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Rwanda government has cleared private hospitals to begin conducting tests for Covid-19 effective this Thursday, according to the Rwanda Biomedical Centre.

Details also show that private hospitals will test patients for Covid-19 using the Antigen Rapid Tests.

Rapid antigen tests are more accurate in determining if someone is currently infected, unlike  previous rapid, antibody tests, which can show when someone has had Covid-19 but often give a negative result during the early stages of infection.

These diagnostic tests are particularly useful in hard to reach areas that are disproportionally impacted by the pandemic and which are without easy access to a laboratory.

So far the infections in Rwanda have reached a total of 6,954, with 6,057 recovered and a total of 57 deaths.

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Burundi manufacturers have been challenged to improve the quality of their products to compete within the region.

President Evariste Ndayishimiye made the remarks Thursday at Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika during the official launch of the 3rd edition of the Industrial Fair, organized by the Association of Industrialists of Burundi (AIB) .

Meanwhile, the Association of Industrialists of Burundi (AIB) manufacturers  use this platform to present their products to professional retailers and potential buyers.

According to AIB the fair serves as a meeting place for professionals from the sector of the sub-region and the rest of the world to exchange experience and forge win-win partnerships.

It also provides an opportunity for a maximum of small and medium-sized local industries to create and establish lasting and reliable relations with the economic operators of the sub-region.

The 2nd edition of the industrial fair was held on 13th June 2019 to 15th June 2019 in Bujumbura at Hotel Club Lake Tanganyika.

Burundi is pursuing a national development plan 2018-2027 and it's under this arrangement that the national policy on industrialization is based. The government's intention is to establish an industrial platform favorable to employment and youth and industrial know-how.

Prior to this industrial fair, the President also laid a foundation stone to kick off construction of the head office of the Burundi Revenue Authority (L'Office Burundais des Recettes).

The complex on more than 1 ha plot will comprise of 12 floors with an underground car park with a capacity of more than 280 parking spaces. The construction work is expected to take 48 months.

Architectural plan of the head office of the Burundi Revenue Authority (L'Office Burundais des Recettes).

President Evariste Ndayishimiye at Hotel Club du Lac Tanganyika during the official launch of the 3rd edition of the Industrial Fair, organized by the Association of Industrialists of Burundi (AIB) .

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The African Development Bank is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Aissa Touré as Country Manager for Rwanda

 

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French President Emmanuel Macron, 42, has tested positive for Coronavirus and gone into isolation for at least a week.

According to handlers, Macron first showed symptoms of the virus earlier this week, said an Élysée Palace statement released on Thursday.

'The President of the Republic has been diagnosed positive for Covid-19 today. This diagnosis was made following a test performed at the onset of the first symptoms,' reads in part the statement.

'In accordance with current health regulations applicable to all, the President will isolate himself for seven days. He will continue to work and carry out his activities remotely.

The president met with EU leaders at a summit on Thursday and Friday last week. Wearing a mask, he spoke in close proximity to Angela Merkel among others.

The French President also met with the Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa at the Élysée Palace for a working lunch on Wednesday.

A spokeswoman said that all of Macron's trips had been cancelled, including an upcoming visit to Lebanon on Dec. 22.

The French Prime Minister, Jean Castex, has begun self-isolating. Castex shows no symptom but will no longer be going to the French Senate Thursday to outline his government's vaccine strategy to combat Covid-19, his office said in a statement.

France earlier this week eased restrictions imposed to battle the second wave of the coronavirus but infection rates remain high.

There is still a nationwide overnight curfew from 8 pm to halt the spread of the virus while restaurants and cafes as well as theatres and cinemas remain closed.

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With the MoU signed yesterday, Rwanda will become DP World’s hub for expanding e-commerce across the East Africa Community and beyond. Rwandan businesses will also benefit from broader DP World services and investment that will help to facilitate and develop trade.

