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Author: Théophile Niyitegeka

  • 6 signs your relationship is one-sided

    {If you find most of these signs in your relationship, then your relationship is one-sided.
    }
    1. Your partner isn’t involved in anything

    Your relationship is one-sided if it’s always you responsible for making plans in the relationship. Your partner is never involved in anything.

    {{2. Your partner makes no effort to involve you }}

    Your relationship is one-sided if your partner makes no effort to involve you in his/her life despite your efforts to involve your partner in your life. Your partner tries to keep his/her life private and you don’t know much about your partner’s family and friends and your partner makes no effort to change that.

    {{3. Your partner is never there for you }}

    Your relationship is one-sided if you are always there for your partner but your partner is never there for you. Your partner is always no where to be found when you need him/her.

    {{4. You always apologize for everything }}

    Your relationship is one-sided if you always have to apologise for everything. You find yourself apologising for things you shouldn’t apologise for.

    {{5. Your partner prefers other things to you }}

    Your relationship is one-sided if your partner would rather do something else than spend time with you. Even though you love spending time with your partner, your partner doesn’t enjoy spending time with you.

    {{6. You alone initiate communication }}

    Your relationship is one-sided if it’s just you initiating communication. If you don’t call or text your partner, you will never hear from your partner even if several days have gone by.

    Source:Elcrema

  • Ntaganda goes on hunger strike

    {Bernard Ntaganda, an advocate and founder of Imberakuri political organization has announced that he will go on a hunger strike and will shift his residence to the headquarters of Rwanda Bar Association, protesting the Bar’s refusal to readmit him. }

    Three years after his release, Ntaganda has been denied rejoining Rwanda Bar Association claiming he should not be disbarred citing a precedent where other suspended advocates in 2011 were readmitted.

    Ntaganda was in 2011 sentenced to for four years having been found guilty of threatening national security, divisionism, collaborating with insurgents intending to destabilize national security and illegal demonstrations.

    After his release he sought to rejoin Rwanda Bar Association which rejected his appeal because he had been convicted and served for more than six months in jail.

    However; Ntaganda claims to be right to return to the bar association after his release. “How come a person can be barred from rejoining his profession because he has not worked for four years yet other lawyers who had been suspended in 2011 rejoined the same career,” reads part of the statement he has released.

    Ntaganda claims are based on the decision of Rwanda Bar Association of 7th July 2011 which suspended 112 lawyers including him (Ntaganda) over unpaid contribution in the association but readmitted later.

    IGIHE has tried to talk the Rwanda Bar Association officials but the efforts were futile.

    Article 6 of the law Nº 83/2013 of 11/09/2013 establishing Rwanda Bar Association in Rwanda indicates that no person can become a court advocate or execute similar tasks if he has been convicted and served six months or beyond in prison.

    Other requirements include holding at least a bachelor’s degree in law or holding a certificate from ILPD, passing the exam to join Rwanda Bar Association, free of genocide ideology, genocide involvement or related crimes.

    Bernard Ntaganda, an advocate and founder of Imberakuri political organization

  • Incessant water shortages cripple Gatonde Health Center services

    {Caretakers at Gatonde Health Center in Gakenke district have lamented incessant water shortages, saying they fetch it far from the facility a matter they claim has persisted for over five years. }

    Talking to IGIHE, the caretakers said the distance and time to water points take a big toll on their activities. “I have fetched this water from a distance that I walk for one hour from the hospital. Water shortage at this health center has persisted for long,” said Tuyishime Eugenie a parent who gave birth at the facility.

    Mukamana Mediatrice, another caretaker said: “We can’t even find water to use in swallowing pills. A caretaker here is supposed to bring a jerrycan to collect water from far distant areas. What we want is to see water availed at the health center.”

    The director of Gatonde health center, Uwingabire Edith has said that they reported the matter to Gakenke district five years ago but nothing has been done.

    “The channel water-pipe system to this health center was ravaged five years ago. We reported the matter to the district which promised a solution but nothing was done. Our cleaners use water from reservoirs in rainy season or fetch from far distant areas where caretakers collect water,” she said.

    The mayor of Gakenke district, Nzamwita Déogratias has said that they were not aware of the problem but since it has been brought to their notice they will address it.

    Established in 1938, Gatonde health center receives at least 30,000 patients per year from Mugunga, Rusasa and Janja sectors.

