Tag: Rwanda
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Rwanda becomes first African nation to use Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
Rwanda began its COVID-19 vaccine campaign on Friday, becoming the first nation in Africa to use pharmaceutical company Pfizer’s doses that require ultra-cold storage. Authorities began transporting Pfizer and AstraZeneca shots round the hilly nation of 12 million people after they arrived earlier this week, using helicopters to reach far-flung parts. “This means that I…
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Rwanda reports its first death from the new coronavirus
Rwanda’s Ministry of Health, on Sunday, reported the East African nation’s first death caused by the new coronavirus. The victim was a 65-year-old driver, who opted to return home from a neighbouring country, where he resided, after falling severely ill, the ministry said in a statement. He passed away from severe respiratory complications while receiving…
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1994 Genocide: Rwanda’s most wanted man with $5m bounty on his head arrested in France
Rwandan genocide suspect Felicien Kabuga was arrested on Saturday near Paris after 25 years on the run, accused of playing a leading role in one of the worst massacres of the 20th century. The 84-year-old, who is Rwanda’s most-wanted man and had a $5m bounty on his head, was living under a false identity in…
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Rwanda launches its 1st satellite to improve Internet service
Rwanda in partnership with a UK based communications company OneWeb on Wednesday successfully launched the country’s first satellite into space, Rwandan Ministry of ICT and Innovation said on Thursday. The satellite has been successfully sent to space, Gordon Kalema, Director-General of Digital Transformation at the ministry said while briefing reporters about the launch in Rwandan…
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Rwandan Ambassador’s Son Wins Nature Photography Contest at AUN
A final-year student of Communications and Multimedia Design (CMD) at the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Mr. Yvan Kamanzi, has emerged as the winner of the just-concluded Birds of AUN competition. Yvan is the son of the Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, H.E. Mr. Satnislas Kamanzi. Software Engineering major, Chukwuma Stephen emerged second-place winner while…
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AU Summit: Buhari cancels Rwanda trip, withdraws from signing African trade agreement
President Muhammadu Buhari has cancelled his trip to Kigali, Rwanda scheduled for Monday. Buhari was expected to attend an Extraordinary Summit of the African Union (AU) on Tuesday, March 21, to sign the framework agreement for establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area. The agreement is expected to allow free trade among all countries that…
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Heart of gold! Davido donates N1.8m to music school in Rwanda
Hate or him or love him, self-proclaimed OBO, Davido continues to make headlines not just via controversies but also through his musical exploits. The singer recently pledged $5000 (N1,800,000) to a Rwandan music school on Saturday. The ‘Fia’ singer visited the school hours before his concert in Kigali, the country’s capital. He took…
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CHAN 2018: Wasteful Super Eagles held by Rwanda’s Amavubi
The home-based Super Eagles failed to claim a win as they were held 0-0 by Rwanda in their opening match of the 2018 African Nations Championship (CHAN) on Monday. Nigeria and Rwanda settled for a barren draw in their Group C opener at the Stade Ibn Batouta in Tangiers, Morocco. The stalemate leaves the Super…
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Osinbajo jets to Rwanda for Kagame’s inauguration
Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, will on Friday join other world leaders to witness the inauguration of President Paul Kagame of Rwanda in the country’s capital, Kigali. His spokesman, Laolu Akande, disclosed this in a statement. Akande said Osinbajo would return to the country immediately after the inauguration. The statement read, “Acting President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN,…
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Rwanda 2017: Kagame sweeps presidential polls, gets third term in office
Rwanda’s incumbent leader Paul Kagame has sealed a crushing victory in presidential elections that granted him a third term in office, extending his 17 years in power. Kagame has won international plaudits for presiding over a peaceful and rapid economic recovery in the Central African nation since the 1994 genocide, when an estimated 800,000 people…