The New Times Rwanda
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- How you can use The New Times' Readers platform
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- 3:05
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- 6 years ago
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- Weekly review | Nyaruguru ranks first in Imihigo 2019-2020 | genocide suspect Mugenzi arrested
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- 3:02
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of four stories that trended most between 26-01/10/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Ambassadors of Christ's Sarah on her solo music career
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- 3:07
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- 6 years ago
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- Popular Rwandan choir, Ambassadors of Christ, has for the longest time been family for Sarah Sanyu Uwera, one of its lead vocalists.
In 2018, when the singer married the love of her life, her performance of the song, ‘Mukunzi’, a dedication to her husband, went viral.
It was then that she realised she had underestimated her talent and needed to do more with it.
The singer assures her fans that even if she succeeds as a solo singer she has no intentions of leaving the choir.
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- Miss Africa , 2020 Calabar fell in love with Rwanda
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- 5:33
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- 6 years ago
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- Inside Kenneth Nkusi’s coffee waste-inspired art gallery
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- 4:18
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- 6 years ago
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- While paint remains a common material for the majority of visual artistes in their everyday life, using coffee wastes in each of his paintings has made Kenneth Nkusi find himself in a world of his own.
He now takes credit for using his creative mind and see the beauty of this waste of coffee coming to life in a very artistic form in each of his paintings. It is now the main material out of which he explores the beauty in a painting.
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- BK Basketball National League Final Games Highlights
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- 2:31
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- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season.
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- BK Basketball National League Semifinals Highlights
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- 2:15
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- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season.
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- Rwanda ready for AfroBasket qualifiers — Ferwaba’s Mugwiza
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- 7:59
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- 6 years ago
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- Meet Rwanda's rising female cyclists
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- 4:36
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- 6 years ago
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- Roaming through Bugesera District, you’ll notice many women who are casually doing something considered ‘a man’s thing’ — riding a bicycle. A woman riding a bicycle, sometimes with a baby in her back, is a common sight here.
In the same district, a bicycle is one of the resources given to a couple to take to the new home before marriage.
It is here that Serge Gasore, a former athlete, noticed the enthusiasm of cycling among women and opted to start a team of female cyclists; the “Bugesera Women Cycling Team”.
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- BK Basketball National League Day 4 Highlights
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- 1:44
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- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season.
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- BK Basketball National League Day 3 Highlights
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- 2:53
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season
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- BK Basketball Nation League Day 2 Highligts
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- 3:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season.
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- BK Basketball National League Day 1 Highlights
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- 1:54
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Basketball is the first major sport to resume the league since the halting of sports activities in March due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
After seven months of no sporting competitions due to Covid-19, basketball action resumes this Sunday, October 18, as the BK Basketball National League looks to conclude its 2019/20 season.
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- Gvt approves growing of cannabis in Rwanda| Ex-minister sentenced 7 years in jail || Weekly review
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- 4:17
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- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 12-18/10/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Public transport operators start carrying sitting passengers at full capacity
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- 1:23
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- 6 years ago
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- On Thursday, October 15, RURA announced new public transport tariffs after the government recently lifted restrictions on public transportation, allowing buses to fill all their seats and at least 50 per cent of the standing passengers.
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- Rwandan varsities reopen after six months of closure
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- 4:46
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- 6 years ago
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- How BPR has supported the expansion of public transport sector
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- 2:23
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- 6 years ago
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- Meet 22 year old Mutesi, Rwanda's most outstanding teacher for 2020
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- 8:49
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- 6 years ago
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- Christine Mutesi, 22, was recently awarded as the country's most outstanding teacher for 2020.
Alongside a certificate of recognition she was also given a tablet, brand new taxi moto and a cow.
Mutesi, who currently teaches at GS Nyaruguru, Ruhango District, becomes the first youngest teacher to ever win the country-wide award.
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- RDF parades 19 armed Burundians| Monnet-Paquet called-up in Amavubi squad || Weekly review
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- 4:23
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 05-11/10/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Kevin Monnet-Paquet is the solution Amavubi have been looking for — Vincent Mashami
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- 4:54
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- 6 years ago
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- Vincent Mashami, head coach of the national football team Amavubi, is confident that forward Kevin Monet-Paquet will make instant impact when he makes his debut for Rwanda next month.
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- How two students started laundry business from their savings
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- 3:34
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Covid-19 has seen many students redundant at home, but two friends, Anastasie Umutoniwase and Mia Benitha Iradukunda, aged 20 and 22 respectively, decided they were going to use the time to their advantage.
The two went from just being high school friends, to housemates and eventually business partners.