    Gatonde Health Center

  • MINEDUC for teacher-head count

    {The Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) has announced that it will undertake a census to establish the exact number of teachers in public schools with an aim of cleaning registers to eliminate ghost teachers. }

    The Ministry, in a statement released today, has announced that physical teacher head-counting in public and government-aided schools nationwide will commence on 10th March 2017.

    The announcement of which IGIHE has a copy reads that the census is meant to establish the exact number of teachers, calling upon them to carry their identifications, academic credentials and RSSB membership card.

    No one, the statement says, will be allowed to be represented by another person.

    Cases of inconsistencies in the teachers’ payroll and ghost degrees arose in the 2015/16 Public Service Commission report presented to parliament on 26th January 2017.

    The report revealed that Nyagatare district employed 1590 teachers but 1719 teachers receive salaries, creating as many as129 ghost teachers.

    The report also indicated that some teachers holding secondary school certificates are remunerated as university graduates.

    The Director General,Janvier Gasana.

  • 4 of 2016 Leadership Retreat resolutions executed below 75%

    {Four resolutions of the 13th leadership retreat have been executed below 75% and 10 executed above 75%.}

    This was revealed by the Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi as he presented the implementation status report of the last 13th National Leadership Retrear (NLR) to participants of the 14th NLR that kicked off 24th February 2017 in Gabiro Combat Training Center.

    According to the report from the office of Prime Minister, the 4 resolutions were implemented at above 50% but less than 75% .

    These include the resolution 2, 7,8,13 which all had challenges in their implementation.

    Resolution two (2) consisted of strengthening measures to recover embezzled public funds and fight any kind of corruption at all levels. It has faced challenges including lack of an automated system to regularly monitor public funds recovery process, revision of existing regulatory framework for recovery of embezzled public funds and mindset of institutions expecting MINIJUST to handle all the recovery of funds.

    Resolution 7 was about speeding up implementation of programs aimed at helping farmers access quality seeds and fertilizers on time; expedite programs to develop and multiply seeds locally and manufacture fertilizers and support farmers in managing water and irrigation schemes to increase productivity.

    Resolution 8 regarded the implementation of agreements between farmers and industrial operators in order to increase supply of raw materials to agro processing industries and enhance their operational capacities.

    It faced several challenges including poor agricultural research system, shortage of seeds (mainly soya, beans) and cassava cuttings; prolonged drought as effect of climate change and fraudulent operations in fertilizers distribution.

    Resolution 13 was about holding accountable people who fail to act or report cases of child abuse, especially leaders and punish parents who do not take care of their own children.

    The resolution also faced challenges including slow progress in enacting the legal frameworks (revised draft penal code) to address issues the resolution meant to address, covering up/non-reporting of Gender Based Violence (GBV) cases, lack of sufficient punitive measures for leaders and parents who are involved in child abuse or who do not take care of their children.

    The National Leadership Retreat commonly known as Umwiherero, meaning retreat, refers to a tradition in Rwandan culture where leaders convene to reflect on issues affecting their communities. The objective of these meetings is to identify solutions and commit to achieving them. Today, the concept has been adapted and refers to a gathering of the country’s senior leaders to address ongoing challenges.

    This year’s retreat puts a particular emphasis on unlocking bottlenecks that affect implementation of key government programmes and devise ways to ensure improvement in delivery of leaders’ promises. An estimated 300 leaders from Central Government, Local Government, parastatals and the private sector are in attendance.

    Umwiherero provides a unique opportunity for Rwanda’s leaders to reflect on the country’s progress and identify strategies to accelerate the delivery of national priorities.

    President Paul Kagame with Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi at the beginning of the 14th leadership retreat in Gabiro combat training center.

  • Rwanda to pilot India innovations

    {Rwanda is to host an India Innovation Growth Programme for the East African region, according to an agreement signed between the two countries on Feb. 20 in Kigali.}

    Under the agreement, the India-Rwanda Innovation Growth Program is being launched to enable India expand ties in science, technology and innovation between the two countries.

    The agreement was signed by Indian Vice President Hamid Ansari and Rwandan Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi in the Rwandan capital, Kigali.

    Ansari explained that after this pilot project in Rwanda, the programme is proposed to be implemented in the East African community in seven countries and will then be scaled up to seven other economic zones across Africa.

    Under the programme, 20 Indian technologies and innovations are to be adopted over a period of two years.

    “The programme aims at creating an ecosystem wherein Indian innovations and technology enterprises will thrive and encourage business ventures from both sides,” Ansari said.

