On Thursday 19th November 2020 Her Excellency Yamina Karitanyi, High Commissioner for the Republic of Rwanda to the Republic of Malta, presented her Letters of Commission to the President of Malta, His Excellency George Vella, at a formal...
More infoUpdate for Passengers Arriving in Rwanda
As part of Government measures to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the following is mandatory upon entry into Rwanda as of 15th December 2020. (To complete the Passenger Locator Form mentioned in the information below – please visit...
More infoRwandair to operate repatriation flights from London
We are pleased to inform you that Rwandair will be operating repatriation flights from London Heathrow for Rwandan citizens, legal residents and students currently stranded in the UK. Please note these are repatriation flights and there will be...
More infoPresident Kagame speaks at King’s College London
On Tuesday 21st January President Kagame spoke at the International School for Government at King’s College London on Intra-African trade, June’s Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Kigali and Rwanda’s transformation. You can...
More infoPresident Kagame attends UK-Africa Investment Summit
On Monday 20th January President Paul Kagame attended the UK-Africa Investment Summit where he began the day with a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Boris Johnson. The President then took part on a panel session on trade and investment...
More infoUK firm to build Tantalum refinery in Rwanda
A British mining company Metalysis UK has announced that by next year, it will have completed the construction of a USD16 million (approximately Rwf14.7bn) refinery for tantalum in Rwanda. The refinery construction is expected to start before the...
More infoMade in Rwanda smartphone launched
The first facility on the African continent where smartphones are manufactured has been opened in Rwanda. The Mara phones production plant is located in the Kigali Special Economic Zone of Rwanda’s capital city. The plant was inaugurated on...
More infoCommonwealth Heads of Government to Meet in Rwanda
June 2020 meeting will focus on connecting, innovating and transforming The next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) has been officially launched in a video message from the President of Rwanda and the Commonwealth Secretary-General...
More infoStatement: Rwanda’s border with DRC remains open
Kigali, August 1 2019 — The Ministry of Health confirms that Rwanda’s border with the Democratic Republic of Congo is open, following traffic slow-down this morning as measures were put in place to reinforce screening procedures and public...
More infoMountain Gorillas No Longer ‘Critically Endangered’.
By FORTUNE November 15, 2018 The population of Mountain Gorillas has increased from roughly 680 to over 1,000 in the last 10 years, a major improvement for a species that was previously on the brink of extinction, the International Union for...
More infoRwanda’s new cabinet: A blend of age, gender & technocrats
President Paul Kagame yesterday reshuffled his cabinet, making broad changes in a trimmed cabinet, in which women comprise 50 per cent. The members of cabinet have also reduced from 31 down to 26. The changes were announced yesterday by the Prime...
More infoHon. Mushikiwabo Becomes S.G. of La Francophonie
Louise Mushikiwabo has promised to dedicate her time and leverage her experience as a diplomat to make Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) a better organisation following her election as its Secretary General, yesterday. The...
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