Author: Abou-Shadadi

In an interview with FlightGlobal, Makolo said a special cargo plane is expected to be acquired soon.

Qatar Airways announced in February this year that it was in talks with RwandAir, to buy 49% of the shares in the company which continues to expand. It is expected that in this partnership, there will be a special cargo plane.

“Cargo transportation continues to be important for RwandAir, especially since we got the large plane, we are seeing a rise in profits from cargo transportation,” Makolo said.

As the COVID-19 pandemic halted flights around the world, RwandAir used its large airplane to transport cargo to various destinations including Brussels in Belgium, Guangzhou in China, and London in the UK, before the routes were reopened to passengers in general.

RwandAir currently has 12 planes including one Airbus A330 – 300, one Airbus A330 – 200, four Boeing 737-800NG, two Bombardier Q-400 NextGen, two Bombardier CRJ-900 NextGen, and two Boeing 737-700NG.

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) (IAEA) recently announced that freight traffic will be accelerating, and will continue in the remaining months of this year.

Of the new confirmed cases, 11 were detected among Kigali’s high-risk groups while five others were recorded in Nyamagabe District.

Since the outbreak of the pandemic in the country in mid-March, Rwanda has confirmed a total of 4,738 Covid-19 cases out of 479,010 tests taken, 2,991recoveries, 1,720 active cases, and 27 deaths.

Coronavirus symptoms include coughing, flu, and difficulty in breathing. The virus is said to be transmitted through the mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.

Rwandans are required to continue complying with government regulations, especially with frequent washing of hands and water and soap, wearing masks when leaving home or in public.

Rwanda’s score this year was down 0.2 compared to last year’s report, as it had 71.1 points.

It is the second year that Rwanda has proven to be at a high level in the second category of free countries, as it includes all countries with a score of between 79.9 and 70. The other category includes countries with a score of between 100 and 80.

This report shows that over the past five years, the economy has grown due to the development of the agricultural sector, as well as investment in the private sector.

Rwanda is commended for being one of the African countries that has performed well in facilitating trade and contributing to the fight against corruption, which is where the score of being a country with integrity comes from.

In 2016 Rwanda had a score of 63.1, the following year it was 67.6 while in 2019 it was 71.1. In sub-Saharan African countries, Mauritius is above Rwanda, ranking first with 74.9 points, having increased by 1.9 points compared to the previous year.

In third place is Botswana with 69.6 points, Seychelles with 64.3 points in fourth place, Cap Vert with 63.6 points while Tanzania is the closest country in the region as it is in sixth place with score 61.7.

The top three countries in the world are Singapore, Hong Kong, and New Zealand while the other major countries in the world such as the UK are in seventh place, Canada in the ninth and the United States, the 17th.

The message came a week after Cyiza Jean, a former security guard was stabbed to death by smugglers who hunted him down because he reported them to the authorities and cause their arrest.

Gasirimu Jean Damascène, a resident of the Congo Valley, where smugglers pass says the cause of Cyiza Jean’s murder is cannabis.

“The cause of everything is cannabis because even the deceased and his colleague were being hinted for days to be killed because they claimed to be causing them losses after taking their cannabis worth Rwf 9 million,” he said.

Capt. Uzabakiriho Desire, Commander of the Busasamana Sector in the Valley, urged people to refrain from smuggling as serious measures will be taken against the culprits.

The Executive Secretary of the Busasamana Sector, Nsabimana Mvano Etienne told the public that serious measures had been taken against the smugglers through the valley.

“There are people who have benefited from this border, those who passed through Gisenyi have now moved here. I urge you to stop because we have taken strong action in collaboration with the police and the army, you will never see these motorcycles again.”

On the night of September 8, 2020, at around 7:00 am, Cyiza Jean, 38, a resident of Munege Village, Rusura Cell, Busasamana Sector, was stabbed to death by criminals.

The deceased was a security guard in the village. Eight people have been arrested in connection to his murder.

The support was officially launched on Thursday, September 10, 2020. The girls who will be assisted are from the sectors including Munyaga where there are 60 girls and in Fumbwe with 40 girls.

Each of the girls will be trained in one vocational profession for six months, then provided with related equipment, as well as start-up capital. The girls will then be monitored for six months as they’re guided in how to apply skills they will have acquired.

Children of the teenager mothers will be educated from nursery to primary school, provided with health insurance, and receive the necessary school materials.

The director of Empower Rwanda, Kabatesi Olivia, said they initially started with 100 girls and their children but they will later move to other areas, especially those in the Eastern Province, as there are still a large number of unplanned teenage pregnancies.

She added that these girls will be helped to learn to save both in banks and for the future so that they have a secured future.

The support by Empower Rwanda will be will stay put for at least five years.

Rwamagana District Mayor Mbonyumuvunyi Radjab recently noted that census they have recently registered 412 young with mothers with children under the age of five and the organization support has come in handy.

“When a child is born at home it does not mean that life is stagnant, it has to continue with the life of the one who gave birth. The most important thing that Empower Rwanda is going to help us with is to analyze the problems they have and what caused them to give birth at home. Once we identify the problem we will know how to help them to find a way out.”

Mayor Mbonyumuvunyi called on pregnant girls to take advantage of the opportunities they have been introduced to and take care of their babies.

Some of the pregnant girls said they are ready to take advantage of the opportunities they had to get from Empower Rwanda’s vocational training and educating their children.

Empower Rwanda is a non-governmental and non-profit organization that started in January 2020, which will help girls who gave birth at home between the ages of 15 and 30 and also take care of their children.

The girls will be trained in tailoring and plaiting hair and will then be provided with tools to start practice what they learned, will be advocated for children’s rights, shown their children’s rights, taught family planning, training their families and much more to make them more successful.

The handover ceremony was held at Kigali International Airport, attended by the Division Manager of Rwanda’s National Reference Laboratory, Dr. Emille Mwikarago, and the Deputy Chief of Mission of the Korean Embassy, Jongyun Choi.

The Director-General of the RBC, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana thanked the Government of the Republic of Korea, saying their support was timely.

“We appreciate the contribution of the Government of Korea; indeed the masks will help us to stop the spread of COVID-19. The donation is a sign of concrete cooperation; a friend in need is a friend indeed,” he said.

Jongyun Choi said that global solidarity is important more than ever and assured that his country will be a close friend of Rwanda in its fight against COVID 19.

KF94 mask is equivalent to FFP2 mask in Europe and N95 mask in the United States.

As Rwanda continues to cope with the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been receiving international funding to help with the fight, with over 100 breathing machines recently provided by the United States and other medical supplies including masks, temperature testing equipment provided by the army of this country.

The death toll from Covid-19 in Rwanda has risen to over 4,500 so far, while the death toll has risen to 22.