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{{As the war between M23 rebels and the DRC army continues, the commander of the Armed Forces of DRC FARDC 1072nd battalion based in Kaziba in Walungu territory in South Kivu, Lt. Col. John Kasisira has deserted with his escort.

Lt. Col. Kasisira is a former CNDP fighter. He deserted thecongolese army on Wednesday 1 August.}}

Meanwhile, Mai Mai rebels attacked the Congolese towns of Lubiriha and Kasindi Thursday night and the fighting has gone on till Friday morning.

This has led to a massive fleeing of Congolese people into Uganda following heavy artillery from the Congolese side.

Mai-Mai militia group has also killed two unidentified Congolese soldiers this Friday, August 3rd during a raid on a camp of the Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC), in the town of Kasindi (Eastern Province) close to the border with Uganda.

Local sources say a policeman on duty at the Savings Bank of Congo (CADECO) was disarmed by the militia who took his gun.

The first sector commander Armed Forces of DRC (FARDC) in Beni, Col. Eric Rurihombere confirmed the attack adding that one soldier had been wounded.

Col. Rurihombere however, said calm had returned to the area as businesses had opened their doors despite the closure of the administrative office of the locality.

After their attack, the militia are said to have retreated to the hills of Kalemie 6km northeast of the town of Kasindi.

{{On Wednesday, Rwanda National Police arrested Elie Munyazikwiye 31, with six counterfeited currency notes of 5000 Rwandan francs while going to deposit the money at Banque Populaire in Gakenke.}}

The suspect is being held at Gakenke Police station to pave way for investigations.

Meanwhile such cases have been reported across other parts of the country. In July Police in Nyagatare District arrested a Emmanuel Nsengiyumva 27, with Rwf. 350,000 in fake notes and Ugandan currency worth Sh 20,000. He was arrested in Nyamiyonga Cell, Musheri Sector, after a tip off from residents.

Four people were arrested with counterfeit local and international currency amounting to Rwf 2.1 million and US$ 200 dollars.

The four included; Seleman Nyagisaza, 56, Joseph Misago, 43, Suleiman Byaruhanga, 37, and Florentine Murekatete, 29.

The fake local currency was in denominations of Rwf 5,000, Rwf 2,000 and Rwf 1,000 notes. The dollars were in US$100 notes.

{{What women want from a relationship is really quite simple.
Besides the meaning of life and many other confusing facts, more than one man has questioned “what exactly do women want?”}}

Women are complex creatures, different from men but they are not exactly the great mystery that men often make them out to be. Here are the things women really care about in a relationship:

{{Respect:}}A man has to show through his actions that he respects his woman’s opinions, career, interests, friends, body and mind. He doesn’t have to agree with all she does or says but instead he has to try to honor her opinions as valuable contributions.

All a woman wants is to be treated the way her partner would like to be treated. To be honest, fair, kind and considerate.

{{Romance:}} treat your woman as your girlfriend even after she’s become your wife. Date nights, adventure, travelling and all of the things that made her fall in love with you don’t have to stop just because now there are bills to pay, a house to be cleaned, kids to be taken care of. Bring flowers for no reason even the flowers from your garden are enough to make her smile.

{{Time:}} relationships can’t be all wine and roses. Simply making the time to be with her and treating her like your top priority says “love” more than all the fancy gifts and lovely letters. Giving her your time includes helping around the house. Realities of a 21st century relationship are that both partners probably work.

{{Dinner:}} you may not be good at cooking and you may not know how to boil water but greeting her at the door after a long day with a bowl of fruits or whatever you can wrestle up. It makes her happy because it shows that you have been thinking about her and her hectic day.

{{Communication: }} women are vocal creatures. She knows that you love her but it is nice to hear you say it too. She can also be insecure, she wishes she wasn’t but the reality is that she often notices her wobbly thighs and forgets about her gorgeous eyes, so let her know when you think she is hot and beautiful, it helps her feel good.

Words of appreciation aren’t half bad either; tell her you love her recipes. It doesn’t have to be over the top, just let her know that you see the effort she puts in and you are grateful.

{{Consistency:}} being consistent doesn’t mean being boring and predictable. It means that she knows you will give her the love and support she needs. Knowing that you are coming at this with the same desires and energy as she is goes a long way to making her feel secure.

