Tag Archives: Paul Kagame

Kagame Cup draws set for today in Khartoum

21 May 2013

Cecafa Secretary General Nicholas Musonye [left], Ferwafa VP, Raoul Gisanura, chairman of Kagame Cup Organising Committee being received at Khartoum airport. The New Times / B. Mugabe.

The Council of East and Central Africa football Association (Cecafa) is set to hold the draw for this year’s Kagame Cup Club Championship on Tuesday in the Sudanese capital Khartoum. ...

Speech delivered by H.E. President Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda on the occasion of Rwanda Day in London on May 18, 2013

21 May 2013

Good afternoon everyone. The Ambassador didn’t want to say it the way it is: he first said that you are Imfura (decent and dignified), then said Intore but let me ...

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame denounces UN force in DR Congo

20 May 2013

Paul Kagame: "With what we witnessed last year... the situation got worse''

Rwandan President Paul Kagame says the UN peacekeeping force in the Democratic Republic of Congo has “in some cases” made the situation worse. In an interview with the BBC, he ...

World Bank Group President,UN Secretary-General to visit Great Lakes Region

20 May 2013

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim to Make Historic Joint Visit to Africa’s Great Lakes Region May 22-24

WASHINGTON, May 20, 2013 – World Bank Group President Dr. Jim Yong Kim and United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will make an historic joint visit to Africa’s Great Lakes region ...

Take services closer to people – Kagame

16 May 2013

Rwandans have taken on home grown initiatives such as the monthly Umuganda. The New Times/ Timothy Kisambira.

President Paul Kagame has called on Commonwealth nations to take services closer to the people. He was delivering a keynote address at the Seventh Commonwealth Local Governemnt Conference in the ...

Kagame’s speech at the Seventh Commonwealth Local Government Conference

16 May 2013

Honourable Chairperson of the Commonwealth Local Governments Forum (CGLF), Mr. Lawrence Yule; Mr. Adolf Mwesige, Vice Chairperson, and Mr. Carl Wright, Secretary General of the CLGF; Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen; ...

ITU awarded Rwanda in recognition of WSIS ICT4D action plan implementation

16 May 2013

Minister of Youth and ICT, Jean Philbert Nsengimana (R) receiving the award from Dr Hamadoun I. Touré, Secretary-General, ITU (L)

After winning the global WSIS Forum 2013 prize in Media Category, on Thursday, May 16, 2013 the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) recognizes Rwanda efforts in implementing WSIS (World Summit on ...

Kagame jets in Kampala for local govts meet

16 May 2013

President Paul Kagme upon arrival at Entebbe airport. Photo by Enock Kakande

Rwandan president, Paul Kagame, is in Kampala for the 7th Commonwealth local governments conference (CLGC). Kagame was received at Entebbe International airport by the foreign affairs minister, Sam Kutesa and ...

Kagame tips on servant leadership

14 May 2013

President Paul Kagame has called on African leaders to promote servant leadership which respects citizens’ interests and dignity. The Head of State made the remarks on Sunday shortly after meeting ...

Dialogue way forward, says DRC Senate chief

7 May 2013

President Kagame meets with Hon.Kengo Wa Dondo, President of DRC Senate

The current security crisis in eastern DR Congo can only be solved through peaceful means with support of the region, the Speaker of the Congolese Senate has said. Léon Kengo ...