    The vice president said it was an “exciting prospect” to see the captains of trade and industry from Rwanda stand alongside the Indian business community and innovators.
    “This portends well for the future of Rwanda-India commercial and economic relations,” he said.

    Prime Minister Murekezi attended the event organised by Rwanda Development Board, the Private Sector Federation of Rwanda and the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI).

    Ansari addressed business leaders and experts from the two countries. He said Rwanda offers a “wonderful platform” to Indian partners to enhance their presence in other parts of Africa and emphasised India was “ready to work” with partners in Rwanda and the larger African continent in “transferring our experience” in building an innovation-driven economy.

    Agreement on the India-Rwanda Innovation Growth Program is one of three agreements signed during Ansari’s visit to Kigali.

    Ansari also pledged to ensure that Indian companies subcontracted to implement the second phase of Nyabarongo Hydro Electric power project start work soon.

    Ansari arrived in Kigali with a large delegation comprising diplomats, investors, and politicians.

    The Nyabarongo II project is expected to generate 17MW of electricity at a cost of $98M.

    The agreement were negotiated when President Kagame visited India in January and met with leaders there.

    The agreements are intended to boost bilateral relations that include establishment of an entrepreneurship development centre in Kigali. According to the Memorandum of Understandings signed between Rwanda and India, Rwanda Air will soon begin services to India.

    The government of India has already approved the India-Rwanda Air Services Agreement (ASA) under which the Rwanda national carrier; RwandAir, will fly to Mumbai.

    Rwandair meanwhile has already announced its plans to launch its air services to India from the next fiscal with four flights per week to Mumbai.

    India’s Union Cabinet, which metunder by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the signing of Air Services Agreement (ASA) between India and Rwanda, an official release said on Feb. 21.

    The agreement would provide an enabling environment for enhanced and seamless connectivity while providing commercial opportunities to the carriers of both sides and ensuring greater safety and security, an official release said.

    The agreement has the potential to spur greater trade, investment, tourism and cultural exchange between India and Rwanda, bringing it in tune with developments in the civil aviation sector, it added.

    According to agreements signed in Kigali, the two countries will mutually exempt visa requirements for diplomatic and official passport holders. Rwandan Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi said the MoUs will boost economic and business ties with India.

    “We have 54 years of fruitful bilateral relationship. Rwanda and India share important ties and we are committed to make this relationship grow stronger,” Murekezi said.
    Ansari was on a five-day tour to Rwanda and Uganda.

    India Vice President Hamid Ansari with Prime Minister Anastase Murekezi during the recent visit to Rwanda.

    [Rwanda to pilot India innovations->https://www.nigeriatoday.ng/2017/02/rwanda-to-pilot-india-innovations/]

    Source:Nigeria Today

  • Malaysia to charge women for murder of Kim Jong-nam

    {Women accused of smearing VX nerve agent on North Korean leader’s half-brother officially charged in Malaysia.}

    Malaysia’s attorney general said on Tuesday the two women accused of killing the half-brother of North Korea’s leader with a nerve agent in a Kuala Lumpur airport terminal will be charged with murder.

    Police allege the women smeared VX nerve agent – a chemical on a UN list of weapons of mass destruction – on Kim Jong-nam’s face in an assault recorded on airport security cameras on February 13.

    Attorney General Mohamed Apandi Ali said Indonesian Siti Aisyah and Vietnamese Doan Thi Huong will be charged on Wednesday and would face a mandatory death sentence, if convicted.

    “They will be charged in court under Section 302 [murder] of the penal code,” Mohamed said.

    Indonesia’s deputy ambassador to Malaysia, Andriano Erwin, said on Saturday that Aisyah said she was paid $90 and repeated her previous claim that she was duped into the plot, thinking she was taking part in a prank. Huong told Vietnamese officials a similar story.

    Police have not said how the women were able to apply the nerve agent to Kim’s face and also avoid becoming ill themselves.

    Two other suspects have been arrested: a Malaysian who is out on bail and a North Korean who remains in custody.

    Asked if the North Korean will be charged, Apandi said it depends on the outcome of the investigation.

    Authorities also are seeking another seven North Korean suspects, four of whom fled the country the day of Kim’s death and are believed to be back in North Korea.

    North Korea sent a high-level delegation to Malaysia to seek the return of the body.

    The delegation includes Ri Tong-il, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the United Nations. He told reporters on Tuesday outside the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur that the diplomats were in Malaysia to seek the retrieval of the body and the release of the North Korean arrested in the case.

