and officials from Congress, Pentagon and State Department attended the farewell breakfast for Senator Jim Inhofe on Sept. 15. Rwandan Embassy ...

“As we look ahead to the 30th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the United States and Slovakia next year, we recognize our shared commitment as NATO Allies to democratic values, collective security, and the rule of law,” U.S. The passing of the constitution happened in 1992, the year Czechoslovakia officially split into the independent nations of the Czech and Slovak republics. Vincent Birtua, Rwanda’s minister of foreign affairs and international cooperation, along with Mathilda Mukantabana, Rwanda’s ambassador to the United States, presented Inhofe with a handmade painting from Rwanda.

Drug stock-outs and shortage of medical equipment in health facilities in Rwanda are becoming a thing of the past, thanks to an innovation that is ...

It is telling that the Rwanda Innovation Fund, initiated by the Rwandan government and financed, in part, by the African Development Bank, has been catalytic in the development of Viebeg. The Bank’s support aligns with the country’s National Information Communication Infrastructure (NICI) III Plan, which underscores the importance of ICT in improving service delivery to citizens. Musyoka projects that the figure will grow to $2.5 million by the end of 2022. Mukando Cesarie is a patient who has experienced the power of a well-equipped healthcare facility enabled by Viebeg’s innovation. It uses artificial intelligence (AI) to manage supply chain processes (from shipping to warehousing, distribution and inventory management) to ensure that healthcare facilities have the precise medical supplies in stock. Amol said Viebeg helped his clinic to acquire an orthopantomogram machine (a panoramic dental X-ray of the upper and lower jaw), thereby boosting its cutting-edge capability.

Calamities that wreaked havoc include floods, landslides, windstorms and rainstorms - Anadolu Agency.

[Anadolu Agency website contains only a portion of the news stories offered to subscribers in the AA News Broadcasting System (HAS), and in summarized form. The disasters that wreaked havoc in different parts of the country included floods, landslides, windstorms and rainstorms among others, the report said, adding that 1,033 incidents were recorded in the said period. At least 150 people were killed and 300 injured in disasters induced by climate change in Rwanda in the past nine months of this year, a report by the Emergency Management Ministry said on Thursday.