This includes the promotion of Rwandan exports of coffee, tea, and horticulture on Dubuy.com, the modernising of Rwanda’s supply chain logistics including in rural areas, and access to digital tools to help businesses save money and expand their reach to local, regional, and global markets.

The decision to launch Dubuy.com in Rwanda follows the country’s consistent superior annual rating in the World Bank’s global 'Ease of Doing Business' rankings and its commitment to international trade and investment.

The e-commerce site will bring Rwandan products to global markets and help enterprises from around the world to invest in Rwanda. In turn, Rwandans will have greater access to international products.

DP World has already invested in world-class port and logistics facilities in Kigali, demonstrating its strong belief in Rwanda’s future.

Commenting on the signing of the MoU, Clare Akamanzi, CEO of Rwanda Development Board, said that the government of Rwanda has made substantial investment in creating a suitable environment to derive eCommerce.

'The signing of the MoU with DP World today is a significant boost to our efforts to support the development of a digital economy working closely with the private sector. There is no doubt that this partnership will make it easier for Rwandan businesses to participate in global trade,' she said.

Mike Bhaskaran, COO Logistics & Technology at DP World explained that the platform will initially enable Rwandan products to reach global markets and help enterprises from around the world to invest in Rwanda, before later expansion to further African markets.

Suhail Al Banna, CEO and Managing Director — Middle East and Africa at DP World, reiterated commitment to partner and investor in Rwanda.

'The country’s favourable investment climate, commitment to training and education, and determination to lead Africa in job creation and industrial advancement through technology, makes it a strong and obvious location to launch our new global e-commerce site. Collaborating with the Rwanda Development Board, I am confident that we can open international trade further to Rwandan businesses within Africa and beyond,' he noted.

DP World representatives in a group photo with RDB CEO after signing agreements.

Source : https://en.igihe.com/news/article/rdb-dp-world-sign-mou-to-accelerate-e-commerce-platform

Umuyobozi w’ikipe ya Kiyovu Sports, Mvukiyehe Juvenal avuga ko nyuma guha uruhushya umutoza w’abanyezamu akaba na Technical Director w’iyi kipe, Ndizeye Aime Desire 'Ndanda’ akaba ataragaruka, bagiye kwicara bamufatire umwanzuro.

Mu ntangiriro z’Ugushyingo 2020, uyu mutoza yahawe uruhushya asubiye muri Ethiopia aho yabaga ari n’aho umuryango we uri, ubuyobozi bwa Kiyovu Sports bwatangaje ko bwamuhaye uruhushya agiye kwimura umuryango we kugira ngo akore akazi atuje.

Kugeza uyu munsi, Ndanda byari byitezwe ko azahita agaruka ntaraza ndetse ntibinazwi igihe azagarukira.

Umuyobozi wa Kiyovu Sports aherutse kubwira ISIMBI ko uyu mutoza yagiye ahawe uruhushya ariko yagezeyo ahura n’ibibazo byinshi, birimo n’uburwayi bituma itike ye ihindurwa aho yagombaga kugaruka bitarenze tariki ya 7 Ukuboza 2020.

Nyuma yo kutagaruka bakaba batzi n’igihe azazira, Mvukiyehe Juvenal yavuze ko bagiye kwicara nka komite barebe icyo gukora niba bamusimbuza cyangwa bamusezerera.

Ati'Kuri Ndanda twamuhaye uruhushya ajya muri Ethiopia, yagezeyo ahura n’ibibazo byinshi bitandukanye, ntiyagaruka ntiyagira icyo anatubwira. Nka komite turashaka kureba uko tubyigaho tukamwandikira nyuma atasubiza nibwo tuzamenya icyo dukora niba tumutegereza cyangwa tugomba kumusimbuza. Tugomba kwicara gufata umwanzuro.'

Mu Kwakira 2020, ni bwo Ndanda yatangajwe mu batoza ba Kiyovu Sports bazayifasha mu mwaka w’imikino wa 2020-2021.