{{Engagement:}} this is not about the “I am getting married in the morning” kind. It is about you showing interest in her passions, career, sport or hobby. Listen when she talks to you, it also means paying attention to the little things.

{{Humor and humility:}} These two go hand in hand. This doesn’t mean that you have to crack jokes or entertain her but just being able to laugh at yourself is enough. Guys who take themselves seriously bring everyone down.

{{Challenge:}} not the kind that makes a relationship constant work but the good kind that surprises and motivates her to do, to be or to achieve what she desires.

Studies show that partners who prod each other to meet goals in other words don’t support lazy or bad habits, are ultimately happier than those who don’t hold each other accountable.

{{FDLR rebels are reported to have on Tuesday taken control of the easter part of the Virunga park on the Drcongo side.}}

A statement released by the Congolese Wildlife Authority (ICCN) says, “ This is very worrying, because our relationship with the FDLR is not good.”

It adds that the FDLR are a violent militia group from Rwanda largely made up of combatants most of whom are responsible for the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda .

The statement further notes, “Most of the our 12 rangers who were killed last year were killed during attacks on our positions by the FDLR.”

It is said the military advances by the M23 rebels in the past few days has caused the Congolese military to withdraw, but the M23 have not advanced as much as the military have fled, and the empty ground in between is being filled by militia groups.

Many of those areas are in the park, and park rangers have remained to protect it. We currently have 40 rangers at Lulimbi, which is on the border with Uganda, and protects the Ishasha Valley.

It’s a tremendously important area for elephant migrations with Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, as well as for its hippo and other large mammal populations.

We can’t afford to abandon this area, but the rangers are now cut off because the FDLR occupy the nearby fishing settlement of Nyakakoma.

They’re low on ammunition and rations. Yesterday morning we received news that a column of FDLR were advancing to attack our rangers at Lulimbi.

{{Rwandan Journalists have been urged to mobilise people from the East African community senstising them about advantages of regional integration.}}

The call was made at the secretariat general of east African community (EAC) while meeting with journalists at a press conference held in Kigali 1st August 2012.

The summit aimed at mobilising Journalists from different media institutions in Rwanda to use their media channels to publish regional intergration material and informing the regional citizens about acheivements of integration and the interest they will get in future.

Owora Richard othieno, the head of corporate communication and public affairs department at the EAC secretariat, Arusha, said the regional body targets media because of vast pemetration and reach a large audience.

Owora recommended that in order to facilitate Journalists to report about what they are aware, the EAC secretariat will provide more training on them.

Sarafina Flavia responsible for explaining the interest of EAC in Rwanda, told IGIHE that when Rwanda joined the east African community in 2007, different ways have been used in providing trainings to the people on advantages of integration.

Sarafina noted that this august, the secretariat is planning to supply documents to the community, indicating achievements and future targets.

The 5th press summit which will take place here at Kigali from 9th to 10th august , will be attended by both the east African community secretariat and east African business council to engage in an annual forum, media owners ,chief executive officers of media houses, media executives ,publishers ,editors, prominent media personalities ,and the practioners in the region on integration issues.

{{A family has been ejected out of their house(Chez John) because their own child swindled money in the name of family when he issued a cheque to withdraw money from family company account.

It all started when Nzeyimana Johnson 35, gave a non provisional cheque of Frw36 Million to one Kabonara Ramathan and he escaped.}}

Nzeyimana was not owner of the cheque, it was a cheque of a family company called Society Export World furniture represented by his father Kanimba John.

After Ramathan found that, it was a non provisional cheque, he decided to go to court Nzeyimana Johnson was convicted and sentenced to four years in Jail and ordered to pay a fine of Frw36 Million which was on that cheque.

After the court decision, Nzeyimana escaped so they decided to take his father’s properties.

A family lawyer Karangwa Vincent who defend the family in court says that the properties sold in auction has nothing to do with the business of Nzeyimana and those who accuse him.

Murekatete Matilde, wife to Kanimba John says that the decision of the court was wrong.

“For three months they always postponed the trail. The family company has nothing to do with this case. The company was not convicted.

The court decision to auction family property was unlawful moreover at a very low price of Frw420 Million instead of more than Frw1 Billion.”

Murekatete says, the family had always been intimidated.

Murekatete says that family requested court to ask Ramathan what kind of agreement was between him and their son in their business.

Niyomwungeri François who lives in German but who is now in Rwanda during one month said that among properties sold was his house with equipments he used in his business, and a plot.

