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South Africa: President Ramaphosa urges peaceful protests after meeting protest leaders
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa met on Monday, June 29, with Insizwa Nobunsiza leaders Ngizwe Mchunu and Nkosikhona Ndabandaba to discuss their concerns, while reaffirming that demonstrations must remain peaceful and within the law, according to the Presidency.…
Rwanda-UK migration dispute heads to international arbitration
A legal dispute between Rwanda and the United Kingdom over an unimplemented migration agreement is set to be heard this week at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands. The arbitration hearing, scheduled for Wednesday, March 18, follows…
‘We have no other choice’: The Risk Sharita Island Women Take for Healthcare
By Sam NgendahimanaOn a cloudy day in May,Marie Anne Mushimiyimana, eight months pregnant, is on her way home from a medical check-up at Nkanga Health Center six hours away. Visibly tired, she has traveled by boat and on foot to…
Rwanda’s tea industry faces scrutiny over direct sales and transparency
Rwanda’s tea often fetches premium prices, averaging 15–20 percent more than other East African producers at the Mombasa tea auction in Kenya, where regional growers gather weekly to sell their produce. From there, buyers distribute the tea worldwide. Increasingly,…
RWANDA’S ILLEGAL MINERS: A LIFE OF RISK AND RELENTLESS POVERTY
By Clemy Keza For much of his young life, Jean Baptiste Uwamungu believed illegal mining was what everyone in Rwanda did to survive poverty. “I was probably 10,” said the now 28-year-old father of two. “My parents mined, everyone in our neighborhood did. It wasn’t strange. It was survival.” “At first,…
In Rwanda, Ex-Smugglers Help To Tackle Border Crimes
By Mutangana Emmanuel Gatuna Border - a border point between Rwanda and Uganda. GATUNA BORDER – When Eric Gatabazi was arrested in 2022 trying to smuggle five jerrycans of the banned alcoholic drink Kanyanga into Rwanda, he thought he could…
Danger lurks around Rwanda’s abandoned mining pits
3 0 By Samuel Ngendahimana Yves Ndahiriwe was walking home with his goats herd at the end of the day when his life changed forever. While trying to turn the goats back toward his village, the 21-year-old slipped and fell…
