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{{Attackers swooped on a UN water convoy in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region Sunday, killing three Senegalese peacekeepers, the United Nations said.}}

It was the second deadly attack on the UN mission in Darfur, UNAMID, in three days and UN leader Ban Ki-moon called on the Sudanese government to act over the incidents.

UNAMID did not identify the group behind the latest attack in which a fourth Senegalese soldier was also wounded.

The peacekeepers were escorting a water convoy from the town of El Geneina to the UN mission’s regional headquarters in West Darfur when they were ambushed, UNAMID said in a statement.

The assailants hijacked a vehicle that was recovered four miles (seven kilometers) away.

Another UNAMID patrol was attacked on the same road a year ago.

UN peacekeepers have increasingly become a target for ambushes and attacks in the western region of Sudan which has been at war for the past decade. The UN says at least 300,000 people have died in the conflict.

Assailants killed a Zambian military observer with in the main North Darfur city of El Fasher on Friday.

In July, seven Tanzanian soldiers and a Sierra Leone police officer were killed and 16 others wounded near Nyala, one of the main cities in Darfur.

“All too often, UNAMID peacekeepers are attacked and killed in the line of duty while helping the Sudanese bring peace to Darfur,” UN leader Ban said through a spokesman. “Theses attacks are unacceptable.”

The spokesman said that Ban called on the Sudanese government “to bring those responsible to justice.”

UNAMID Joint Special Representative Mohamed Ibn Chambas called the latest attack a “grave criminal act,” the mission said.

He urged the Sudanese government to bring the perpetrators to justice, and thanked local authorities for pursuing the attackers and engaging them in a firefight said to have wounded people on both sides.

The Darfur war started when local groups launched an uprising in 1993 against the Arab dominated Khartoum government.

Government forces were accused of launching a brutal repression that led to war crimes and genocide charges against President Omar al-Bashir and other Sudanese officials.

Hundreds of people have died in a surge of fighting during the past year that authorities and experts largely blame on rivalry between Arab tribes acting outside government control.

UN peacekeepers have often been attacked for their vehicles and weapons.

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{{Kenya’s Uchumi supermarket chain is expected to cross-list shares on the Rwanda Stock Exchange (RSE) on October 14.}}

Dr. Jonathan Ciano the CEO of Uchumi says, the cross-listing will enable Rwandans to own part of Uchumi.

He said, “Uchumi will be among the few listed securities on the Rwanda Capital Market, which is great for us. It will also give us the visibility that we and our customers need. Our objective is to make Uchumi a business that is owned, managed and supported by East Africans.”

Dr. Ciano added, “Listing Uchumi shares in Rwanda will also help in the development of the local capital market and provide an investment opportunity to thousands of Rwandans since it now makes it convenient for them to invest in the company without going to Kenya.”

Robert Mathu, the Capital Markets Authority executive director noted, “The CMA board has approved the cross-listing of 265,426,614 ordinary Uchumi shares of par value Ksh5 (Rwf38) each on the Rwanda Stock Exchange.”

{{Rwamagana (ESR) Secondary school and parents have urged the government to allow the school to admit more students at the school.}}

The school which was established in 1998 is located at Rutonde Sector, in Rwamagana District.

{Also Read Kinyarwanda Version: http://www.igihe.com/amakuru/muri-afurika/u-rwanda/article/ababyeyi-n-abarimu-ba-e-s}

The requests to admit more students at the school stem from the great performance by the school since its establishment with only Ordinary Level (Tronc Commun).

A 2011-2012 Report by school inspectors had recommended for the closure of the school due lacking of basic facilities especially dormitories for accommodation of students.

However, since then, parents pooled resources and constructed three blocks for accommodation of students but non has been admitted to occupy the new facilities.

In a letter referenced 2762/05.01/01 from the Ministry of Education seen by IGIHE, it is stated that the school lacks accommodation facilities and that the school lacks enough land for expansion.

The school management and parents do not agree with statements in the letter saying they have already constructed enough dormitories and that the distict authorities are satisfied with the new facilities at the school.

Police in Musanze has arrested a 31-years-old man with 15,004 pallets of marijuana.

The suspect, Medard Muvugabigwi, a motorist, was arrested yesterday, around 8:00PM along the Rubavu-Musanze road.

He is currently held at Busogo Police Station.

Muvugabigwi told Police he was paid Frw25, 000 to deliver the drugs to an unidentified person in Musanze town.

Northern Province Police Spokesperson, Chief Superintendent Francis Gahima, said Muvugabigwi was arrested because more efforts have been put in place to crackdown crime in the region.

While drug dealers devise means to evade arrests, Police, with the help of the public, will not give room for the crime to thrive.

“Whatever strategies they may opt for, Police won’t retire from combat this unlawful act”, he said.

