According to Xinhua, the Minister will also visit Angola, Gabon and Sao Tome and Principe
“Over the past 20-plus years, Chinese foreign ministers have always chosen Africa as their first trip in the new year. Wang’s continuation of this tradition shows that China consistently pays great attention to China-Africa ties,” spokesperson Lu Kang said at a daily press briefing in Beijing on Tuesday.
Lu said that Wang’s visit will promote political mutual trust, strengthen mutually beneficial cooperation, and prepare for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) summit, which will be hosted by China this year.
Stocked in MAGERWA warehouses, the RMC’s Qurans and 1,444 cartons of ‘grapevine fruits’ locally known as intende, will go to auction on 28th this month.
According to the announcement from RRA, the auction is set on 28th this month at Magerwa in Gikondo, Kigali city.
Both the Qurans and grapevine fruits were from foreign donors to RMC.
RMC was reportedly informed too late about the arrival of goods, making them fail to clear taxes on time.
IGIHE heard that RMC is unable to pay the required Rwf30 million as taxes to acquire the goods.
RMC officials did not want to comment on the issue by press time.
Among other goods to be auctioned are mattresses, generators and machines, glasses and water dispensers and more commodities stocked at Magerwa and Ballore Logistics warehouses.
According to RRA, failing to clear taxes for goods in public warehouses before six months results in auction to avoid accumulating taxes and to leave space for incoming goods
The two- Week Course is attended by 24 military, police and civilian officers from Rwanda and Uganda.
The Course seeks to advance participants’ ‘knowledge and understanding of the conduct of Civil-Military Operations (CIMIC) to support stabilisation activity in African Union and the United Nations Peace Support operations.
In his remarks while opening the training, the RPA Director, Col Jill Rutaremara said Civil Military cooperation is prerequisite for attaining stabilisation in Peace Support Operations.
“Although military operations are crucial for early stabilisation, military tasks alone are not sufficient. Coordination and cooperation between the military and civil actors including the population, local authorities, non-governmental organisations and agencies in support of the mission is very crucial” he said.
He further underlined that effective CIMIC in support of mission can only be realised if peacekeepers observe and uphold human rights.
“Peacekeepers must demonstrate the highest standards of ethical and professional behaviour. A clear understanding of issues such as Sex and Gender Based Violence, Law of Armed Conflict and the UN Code of Conducts is crucial in the conduct of disciplined operations” he said.
The course is supported bythe Government of the United Kingdom (UK) through British Peace Support Team, Africa.
The Course Director David Higgins said the training is important especially for officials in charge of CIMIC in peace support operations.
“As current and future CIMIC personnel, you have a personal opportunity to make difference to the people and communities in the areas in which you serve and to the fulfilment of your mandate,” he said, adding that the training is equipping them with techniques of CIMIC to support their commanders in the pursuit of their military mission.
He promised UK continued partnership especially in Peace Support capacity building efforts in Eastern African region.
The participants expressed expectations to gain knowledge, experience and develop good cooperation in their future assignments in peacekeeping missions and reinforce skills in their role of protecting vulnerable people such as women and children during conflicts.
Organised by Rwanda Peace Academy and the British Support Team, the course will run until 19th January 2018
Pump prices increased to Rwf1,042 from Rwf1,031 and Rwf1,005 from Rwf994 per a litre of petrol and diesel respectively.
The new prices took effect on Wednesday, according to a statement signed by the regulator’s Director General, Maj. Patrick Nyirishema.
The new prices represent an increase of Rwf11 for each litre of petrol and Rwf12 for diesel going by prices that had been set in November when the tariffs had also increased by Rwf38 per a litre of petrol and Rwf40 for diesel.
RURA attributed the changes to the price increase of petroleum products on the international market.
Dr Dusabe was found seemingly stabbed to death on Monday morning in the house he was lodging in Cape Town, South Africa.
Dusabe was spending festive holidays in the country in which he had recently completed his master’s studies.
Speaking to IGIHE yesterday, the Ambassador of Rwanda in South Africa, Vincent Karega said that one suspect was arrested and expected to appear before justice on Wednesday.
Though one was arrested, Karega said that Police investigations were still underway.
