Meteo Rwanda said that between the 21st and 31st of August 2020 in Rwanda, rainfall is expected to be between 0 mm and 15 mm.
Rainfall of between 10 and 15 mm is expected in Musanze district, a small part of Burera bordering Musanze, Nyabihu district in areas bordering Musanze, Gakenke and Ngororero districts.
It is also expected to cover a large part of Ngororero district bordering Musanze, in Muhanga district near Ngororero and Nyabihu, a small area of Gakenke near Nyabihu, and a section of Nyamagabe near Nyamasheke.
Rainfall of between 1 and 5 mm is expected in Nyagatare and Gatsibo districts, parts of the Southern Province, north in Rulindo and Gicumbi districts. It will also rain in Gasabo in the vicinity of Rulindo and in Nyarugenge district in the vicinity of Kamonyi.
Rains between 0 and 1 are expected in other parts of the Eastern Province and in Kigali City.
Meteo Rwanda said it was clear that the expected rainfall was to be generally very low.
The school continues its program of teaching and educating students with their E-Learning program. It is reassuring to parents whose student will be attending classes, as they are equipped with the most advanced technology.
The school also announced that they will be opening branches in the Great Lakes region and that its E-Learning program allows anyone and anywhere in the world to attend classes without hindrance.
The school has professional and trained teachers; is a school that uses the French program in Nursery and English Cambridge program in primary and secondary schools.
A student graduating in the Mother Mary International School Complex is awarded an English General Certificate of Secondary Education (IGCSE), and a B2 French Diploma (Diploma d’Etudes en Langue Français). He is also graduating from A’Level High School at the end of his 12th year, which is open to the world’s largest universities.
The principal of the school told IGIHE that the E-Learning program was intensified after seeing the effects of the coronavirus.
“Mother Mary’s administration, seeing that the children have stopped studying because of Covid-19, immediately set up an online learning program so that they do not lose out all year. They had already studied for a semester and a half, and they immediately went on to finish the second and third semesters of the year and now they are on vacation. So now we are starting a new year in September,” the principal said
The Principal also called on parents of the children who study at the school and those who want to register their children.
Enrolling a new student is done online. Go to the school website www.mothermary.rw and start the registration process and be explained step by step.
The registration fee is 10,000Frw paid to BK (Bank of Kigali) using the account number found on the school website. After paying the tuition fee, the parent gives the child a computer with internet access. The school will then connect the student with the teacher who will be supervising them, allowing them to study from home.
For any more information, call +250788229642 or +250783697068.
These new cases were from 6402 test samples taken in the past 24 hours since the last updated.
The Ministry statement mentioned that among the new cases, 164 were found in Kigali from mass testing in Kigali market, while Rusizi recorded 29 new cases from testing in high risk groups. Meanwhile, Rubavu had 5 new cases and Huye recorded 2.
The statement also mentions that the day saw only one recovery bringing the number of recoveries to 1755.
Since the first case was recorded in Rwanda, 368244 sample tests have been taken; the country has recorded so far 3089 confirmed cases of COVID-19, of which 1322 are still active cases.
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 to comply with government regulations, especially with frequent washing of hands and water and soap, wearing masks when leaving home or in public.
The suspects are Pastor Munyankindi Landouard who was arrested on August 16, 2020, Deacon Mugabarigira Narcisse arrested on August 18, and Nzabonimpa Crysostome arrested on August 19, 2020, all detained at Nyamabuye RIB Station.
RIB spokesperson, Dr. Thierry Murangira confirmed the arrest.
“They face prosecution for hiding evidence and and information about the Genocide. The arrests are related to the bodies of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi found during the construction of a water reservoir at the ADEPR / Gahogo church.”
“Before they built the church they found the bodies, removed and hid them. The bodies were however recently found as technicians were repairing the tank.”
The airline made the statement on their tweeter account saying the decision was taken in order to curb the spread of the new coronavirus.
“Rwandair wishes to inform the general public that delivery of physical documents (letters, invoices, and other correspondence) is temporarily suspended effective 20 August until further notice in order to curb the spread of COVID-19.”
RwandAir explained that all sorts of correspondence will be done via email.
On August 1, 2020, RwandAir resumed flights after 134 days of suspension due to the Coronavirus Pandemic. RwandAir’s first flight destination was to Dubai.
Chief Inspector of Police (CIP) Hamdun Twizeyimana, the Police spokesperson of the Eastern region, said information about fraud was reported by a resident.
“Sacks of minerals were covered with cabbages in an attempt to distract security,” said CIP Twizeyimana.
