Rwanda

A Ugandan delegation led by foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa is in the Rwandan capital Kigali attending the first meeting of the joint Ad-hoc Commission set up to help implement the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Rwanda and Uganda…

Uganda’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Sam Kutesa will lead Uganda’s delegation to the first meeting with Rwanda as per the recent Luanda memorandum of understanding aimed at resolving ongoing disputes between the two nations that has led…

The soured diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda have now sucked in media houses - with each country blocking what they regard as the other regime's 'propagandist' media houses. Yesterday, the Uganda Communications Commission…

News coming in from the neigbouring Rwanda indicates that President Paul Kagame has put his former Defense Minister and blue-eyed boy Gen James Kabarebe under house arrest, Commandpost reports. Reasons for Gen Kabarebe’s house arrest a…

The Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) has asked Internet Service Providers to block access to several Rwandan-based news websites over allegations of promoting hate speech. One of the websites facing closure belongs to Rwanda…

On April 7, 2015 Rwema Gendarme, a traditional leader of the Banyamulenge people in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo), left his home in Bugolobi to Goma after bidding farewell to his wife, Prossy Boonabaana and children. When…

When Eugene Ndereyimana woke up last week, he didn't tell his wife where he was going, and she didn't ask. The less she knew, the better, she thought. The 29-year-old father of two was traveling from his home in Rwanda's southeastern…

Over 40 people believed to be Rwandan nationals have been arrested in Kampala during a joint operation by security agencies, reports show. The arrest reportedly took place in a church in Kibuye, Entebbe Road. The church’s membership is…

Celebrity sightings are a familiar feature of the modern N.B.A., but this year’s playoffs included an appearance unusual even by the standards of America’s most star-­friendly sports league. A few minutes into the first game of the Western…

Dozens of Rwandan nationals living with HIV?AIDS have missed treatment following the closure of the Uganda-Rwanda border. Rwandan authorities closed the border with Uganda at Katuna in February and diverted the heavy trucks that were…