Police arrested the suspect by tracking Dusabe’s car which was missing after his death.
Dr Dusabe’s death has come as a big shock and loss to the country’s health sector, according to Malick Kayumba, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Health.
“He (Dusabe) was the sole specialist in gynecologic oncology we had in the country. This is a big loss of important personnel not only to the hospital he was working for but also to the entire country’s health sector,” he told IGIHE on Tuesday.
Dusabe, 40, had been working for King Faisal Hospital since April last year.
“King Faisal Hospital is saddened to announce the death of Dr. Raymond Dusabe. The administration wishes to express its most sincere sympathies to his family during this difficult time. His work here will not soon be forgotten. He will be greatly missed. May He Rest In Peace,” the hospital tweeted on Tuesday.
He was until last year a student at Kigali Parents School in Gasabo District, the City of Kigali.
Manzi, 15, has championed the national examinations twice and plans to do it again at the next level.
Speaking to IGIHE yesterday shortly after the Ministry of Education (MINEDUC) released results of 2017 O’Level and Primary leaving examinations, Manzi could not hide his excitements.
“I and my family are extremely happy. I was the second nationwide in primary leaving examinations. I was happy and got more determined to work harder which has now resulted into sitting atop today,” expressed Manzi.
In his high school studies, Manzi has been studying on school’s scholarship due to his unwavering performance in class since he started primary school.
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According to Manzi, teachers and parents’ guidance helps him perform well in all his studies.
He said that being organised and reading many books with target to learn foreign languages, doing sports and good time management helped him excel.
“Parents have been collaborating with teachers to help me. Teachers also gave me their attention as a student who wanted to be the best performer. My values are good time management, good plans and championing to always be the best performer. Those things quite help me,” he said.
After being awarded by the school to study the whole O’Level free of charge, Manzi opted to work hard so that he would be the best performer at the national level.
Kigali Parents School head teacher, Charles Mutazihara told IGIHE that Manzi exhibited good performance since primary school, the reasonthey were optimistic that he would champion the O’Level leaving national examinations.
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“I wish to be a civil engineer. I will keep heeding parents and teachers’ guidance and I hope that I will make it,” Manzi said.
He always takes home over 90% marks in all subjects but particularly scores above 98% in Mathematics, Biology and English.
Manzi’s mother, Clementine Mukarutabana told IGIHE that his son never gets tired when working on his targets.
“At school, they nicknamed him Van Damme, (a movie star), because he strives to perform well in everything,” she said.
“He is determined, he awakes early in the morning, he has good schedule and he can’t get in bed before completing all his tasks,” she added.
Manzi emerged the best performer and was followed by Audrey Umurerwa from Mary Hills in Nyagatare District.
In Primary, Frank Mugisha from Saint André- Ruhina in Shyogwe Sector of Muhanga District emerged the bestand was followed by Schadrack Sifayake from Morning Star Bright Academy in Gatsibo District.
A total of 237,181 students sat for primary leaving examinations in 2017 while 98, 268 students sat for ordinary level examinations.
Primary schools’ results show the success rate stands at 86.3% while lower secondary schools (O’Level) succeeded at 89.9%.
At least 19 bales were intercepted in Rusumo – Kirehe District – while 200kgs others were seized from smugglers in Nyagatare District, Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Theobard Kanamugire, the Police spokesperson for the Eastern region, said.
The seized second hand clothes have since been handed over to Revenue Protection Unit (RPU) for further management, CIP Kanamugire added.
“The clothes seized in Kirehe were being smuggled through river kagera; the smugglers managed to escape leaving the bales behind after seeing marines, who were in their daily operations.
Rwanda National Police (RNP) and Tanzania Police Forces, late last year, started joint operations in river Kagera against any illegal activities conducted within or through the waters.
“Smuggling is unlawful due to its impact on the economy, its likelihood to bring into the market hazardous goods, and that’s why it’s part of the day-to-day police operations,” CIP Kanamugire said, warning of “appropriate consequences” to anyone that will be caught in such illegal acts.
Elsewhere, a woman identified as Clothilde Mwiseneza was also arrested in Rubavu District at a border post with DR. Congo, after she tried to bribe a Police officer in order to facilitate her to smuggle clothes into the country.
