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President Kagame backs operational launch of Africa Medicines Agency as Rwanda hosts headquarters
Accra, Oct. 16, GNA – Dr. Delese Mimi Darko, the Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), has held a high-level discussion with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to finalise plans for the full operationalisation of the agency in...

President Kagame backs operational launch of Africa Medicines Agency
Dr. Delese Mimi Darko, the Director-General of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), has held a high-level discussion with the President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, to finalise plans for the full operationalisation of the agency in a move to advance...

I thought Labour would fix everything. I was wrong
The postwar British political establishment is collapsing. The Conservatives threw themselves into a death spiral last year, though it had been a long time in the making. Now in government, Labour is heading in the same direction, corkscrewing...

US deportee jailed in Eswatini enters hunger strike
Roberto Mosquera del Peral was among five men sent to the kingdom in July under a deal with the US seen by AFP in which Eswatini agreed to accept up to 160 deportees in exchange for $5.1 million to "build its border and migration management...

Government Moves to Break Up Rwanda’s Exploitative Banks
4 The banks are making so much money, but at the expense of Rwandans Rwanda’s banking industry, long seen as a pillar of the economy, is coming under sharp government scrutiny for what is clearly an unbalanced and exploitative system that benefits...

Rwanda Turns to DNA Mapping to Detect and Prevent Future Diseases
5 KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda has received support from leading global science organisations to develop its genomics ecosystem — an ambitious step towards understanding and tackling the country’s growing disease burden amid rising incomes and...

Rwanda Turns Counterterrorism Into a Weapon Against Its Exiled Opposition
On 14 October 2025, Rwanda’s Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) released a list of 25 individuals accused of terrorism and terrorist financing. Officially, it was presented as a national security measure. In reality, it reads like a blacklist of...

Global Recognition: UN Adopts Resolution on Awaza Political Declaration for Landlocked Countries
The UN General Assembly unanimously adopted the Resolution titled “Awaza Political Declaration” during the 18th plenary meeting of the 80th session. This was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Rashid Meredov during...

Senegalese business community in Rwanda react to presidential visit
King, Italy PM chair new round of Aqaba Process meetings in Rome
Ammon News - His Majesty King Abdullah II and Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni co-chaired a new round of the Aqaba Process meetings in Rome on Wednesday, organised jointly by Jordan and Italy. At the Aqaba Process’ second round with a West...
SA Sports Minister Writes To FIFA Over Bafana Bafana Points Deduction Debacle
South Africa’s Sports Minister Writes To FIFA On Bafana Bafana Debacle South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Gayton McKenzie, has penned a forceful letter to FIFA and SAFA over the Bafana Bafana points deduction fiasco. He demands...

OPINION | Free Secondary Education Is Malawi’s Most Radical Leap Toward Equality
Malawi has finally taken a step that history will remember — the decision to make secondary education free from January 2026. Critics call it reckless. Realists call it revolutionary. And if the lessons from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Kenya, and Zambia...

Donald Trump ‘loves’ solving wars? US President cites Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict, says ‘That's an easy one for me’
US President Donald Trump on Friday claimed he “loves” solving wars and further voiced confidence in resolving the ongoing conflicts involving Pakistan and Afghanistan, calling it an “easy one” to end. During a bilateral lunch with Ukrainian...

Rwanda Sanctions 25 Individuals on Domestic Terrorism and Terror Financing List
1 KIGALI — Rwanda’s National Counter Terrorism Committee (NCTC) has officially published the country’s Domestic List of Terrorists and Terrorism Financiers, naming twenty-five individuals accused of involvement in acts of terrorism or in...
Political opinion with Cllr Zack Ali: Only the Conservatives have a credible plan, team and backbone to deliver for Crawley and the Country
Crawley needs a Prime Minister who speaks plainly, acts boldly, and understands the difference between empty gestures and real leadership. That person is Kemi Badenoch. At Conservative Party Conference, Kemi laid out a serious plan to get Britain...

After Sanctioning 25 Rwandans, Interpol Red Notices Will Follow
2 Rwanda’s decision to place 25 individuals on a domestic terror sanctions list marks a major step in tightening the country’s fight against terrorism and its financing. This move does not only carry consequences within Rwanda but will also reach...
Rwanda targets full electricity access by 2030, accelerates Solar push
Author: Koang Pal Chang | Published: 11 hours ago Rwanda plans $16 billion in solar investments to achieve universal electricity access by 2030, despite financing and policy barriers. [Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images] According to...

Donald Trump - President Donald Trump said he’s the first US president to solve a war. Pants on Fire!
During a White House visit from Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President Donald Trump expanded on his oft-repeated boast about ending multiple wars and made an even bolder assertion: that no president had solved even one war before him....

Kabila launches political movement despite death sentence, turmoil
By Éloge Willy Kaneza In a dramatic turn of events, former Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) President Joseph Kabila has resurfaced in Nairobi to announce the formation of a new political movement, Save the DRC, even as he faces a death...

Study Recommends Government Take Full Charge of Early Childhood Development Centers
2 Participants at the study dissemination seminar A new study by South Korea’s ChorogUsan for Children has urged the Rwandan government to take full leadership and financial responsibility for Early Childhood Development (ECD) programs,...