    Ri said the delegation also seeks the “development of friendly relationships” between North Korea and Malaysia.

    South Korean politicians said on Monday the country’s National Intelligence Service told them that four of the North Koreans identified as suspects are from the Ministry of State Security, the North’s spy agency.

    Two other suspects are affiliated with Pyongyang’s Foreign Ministry, one of the politicians alleged.

    Kim’s killing took place amid crowds of travellers at Kuala Lumpur’s airport and appeared to be a well-planned hit. Malaysian authorities say North Koreans put the deadly nerve agent VX on the hands of Aisyah and Huong, who then placed the toxin on Kim’s face.

    Malaysia has not directly accused North Korea of having masterminded the killing but is pursuing several North Korean suspects, including a diplomat at the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur.

    North Korea has repeatedly criticised Malaysia’s investigation and has not acknowledged the victim’s identity.

    Police last week identified the substance as the banned chemical weapon VX nerve agent, and Malaysia’s health minister said on Sunday the dose was so high it caused “very serious paralysis” and killed him within 20 minutes.

    Doan Thi Huong and her alleged accomplice could face the death penalty, Malaysia's attorney general said

    Source:Al Jazeera

  • Die Welt’s Deniz Yucel held for ‘terror links’

    {Deniz Yucel, who holds both Turkish and German passports, has been charged with spreading ‘terrorist propaganda’.}

    A Turkish court ordered a journalist for Germany’s Die Welt newspaper to be jailed pending a trial on charges of terrorist propaganda and inciting hatred, media reports said.

    Deniz Yucel, who has both Turkish and German citizenship, was detained on February 14 after his reports about a hacker attack on the email account of Turkey’s energy minister, Die Welt newspaper said.

    Yucel was questioned by a prosecutor in Istanbul on Monday for three hours before a judge ordered him formally arrested pending the preparation of an indictment and a trial. Die Welt confirmed that he was ordered into custody.

    Yucel, 43, joins scores of journalists who have been jailed in Turkey following a July 15 coup attempt that prompted a government crackdown on alleged anti-government activists. This has included the closure of at least 100 news outlets in Turkey.

    The private Dogan news agency said Yucel was also questioned about an interview he conducted with Cemil Bayik, a commander of the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) , as well as about articles he had written on Turkey’s policies towards the Kurds .

    Activists in Berlin demonstrated against Yucel’s detention by projecting #FreeDeniz on the Turkish embassy building in the German capital.

    The Die Welt journalist was asked whether he had any links to the hacker collective RedHack, which obtained the energy minister’s emails that were made available on WikiLeaks, Dogan reported. The energy minister, Berat Albayrak, is President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son-in-law.

    Germany’s foreign ministry said last week that Yucel’s case was of “greatest importance” for Berlin and that it would do “everything in our power to support press freedom” in Turkey.

    READ MORE: Turkey deports New York Times journalist

    In a statement, Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel criticised the move as “bitter and disappointing” and called it “disproportionate”.

    “The German government expects that the Turkish judiciary, in its treatment of the Yucel case, takes account of the high value of freedom of the press for every democratic society. We will continue to insist on a fair and legal treatment of Deniz Yucel and hope that he will soon regain his freedom,” she said.

    There had been protests in Berlin following Yucel’s detention two weeks ago and on February 19, Festival director Dieter Kosslick closed the award ceremony of the 67th annual Berlin International Film Festival by raising his fist into the air in honour Yucel in front of a photograph of him.

    On Monday, hundreds of people demanded the journalist’s immediate release on social media, tweeting under the hashtag #Freedeniz.

    Protesters called for the freedom of Yucel during a rally in the streets of Berlin

    Source:Al Jazeera

  • First tourist trip around the moon planned for 2018

    {SpaceX has announced it plans to launch two paying passengers on a tourist trip around the moon next year.}

    Two private citizens have paid money to be sent around the moon next year in what would mark the furthest humans have ever travelled to deep space, according to US tech company SpaceX.

    The United States has not sent astronauts to the moon since NASA’s Apollo missions of the 1960s and ’70s.

    “We are excited to announce that SpaceX has been approached to fly two private citizens on a trip around the moon late next year,” said a statement by the founder and chief executive of the company, Elon Musk, on Monday.

    “This presents an opportunity for humans to return to deep space for the first time in 45 years, and they will travel faster and further into the solar system than any before them.”

    The tourists, who were not named, “have already paid a significant deposit”, Musk’s statement added without specifying the amount.

