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Chennaiyin defender Emmanuel’s noble work for a ‘Bright’ football future in Rwanda

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Chennaiyin defender Emmanuel’s noble work for a ‘Bright’ football future in Rwanda

Emmanuel is set for his maiden ISL season and is confident that Chennaiyin FC will do well. | Photo Credit: Chennaiyin FC For 120-odd football-mad kids at Kigali in Rwanda, Chennaiyin FC’s new signing Emmanuel Imanishimwe is the “president”. Wonder why?  The Rwanda international is a co-founder of the football school where the children are having a ball. In a bid…

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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

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Rwandan genocide suspect Kabuga dies in custody in The Hague at age 91

File image showing readers looking at a newspaper June 12, 2002 in Nairobi carrying the photograph of Rwandan Felicien Kabuga wanted by the United States. The United States published a “wanted” photograph in Kenyan newspapers of the businessman accused of helping finance the 1994 killings in Rwanda. | Photo Credit: Reuters A Rwandan suspect charged…

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ATHLETICS | Kwizera blazes to TCS World 10K Bengaluru record

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ATHLETICS | Kwizera blazes to TCS World 10K Bengaluru record

TCS World 10k elite men’s winer Rodrigue Kwizera in Bengaluru on Sunday, 26 April, 2026. | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Rodrigue Kwizera blitzed through the field to set a new men’s event record at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2026 here on Sunday.  Kwizera stepped on the pedal in the final stretch to finish with…

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What’s Happening In Congo Where Rwanda Backed M23 Rebels Captures Goma City

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What’s Happening In Congo Where Rwanda Backed M23 Rebels Captures Goma City

Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo: Rwanda-backed rebels on Monday claimed they captured Goma, the largest city in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of Congo, where the United Nations reported “mass panic” among its 2 million residents. The city’s capture came after a 48-hour deadline imposed by M23 rebels for the Congolese army to…

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U.S. ships Marburg vaccines to Rwanda after 11 die in outbreak

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U.S. ships Marburg vaccines to Rwanda after 11 die in outbreak

Image used for representative purpose only. | Photo Credit: AP The United States government completed an initial shipment of vaccine doses and therapeutic drugs for Marburg disease to Rwanda on Oct. 4, Thierry Roels, U.S. CDC Country Director in Rwanda told Reuters on Saturday (October 5, 2024). The U.S. government is also working closely with…

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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

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Rwanda reports 8 deaths linked to Ebola-like Marburg virus days after it declared an outbreak

In this Oct. 8, 2014 photo, a medical worker from the Infection Prevention and Control unit wearing full protective equipment carries a meal to an isolation tent housing a man being quarantined after coming into contact in Uganda with a carrier of the Marburg Virus, at the Kenyatta National Hospital in Nairobi, Kenya. | Photo…

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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame sworn in saying regional peace ‘a priority’

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Rwanda’s Paul Kagame sworn in saying regional peace ‘a priority’

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame attend his swearing-in ceremony after a landslide win in last month’s election at the Amahoro Stadium, Gasabo District of Kigali, Rwanda, August 11, 2024. | Photo Credit: Reuters Rwanda’s all-powerful President Paul Kagame was sworn in Sunday for a fourth term, saying regional peace was a…

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What is behind Rwanda’s election outcome?

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What is behind Rwanda’s election outcome?

The story so far: On July 15, Rwanda held its fourth presidential election since the 1994 Tutsi genocide. Partial results released by Rwanda’s National Electoral Commission (NEC) reveal overwhelming support for President Paul Kagame. With 79% of the votes counted, Kagame has secured over 99% of the votes. Opposition leaders Habineza Frank of the Democratic…

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Rwanda votes as President Kagame set to extend rule

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Rwanda votes as President Kagame set to extend rule

A voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Kigali during Rwanda’s presidential and parliamentary polls. | Photo Credit: AFP Millions of Rwandans were voting in presidential and parliamentary elections on July 15, with the African nation’s leader Paul Kagame widely expected to cruise to victory and extend his iron-fisted rule for another five…

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