In September, they began conducting business, ‘Home Delivery Laundry’, at their home. In order to get clients, they market their services through social media, while friends and family help in spreading the word.
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- Karongi and MuganzaTea Factory proudly financed by BPR
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- 2:40
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Eden Farm Limited proudly financed by BPR
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- 2:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Rusesabagina's bail appeal dismissed| Mineduc warns against schoolfees increase|| news review
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- 4:31
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 28-04/09/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Meet the maker of a special portrait of President Kagame with his granddaughter
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- 2:02
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- BPR finances completion of African Leadership University (ALU) campus
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- 1:33
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- BPR finances completion of University of Tourism, Technology and Business Studies (UTB) campuses
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- 3:12
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- 6 years ago
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- K’Ru on showcasing Africa’s heritage through music and art
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- 4:24
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- 6 years ago
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- In 2018, Kevin Rugamba, a.k.a K’Ru, founded Pineapple Undertones, as a fascination for African music. Overtime, the concept has grown to an edutainment platform that seeks to uncover, explore and promote African musical traditions by preserving its past and documenting its present for Africans to take greater ownership of its future.
He has also explored art with graphic designs, designing flyers, a skill he was very deliberate about developing in the past couple of years.
As a community and cultural lead at the African Leadership University, he had the opportunity to co-curate the murals at the university’s new campus that depict various forms of African heritage and culture.
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- Outgoing UNDP boss reflects on his five-year service in Rwanda
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- 5:45
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- It's an emotional moment for me. I often tell people that it's not just five years of work, it's five years of your life. And those five years for me have been five incredible years, I felt so much love, so much warmth from the Rwandese people, and that letter was just a way for me to say thanks for welcoming me, thanks for making me feel so at home and feel so much like a brother.
#StephenRodriques
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- Rwanda Celebrates World Heart Day
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- 4:09
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- 6 years ago
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- Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is one of the leading killer disease, causing 17.9 million deaths worldwide, according to WHO.
In Rwanda, around 40 per cent of deaths are caused by non-communicable diseases (NCDs), with 14.1 percent of the NCDs being heart disease.
The triggers, which manifest primarily as heart attacks and strokes, are tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and the harmful use of alcohol. These in turn show up in people as raised blood pressure, elevated blood glucose and overweight and obesity.
World Heart Day is celebrated worldwide, on September 29, of every year.
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- New dates for CHOGM2021 announced|Rusesabagina challenges the decision to remand him|Weekly Review
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- 4:35
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- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 21-27/09/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Rosine Micomyiza: The rise of a basketball star
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- 2:19
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- In most African countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa, women’s basketball is undeniably lagging behind. It is actually rare to find countries with active women leagues in this particular sport.
On the local scene, here in Rwanda, basketball for women is fairly competitive, and as far as the region is concerned, the country is not faring badly.
Though it is not at the level of men’s basketball, there are some trailblazing women defying the odds and showcasing what they can do in the sport.
Point guard Rosine Micomyiza is one of those women making a difference and inspiring the next generation in the game. The 25-year old captains local side the Hoops Rwanda and was part of the milestones they registered last year as the won the Heroes Cup and finished second in the league.
Having played in the local league and also outside Rwanda, Micomyiza has a story to tell as one of the most sought after female basketballers in the country.
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- Juno Kizigenza speaks on his new song || promising music journey || mentor Bruce Melodie
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- 3:18
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Rwanda received 40 ambulances from the Kingdom of Belgium
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- 2:15
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- “This gesture will boost Rwanda's sustainable development agenda for the socio-economic welfare of its people. In addition, it brings a benefit to the work in progress to ensure Universal Health Coverage.” Minister Ngamije said.
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- Meet Clarisse Uwayo, a rising Taekwondo star
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- 2:59
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- At a young age, Clarisse Uwayo once watched people perform taekwondo and she immediately fell in love with the martial sport. In 2013, she decided to be part of the team in Rwanda.
Over the years, the 22-year-old has improved from the white belt and currently has a second degree black belt in taekwondo.
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- Kigali Car free day is back
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- 5:51
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- 6 years ago
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- After a six-month wait, people of all ages ushered into streets across Kigali as the Car Free Day finally returned on Sunday, September 20 following the Ministry of Sports’ announcement a week before.
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- PSG academy to begin operations in Rwanda | Rusesabagina remanded for 30 days| News Weekly Review
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- 4:14
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- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 14-20/09/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- Gender gaps in the private sector: What's PSF doing?