If found guilty the suspect could go to jail for three years and pay Rwf500, 000 fine.

source: RNP

{{In the midst of the Annual World Bank meetings in Washington D.C., the Ministers of Finance from Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania signed $340 million for the Regional Rusumo Falls Hydroelectric Project. }}

This project is the first operation under the World Bank Group Great Lakes Regional Initiative inaugurated by World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim during his historic joint visit with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon in May 2013.

The World Bank financing of a total US$340 million – US$113.30 million to each of the governments of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania respectively.

Hon. Minister Claver Gatete shook hands with Mr. Colin Bruce, Director of Strategy Operations and Regional Integration at the World Bank during this momentous signing ceremony. The 80 megawatt generation capacity will boost reliable power supply to the electricity grids of Burundi, Rwanda and Tanzania.

It will also reduce electricity costs, promote renewable power, spur job-led economic development and pave the way for more dynamic regional cooperation, peace and stability among the countries of the Nile Equatorial Lakes (NEL) sub-region in east Africa.

Power demand is increasing rapidly and the limited availability of electricity is constraining development in the region. The three main project beneficiaries are characterized by constrained power systems where demand exceeds present generation capacity.

The costs of meeting peak loads on national power systems are high as these loads are supplied from expensive thermal plants.

Investments in power generation facilities will increase the reliability and lower the cost of electricity, thus contributing to the achievement of the countries’ economic development.

The Rusumo power plant is set to commence in 2014.

{{On Saturday, members of the Unity Club met for the sixth general assembly at Gabiro School of Infantry, in Gatsibo District.}}

The First Lady told the over 300 delegates in attendance that as leaders, they need to be the torchbearers, analytically look at the problems the country is faced with, and come up with a befitting solution.

She challenged the leaders present to take it upon themselves to ensure that every Rwandan is proud of being one, in what she called the ‘Rwandan spirit’ lauding the country’s youth who dreamed the ‘Ndi Umunyarwanda’ initiative.

“Our aim of establishing Unity Club was to advance peace, unity and reconciliation, open dialogue and truth. These values have enriched our understanding and fit well in this initiative of Ndi Umunyarwanda,” said Mrs Kagame.

Ndi Umunyarwanda, (I am a Rwandan) is an initiative by Rwandan youths aimed at having an open dialogue, telling the truth, repentance, forgiveness and healing mainly to strengthen the culture of accountability.

It was born out of the YouthConnektDialogue, an initiative by Rwandan youth, which aimed at looking beyond what divides Rwandans to have a nation that is built on trust.

She said that the youth, in coming up with the idea, presented to the leadership a challenge, and this calls for them to sit together and look from amongst themselves, for a way this spirit can be entrenched in all Rwandans.

“It is hard to measure the way we, as leaders, have been transformed ideologically as we continue to engage in such forums, but I am confident there is a major positive shift if I am to gauge from the time this club was formed,” she said.

Mrs Kagame pointed out that one of the main issues that led the Genocide against the Tutsi was ethnic divisionism, “but we cannot dwell on how Rwandans were divided; instead, we need to put much of our focus on the root causes of such divisionism.”

She said that as leaders, they should build on the challenge presented to them by the youth, to come up with tangible solutions, by the time the country marks the 20th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which is by April next year.

In reference to Ndi Umunyarwanda initiative, Deputy Chief Justice Sylvie Zainab Kayitesi said the programme is aimed at ensuring openness among Rwandans and the ultimate goal is ensuring that all Rwandans move at the same pace in the course of development and social welfare.

The first vice president of Unity Club, Monique Nsanzabaganwa, said that the previous fora dwelt on similar topics of uniting Rwandans.

“We decided to hold this session under the topic of Ndi Umunyarwanda as a way of empowering the initiative of healing. We can only realize true healing if leaders take a journey into themselves, bring out what has been bothering them, forgive and ask forgiveness,” said Nsanzabaganwa.

Other key speakers at the two-day forum were Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi and Bishop John Rucyahana among others.

Unity Club, which was formed in 1996, is a non-profit organisation which brings together current and former senior government officials and their spouses.

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Source The New Times.

{{Police has warned illegal fishermen saying the consequences are not only high, but the risks are also costly.}}

The call comes fortnight ago after a 35-yearl-old fisherman was fatally attacked by a crocodile. Residents learnt about Joseph Ntibarikure’s death when they discovered half of his body floating on the shores of the lake the next day.

Ntibarikure had gone fishing at night to avoid an arrest.

Eastern Province Police Spokesperson Senior Superintendent Jean Marie Njangwe said Ntibarikure’s death is saddening, and warned other fishermen to avoid illegal fishing.

He advised fishermen to seek permission from authorities and also inform colleagues when they go into the waters or go with fishing with a partner.

Illegal fishing is punishable by law, he SSP Njangwe said.

source: RNP