Smuggling of second-hand clothes has relatively increased in the past few years following the increase in taxes levied on them from $0.2 per cent to $2.5 per cent per kilogramme.
“Police has strengthened operations on major and strategic routes; that’s why we have been able to arrest many smugglers sometimes based on information we receive from the public, and seizing smuggled goods,” CIP Kanamugire said.
The 12-year old has emerged the best performer student in 2017 primary school’s national examinations.
Mugisha was studying at Saint André- Ruhina in Shyogwe Sector of Muhanga District, Southern Province.
Speaking to IGIHE shortly after the results’ release, Mugisha said that heeding to teachers’ guidance and siding with God helped him perform excellently.
“Teacher’s guidance helped me to study with the ambition to outshine. Drawing confidence from our school’s performance in the previous years, I targeted to perform well too. I was good at Mathematics at first but I also invested many efforts in other subjects,” he said.
He said he liked Mathematics highly but one of his teachers urged him to concentrate on other subjects and seek help from parents in case he failed to understand anything.
Mugisha’s father Nsengiyumva is a businessman while her mother Providence Umutesi is a teacher. Both parents said that Mugisha has always studied hard and appeared among the best two students in class since he started primary school.
The Director of Education in Muhanga District, Claude Sebashi commended Saint André- Ruhina primary school’s teachers on their commitment to offering quality education which resulted in having the best performer at the national level.
In 2015, four students from Saint André- Ruhina primary school made it on the list of best 12 nationwide and one student from the school took the fourth position nationally in 2016.
The results released by the Ministry of Education on Tuesday, Frank Mugisha emerged the best in primary and was followed by Schadrack Sifayake from Morning Star Bright Academy in Gatsibo District.
In secondary school’s ordinary level, Josyln Karenzi Manzi from Kigali Parents School in Gasabo District emerged the best performer and was followed by Audrey Umurerwa from Mary Hills in Nyagatare District.
A total of 237,181 students sat for primary leaving examinations in 2017 while 98, 268 students sat for ordinary level examinations.
Primary schools’ results show the success rate stands at 86.3% while lower secondary schools (O’level) succeeded at 89.9%.
Kayiranga who has now spent three days in custody has been working for Volcano Express in Burundi.
She is detained at Muyinga based Police Commissariat in North-East of Burundi.
Chief Operations Officer at Volcano Express, Agaba Andrew Japhet said that Kayiranga was arrested by Burundi’s intelligence body accusing her of being a Rwandan intelligence.
He said that following her arrest, Volcano Express management through their employees in Burundi held talks with Burundi Police. It is expected that Kayiranga will be released and sent back to Rwanda by today (Tuesday).
“She was arrested because she is a Rwandan as it has often happened to Rwandans over there. We have discussed with Burundian officials through our employees working from there and we expect her today in the country but we are yet to know the border they will use,” he said.
The relations between Rwanda and Burundi strained in 2015 when Rwanda was accused of supporting a coup attempt against Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza. Rwanda rejected the accusations.
Primary schools’ results show the success rate stands at 86.3% while lower secondary schools (O’level) succeeded at 89.9%.
Combining primary and high schools’ ordinary level, 55.1% girls and 44.9% boys sat for exams last year. Generally, girls represent 55.5% of the success rate, leaving 44.5% to boys.
In primary schools, the best performer at national level is Frank Mugisha Nsengiyumva from Muhanga District while Josyln Karenzi Manzi from Gasabo District emerges the best performer in O’level.
In primary, boys performed better in all subjects whereas girls dominated in the category of best performing students in all subjects in O’level to the extent one boy appears among seven best overforming girls.
While unveiling the results on Tuesday, the State Minister for Primary and Secondary Education, Dr. Isaac Munyakazi said that good performance is attributed to the number of students who attend schools. He said attending schools has become an obligation and right among Rwandans.
He said that sensitization has contributed enough in raising the number of students who sit for national examinations.
In primary, 5.2% of students are in the first category with girls representing 43.9% whereas boys take 56.1%. In O’level, 11.14% are in the first category with 38.07% of girls and 61.93% of boys. Generally, girls represent 52.05% whereas boys occupied 47.95% of the success rate.