    Health tests and training are going to begin later this year, he said.

    “Other flight teams have also expressed strong interest and we expect more to follow. Additional information will be released about the flight teams, contingent upon their approval and confirmation of the health and fitness test results,” Musk said.

    “It’s nobody from Hollywood,” he added.

    The space tourists will ride aboard the California-based company’s Crew Dragon capsule, which is scheduled for its first unmanned test flight later this year.

    It is based on the design currently used to send cargo to the International Space Station, with upgrades to allow for human transport.

    The capsule will launch atop SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket, which is scheduled for its first test flight this summer.

    The rocket “will be the most powerful vehicle to reach orbit after the Saturn V moon rocket”, Musk said.

    “At five million pounds of liftoff thrust, Falcon Heavy is two-thirds the thrust of Saturn V and more than double the thrust of the next largest launch vehicle currently flying.”

    The SpaceX moon journey is designed to be autonomous – unless something goes wrong, Musk told reporters in the telephone conference on Monday.

    “I think they [the tourists] are entering this with their eyes open, knowing that there is some risk here. They’re certainly not naive, and we’ll do everything we can to minimise that risk, but it’s not zero,” said Musk.

    In a statement, NASA commended SpaceX “for reaching higher”. In all, 24 astronauts have flown to the moon and 12 walked its surface from 1969 to 1972.

    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk unveils the Dragon V2 spacecraft in 2014

    Source:Al Jazeera

  • WHO says new drugs urgently needed to fight superbugs

    {As many as 10 million deaths a year could occur from drug resistant infections without new antibiotics, doctor warns.}

    New antibiotics must be developed urgently to fight a dozen dangerous families of bacteria, the World Health Organization says, describing these “priority pathogens” as the greatest threat to human health.

    Many of these bacteria have already evolved into deadly superbugs that are resistant to many antibiotics, the United Nations health agency said on Monday.

    The bugs “have built-in abilities to find new ways to resist treatment” and can also pass on genetic material that allows other bacteria to become drug-resistant, it added.

    Dr Peter Hotez, president of the Sabin Vaccine Institute, said even people with healthy immune systems are now vulnerable.

    “It turns out that just about every country on the planet now has a problem with what we call AMR – antimicrobial resistance,” Hotez told Al Jazeera.

    “This is a real wake-up call that we have three superbugs that seem to be widely resistant to antibiotics and we’re running out of tools to combat them.”

    The WHO’s assistant director-general for health systems and innovation, Marie-Paule Kieny, said it was up to governments to put in place policies to boost investment in research and development if new drugs are to be found in time.

    “Just when resistance to antibiotics is reaching alarming proportions, the pipeline is practically dry,” she told reporters in a telephone briefing.

    “If we leave it to market forces alone, the new antibiotics we most urgently need are not going to be developed in time.”

    In recent decades, drug-resistant bacteria, such as Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) or Clostridium difficile, have become a global health threat. Superbug strains of infections such as tuberculosis and gonorrhea are already untreatable.

    WHO has previously warned that many antibiotics could become redundant this century, leaving patients exposed to deadly infections and threatening the future of medicine.

    The “priority pathogens” list has three rankings – critical, high and medium – according to how urgently new antibiotics are needed.

    The critical group includes multidrug-resistant bacteria that pose a particular threat in hospitals, nursing homes, and other care facilities.

    These include Acinetobacter, Pseudomonas and various Enterobacteriaceae that can cause often deadly infections such as pneumonia and septicemia.

    “These bacteria are responsible for severe infections and high mortality rates,” Kieny said.

    “While these bacteria are not widespread and do not generally affect healthy people, the burden for patients is now alarming and new effective therapies are imperative.”

    The second and third tiers contain other increasingly drug-resistant bacteria that cause more common diseases such as gonorrhea and food poisoning caused by salmonella.

    WHO said the list is intended to spur governments to put in place policies that incentivise basic and advanced research and development.

    Tim Jinks, head of drug resistant infections at the Wellcome Trust global health charity, said that within a generation there could be up to 10 million deaths a year from drug resistant infections without new antibiotics. He said the list would be an important tool to steer research.

    “Without new medicines to treat deadly infection, lifesaving treatments like chemotherapy and organ transplant, and routine operations like caesareans and hip replacements will be potentially fatal,” Jinks said.

    WHO has listed 12 'priority pathogens' that pose the greatest threat to human health

    Source:Al Jazeera