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Kagame sells Banque Popolaire du Rwanda
A firm linked to former Barclays executive Bob Diamond is expanding its footprint on the continent with the acquisition of a second Rwandan bank. The EastAfrican has learnt that the…
Ninde urinyuma wigihombo cy’amafranga yabaturage?
Leta y’u Rwanda yahombye miliyari zisaga 22 mu mishinga ibiri yari yitezweho kuyifasha kongera ingufu (energy), zari kuyifasha kugera ku ntego yihaye yo kugeza amashanyarazi ku ngo zingana na…
South Africans Killing Africans is not xenophobic but criminal.
Up to 5,000 people have taken part in a rally against xenophobia in South Africa's coastal city of Durban following attacks on foreigners. President Jacob Zuma condemned the violence, which…
Kenya, Somalia Barrier not security Solution.
Kenyan youths have begun construction of a security barrier along the vast and porous border neighbouring war-torn Somalia, although critics have scoffed it can work, reports said Thursday. The proposed…
Mediterranean Sea, African Migrants Cemetery.
Italian police say they have arrested 15 Muslim migrants after they allegedly threw 12 Christians overboard following a row on a boat heading to Italy. The Christian migrants, said to…
Iran’s mighty seal Israeli-Saudi Alliance.
Israel’s growing collaboration with Saudi Arabia and the two governments’ mutual hatred of the “Shiite crescent” have extended into a tacit alliance with Al-Qaeda’s Nusra Front in Syria, with which…
Burundi Refugees turn down Province official’s plea to Return Home.
After President Nkurunziza of Burundi visited his Rwandan Counterpart in Huye recently, the Burundi Province officials of Kirundi followed with a request to all the refugees to return home but…
Ugandan Diplomats in UK abuse Diplomatic Immunity
TWO Ugandan diplomats will soon find out how long they will be locked up in a jail in the UK after court found them guilty of fraud and tax evasion…
Burundi Opposition party planning rallies to unseat Nkurunziza
The Burundi Opposition is preparing to take to the streets until President Nkurunziza drops his desire to stand again despite the fact that the Burundi constitution does not allow him…
Habyaramina stills haunts RPF, why RPF still sell lies against him?
It’s now 21 years since President Habyarimana was assassinated while returning from the Arusha peace talks in Tanzania that many believed would usher in a new era of peace and…