He added: “Fortunate enough, residents who saw Twerekane loading the minerals had already called the Police to report the fraud as well as details on the suspect, the vehicle and the route he was using. Police trailed and intercepted him, and seized the minerals.”
It is alleged that Twerekane had been hired by another suspected illegal mineral dealer to smuggle the minerals from Matimba to Kicukiro District in City of Kigali.
CIP Twizeyimana acknowledged the role of the public in fighting fraud and lawlessness in general.
Article 54 of the law on mining and quarry operations states that; “any person, who undertakes mineral or quarry exploration, exploitation, processing or trading without a license commits an offence.”
Upon conviction, the offender is liable to imprisonment for a term of between two and six months and a fine of not less than Rwf1 million and not more than Rwf5 million or only one of these penalties.
The court also orders confiscation of any seized minerals or quarry in storage, trading or processing without a license.
A statement from the Ministry on August 20, 2020 did not reveal details on the identity of the deceased patient.
“Condolences to the family of 42-year old Rwandan who died,” reads the statement.
On the same day, the country recorded 73 new cases including 48 in Kigali and 14 in Rusizi specifically in high-risk groups and the recently closed markets. Rubavu closed the list with 11 new cases.
This brought the total confirmed cases to 2717 and 1,001 active cases. Recoveries have increased to 1,705 including 7 patients that were discharged in the last 24 hours.
The return comes after Rwanda has made it clear that it was not against the repatriation of Burundian refugees who have been in Rwanda since 2015. It was agreed by the three parties that the UNHCR will facilitate the process.
According to Elise Villechalane, the UNHCR spokesperson for Rwanda, the first batch will depart in just over a week. A hotline was set up for refugees to voluntarily call and express the desire to return home and they are added on the list.
“We have put in place a hotline that Refugee can call and express their wish to return and they can also approach directly UNHCR staff who are everyday in the field,”
“Only those who voluntarily and individually express their wish to return will be considered for voluntary repatriation,” Villechalane said.
“Once we have the list of people who would like to return, then we will organize together with UNHCR, Burundi and the Rwandan government and their transport and once in Burundi, they will be welcomed,” Villechalane added.
When in Burundi, the refugees will go through the transit centre for registration and get also their integration package, which will include a lumpsum for their transportation to their area of return while UNHCR will continue monitoring other resettlement processes.
Following the meeting in Kigali, the Burundian officials said the government needed to prepare locations where the refugees will be received.
Rwanda is currently the third country with the largest number of Burundian refugees, with about 72,000; it comes right after Tanzania and DR Congo. Many of these fled the 2015 political turmoil that gripped the country after the late President Nkurunziza decided to extend his mandate.
UNHCR counts more than 430,000 Burundian refugees in: Tanzania (164,873), DR Congo (103,690), Rwanda (72,007), Uganda (48,275), Kenya (13,800), Mozambique (7,800), Malawi (8,300), South Africa (9,200) and Zambia (6,000) by the end of June 2020.
The development was announced on Wednesday where a Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Rwanda Writers Federation and UNESCO in Rwanda.
Richard Ategekimana, head of the Rwanda Writers’ Union, said that the MoU will improve the quality of books in Rwanda and the lives of writers in general.
Ategekimana said that the main focus will be on training writers, sponsoring writers ’books, working together to develop writers’ projects, and working together to promote the culture of writing and reading books.
UNESCO Secretary General in Rwanda Albert Mutesa said that the agreement would help them work with the Writers’ Union, especially as cultural development is one of the responsibilities of the organization it represents.
The Rwanda Writers’ Union was created to bring together book authors in Rwanda and to come up with projects that will help them develop a profitable publishing industry.
The association is composed of organizations including the Rwanda Writers Organization, Rwanda Authors for Change Organization, and the Rwanda Young Writers Organization.
In its second-quarter report, Kaspersky estimated that 2,023,501 attacks were carried out in South Africa, Kenya, Egypt, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Ethiopia from April to June 2020.
The cybercriminals used a variety of methods, for instance, you might be using the internet and misleading you to another site, showing you that there is something you need to look at, asking you to include his or her profile, which can then be used to steal.
This information may include the confidential information you use in financial services such as bank accounts, debit cards, or the number of passwords you use on social media.
This opens the way for theft of money, or disrupted communications.
Kaspersky said South Africans had the highest number of such attacks as 616,666 in the three months, followed by Kenya (514,361), Egypt (492,532), Nigeria (299,426), Rwanda (68,931) and Ethiopia (31,585).
RIB recently announced that during the lockdown set up due to COVID-19, normal thefts have decreased, but cyber-crimes have risen.
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) Secretary-Genera, Rtd Col Ruhunga Jeannot said the figures show that cybercrime has risen by over 50%.