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- 4:37
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- 6 years ago
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- In partnership with the Gender Monitoring Office (GMO) and two UN agencies, Rwanda’s Private Sector Federation (PSF) has embarked on an initiative to eradicate rampant gender gaps which remain rampant in different industries.
Driven by a four-year Gender Mainstreaming Strategy, the programme dubbed Gender Equality Seal the campaign intends to help private companies lay out a gender-responsive work environment.
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- Rusesabagina's case file sent to prosecution|Tentative dates for Tour du Rwanda| weekly news review
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- 3:37
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- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 07-13/09/2020. For more details on these stories and many others, visit @newtimes.co.rw
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- Jacques Tuyisenge: ‘I had my best moments at Gor Mahia’ ll memorable goal against Everton
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- 6:29
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- 6 years ago
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- Jacques Tuyisenge is renowned footballer in this generation. the striker is celebrated locally, but also regionally - particularly in Kenya where his career experienced a resurgence with extraordinary goal scoring exploit.
Since leaving the Rwanda premier League for Kenya in February 2016, 28 year old has registered a number of accomplishment to his name, among which he stands written in Gor Mahia's story books as the leading foreign goal scorer of all time at club.
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- Kezem: Telling the Rwandan story through fashion
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- 4:00
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- As a young boy, Emmanuel Keza watched his mother go about her tailoring business. Today, the 23-year-old is the founder of Kezem, a local fashion brand that expresses his love for the Rwandan culture.
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- Survivors of FLN attacks recall atrocities, call for justice
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- 14:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The latest person to be arrested for allegedly being linked to these attacks is Paul Rusesabagina.
National Liberation Front (FLN) rebels have been accused of being behind these attacks. On this note, last year, the former spokesperson of the terror group, Callixte Nsabimana, pleaded guilty to all the charges against him, claiming that he ordered attacks on public installations and security organs.
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- Special Olympics: Sangwa explains the newly launched Unified Champion Schools programme
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- 1:35
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Special Olympics Rwanda, an organization that engages children and adults with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities into sports has recently received support worth 650,000 USD from the Sheikh Mohamed the King of Abu Dhabi.
With the support, they have recently launched the Unified Champion Schools (UCS), a model that aims to promote social inclusion of students with and without intellectual disabilities in their schools, through inclusive sport activities.
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- KIAC: 7 years of Promoting Arbitration and other Alternative Dispute Resolutions
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- 4:57
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Kigali International Arbitration Centre (KIAC) made 2019-2020 another successful and record-breaking year.
KIAC was established by PSF Rwanda the Government in 2012 to increase the use and effectiveness of Arbitration and other Alternative Dispute Resolutions (ADR) in Rwanda and beyond.
KIAC has helped public institutions, domestic and international businesses resolve commercial disputes in an amicable way.
KIAC is now one of the leading arbitration institutions in Africa.
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- New Artiste Bukuru Christiane with her new song "Indamu"
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- 5:27
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Choreographer on promoting fitness through dance
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- 2:18
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- Nadege Rusamaza does not recall her life without dance as the common feature. Dance for her is more than just a mere term.
About the progress of dance, the 23-year-old dancer and choreographer is happy that people are starting to see dance classes as something worthy of their time and money.
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- Rwanda-Burundi intelligence chiefs hold talks | Repatriation of Burundian refugees | News Review
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- 4:06
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- The New Times News Weekly Review brings to you a recap of five stories that trended most between 24-30th/08/2020. For more details on The New Times' stories, visit newtimes.co.rw
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- About 500 Burundian refugees repatriated
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- 7:01
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- 6 years ago
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- On Thursday, August 27, 493 Burundians refugees living in Rwanda were facilitated to go back home after they voluntarily requested for it.
The event was attended by delegates from the Ministry of Emergency Management (Minema), UNHCR, representative of Burundian government and security officials from both countries among others.
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- Miggy on his rise to football stardom | unfulfilled dream to feature at AFCON
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- 5:21
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- After representing Rwanda at international level for 14 years, midfielder Jean Baptiste ‘Miggy’ Mugiraneza retired from the national team this month. He racked up 68 appearances and scored 7 goals
#Jean Baptiste ‘Miggy’ Mugiraneza
#Amavubi
#APR
#Haruna Niyonzima
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- Few days after extending curfew hours, how is the directive being observed in Kigali?
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- 2:29
- Date posted
- 6 years ago
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- On August 26, a cabinet meeting resolved to extend the curfew directive by two hours, to further contain Covid-19 in the country. It now begins at 7p.m to 5 a.m.
Two days after the resolution, The New Times paid a visit to Kigali's sites known for high traffic jam in evening hours to witness how curfew is being observed