He said that he doesn’t understand the reason why, they confused his properties and the one of Kanimba.

Court bailiff in Nyamirambo Kagamme k.Alexis said that the prosecutor accuses Nizeyimana Johnson, the plaintiff is Kabonera Ramathan the accused is Society Expo World furniture represented by Kanimba Jean.

The court received a claim of prosecutor and the claim of those who claim about their properties (plaintiff ) but the court did not acknowledge the claim of Kazungu who defend the society Expo World furniture because he doesn’t provide sufficient explanations to the case.

Based on the fact that, the society was owned by Family members, and both Nizeyimana and his father were allowed to use the same Bank account, the court decided Nizeyimana is guilty of giving a non provisional cheque.

In particular Nizeyimana is the one who was in charge of many activities of the family company.

Kanimba is requested by the court to refund Frw34 Million to Kabonera with acruing benefits and give him Frw36,680,000.

{{A Business Student at Umutara Polytechnic in Nyagatare is being held by Police for dumping her own baby in a latrine. The baby had just been born hours earlier , Police has reported.}}

Chantal Kabanyana was arrested on Monday. She is said to have given birth to a baby boy on Monday at around 3:00 PM and dumped it in a pit latrine.
Kabanyana has been pursuing a bachelor’s degree in business administration at Umutara Polytechnic University.

According to Police source in Nyagatare, residents close to the suspect’s home heard a strange screaming. Later they traced the noise to a pit latrine where they immidiately retrieved the baby.

Police arrived to intervene at the crime scene after getting notified by a resident in the area. Police rushed both the suspect and the baby to Nyagatare Hospital for medical attention.

However, the baby died six hours later. The medical report revealed that it had problems with in the respiratory places as maggots were found in its throat and nose.

Kabanyana Confessed to the crime but claimed she never intended to terminate the life of her baby. “I went to the toilet to ease myself as usual but did not intend to lose my child,” she narrated.

Police spokesperson Superintendent Theos Badege condemned the crime as unacceptable and unbelievable.

If found guilty, Kabanyana will be sentenced between one to three years behind bars and pay a fine between Frw 50,000 to Frw 200,000 according to the new Rwandan penal code.

{{Col Gaddafi’s son has said he wants to be put on trial in The Hague, rather than in his home country, his lawyers have said.}}

“I am not afraid to die but if you execute me after such a trial you should just call it murder and be done with it,” Saif al-Islam was quoted by lawyers as saying.

Saif al-Islam said if he was executed after a trial in Libya then it would be tantamount to murder, according to documents submitted to the International Criminal Court.

The 40-year-old is being held by militia in the city of Zintan.

He has been indicted by the ICC for crimes against humanity.

Libya’s interim government has so far refused to hand him over for trial in the Netherlands, where the international court is based, arguing that he should face justice in his own country.

In June, a team sent by the ICC were arrested after meeting Saif al-Islam, and held for more than three weeks.

{{Fuel Prices have been adjusted effetive today.

According to a statement issued by The Minister of Trade and Industry, the general general public is informed that with effect from Wednesday 1st August 2012, the prices of the following petroleum products shall be as follows;}}

The Kigali base price for Super must not exceed 970 RWF per litre;

The Kigali base price for Diesel must also not exceed 970 RWF per litre.

The statement signed 31st July 2012, further says that reduction in fuel prices is mainly due to the reduction in oil prices on the international market in the last two months.

{{Police is looking for a man who is suspected to have murdered his roommate last night at Nyarutarama surburb commonly refered to as ‘bannyahe’,Remera.}}

Munyeshuri Theogene was aged between 25 and 30. He was found dead in a rented house. The roommate of the victim also whom area residents say was in the same age group has already vanished.

The Cell leader Valence Twagirimana, told IGIHE that residents noticed smoke from the house and came to offer help only to find a dead body covered with burning clothes.

Twagirimana said that the suspected murderer only identified as Emmanuel had been around the house upto 10:00 Am.

Police was notified and later arrived at the scene of crime with an ambulance and discovered exibits including, a Machette stained with blood.

The body of Munyeshuri was transported an unidentified hospital for postmoterm. The Body was found to have been hacked by the neck.

Emmanuel and his slain room mate had been involved in hawking roasted groundnuts—a popular business around city surburbs.

Both hailed from Cyangugu to start business in Kigali to earn a living.