Perezida wa Kiyovu Sports avuga ko ikibazo cya Ndanda kigiye kwigwaho

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High level terrorism suspect Paul Rusesabagina,66, currently in a Rwandan jail, has through his lawyers sued Greek operator business aviation GainJet for aiding his kidnap and eventual repatriation to Rwanda.

On Monday afternoon, Rusesabagina's lawyers filed a 90-page lawsuit in a US based San Antonio federal court suing GainJet Aviation and an accomplice identified as Constantin Niyomwungere.

The suit is Lodged as Rusesabagina v. GainJet Aviation, 20-cv-1422, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas (San Antonio).

'This case arises out of a conspiracy of the Rwandan government and defendants GainJet and Constantin Niyomwungere to engage in the unlawful extradition, arbitrary detention, and torture of Paul Rusesabagina,' states the 90-page lawsuit.

According to sources, a similar case is expected be lodged in Belgium where terror suspect Rusesabagina holds citizenship and a US green-card holder.

Other details also indicate that Rusesabagina, his wife and their six children are named as plaintiffs in the suit.

Although the arrest and extradition of Rusesabagina remains mysterious due to limited details of the entire process, it is alleged that in August was asked to leave his home in San Antonio, Texas, and travel to Burundi through Dubai to speak at churches and at public gatherings about his experience during the 1994 genocide against Tutsi which claimed a million lives.

However, when Rusesabagina got to Dubai and boarded a plane chartered by GainJet, a private airline based in Athens, Greece, he expected to be taken to Burundi for this speaking circuit.

Instead, he alleges he was joined by Niyomwungere, an alleged 'Rwandan operative,' and taken to Kigali, where Rusesabagina 'had previously sworn that he would never return.'

Rusesabagina claims GainJet's pilot and co-pilot were responsible for their passengers' safety yet did nothing when the plane landed in Kigali instead of Burundi.

'GainJet and its employees and agents did not issue any international 'Mayday' call or 'squawk '7700' on the radio — the internationally recognized code for distress or an emergency situation in flight,' Robert Hilliard, the Rusesabagina family's lawyer, said in a 90-page law suit.

However, President Paul Kagame said after Rusesabagina's arrest that Rwanda did nothing wrong in the arrest of Rusesabagina because he was arrested under an international warrant for leading 'terrorist movements'.

'Rwanda may not be doing well and they may really want to change things but the method they use by killing people is not acceptable,' Kagame explained. Rusesabagina is on record for publicly heading the National Liberation Front (FLN) and Rwandan Movement for Democratic Change (MRCD) and priding their actions of killing, looting, kidnapping and destroying infrastructure in communities surrounding Nyungwe National Park forest in Southern Rwanda.

'He will have to answer for all these actions,' President Kagame said, Rusesabagina has blood on his hands,' his foreign backers can only help him to prop him as a movie hero but he will have to answer for killing Rwandans whether he likes or not.'

Charges

According Rwanda's prosecution, Rusesabagina is accused of creation and being part of an irregular armed group, financing terrorism, terror activities for political gains, conspiracy to commit terror activities, commanding terror acts and being part of a terrorist group.

Rusesabagina is also battling charge of conspiracy and encouraging others to join a terror group, conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap, conspiracy to armed robbery, conspiracy to commit arson, conspiracy to aggravated assault and conspiracy to conscript children in an armed group.

Taking off, Gulfstream belonging to Greek operator business aviation GainJet

GainJet

This aviation company launched its operations office in Kigali way back in 2014.

According to company president GainJet Ramsey Shaban , ' in Africa, especially in the eastern and northern regions , a shortage of VIP- operators with these VIP- planes .'

Kigali International airport he regards as the most well-positioned in the heart of the continent's aviation hub .

The company's interest GainJet work on the African continent was decided back in 2011 , when the company became one of the founders of the Association of African Business Aviation AfBAA.

'One of the missions is to create a single AfBAA legal complex and achieving a more favorable environment for the industry throughout Africa,' says Ramsey Shaban.

Kagame Insists Rusesabagina Must Account For Rwandans He Killed

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