Shopkeeper in Nyamirambo »
Rebecca Blackwell’s shot of a shopkeeper waiting for customers in the Nyamirambo district of Kigali makes it into this week’s San Francisco Chronicle Day in Pictures section. I keep the original photos I produce for Kigali Wire in this Flickr account.
“Uninterrupted high speed connectivity” In Rwanda? Where? »
Rwandatel’s CEO, Patrick Kariningufu, talks to The New Times about the increase in Internet speeds expected throughout Rwanda following the signing of a partnership deal with fibre-optic provider SEACOM. However, the article has me more than a little confused. Take this line,
A month ago, Rwandatel signed a partnership deal with SEACOM and its sister company [...]
Rwanda cuts fees for foreign journalists »
It was only the other day that a group of BBC journalists complianed to me about the extortionate fees they had to pay to get accreditation to work in Rwanda for just 3 or 4 days. They had to cough up US$200 per person and the customary long wait,
To work as a journalist in Rwanda [...]
Journalists remember covering the genocide »
CNN’s Jim Clancy and Michael Holmes recall the horror of covering the Rwanda genocide for the CNN Backstory programme.
A difficult country to read »
Interesting to hear the BBC World Service Radio’s Mark Sandell and his take on Rwanda, even if it’s a take blogged just a couple of days since he arrived, but I think he’s not that far off the mark. His experience seem to mirror mine. I don’t think this is a country that is easy [...]
Eat your way around Kigali »
I aim to get stuck into the local restaurant scene in the near future – and whether they be good or they be bad, I’ll be blogging my finds here. I’m not sure I’ll be able to pick from where the excellent Kigali Restaurant Reviews blog left off, but I’ll give it a shot. Here’s [...]
Finland set up genocide courtroom in Kigali »
Finnish police arrived in Kigali at the weekend to help set up a courtroom in the capital for the trial of genocide suspect Francois Bazaramba. The former Rwandan baptist minister is suspected of being one of the main orchestrators of the mass killings in Nyakizu Province during April and May 1994. The trial begins in [...]
Faster Internet coming soon with Rwanda cable deal »
The long awaited connection to the SEACOM East Africa broadband Internet cable is in it’s final stages of completion. New Artel has reportedly reached an agreement to gain access to the fibre optic cables which promise to bring vastly increased speeds and greatly reduced costs for Internet users in Rwanda,
According to the agreement, SEACOM will [...]
The Day God Walked Away »
The Day God Walked Away is the latest film release to cover the Rwanda genocide of April and May 1994. Directed by Philipe Van Leeuw, the film follows the story of Jacqueline, a tutsi, played by Rwandan pop star Ruth Niere, as she is left behind by the family she was nannying for, as they [...]
PBS report on Rwanda health care »
The PBS news team from the U.S. were in Kigali and the village of Rwinkwavu recently to report on public health care for the Enterprising Ideas programme. They discuss the issue with President Kagame and the Boston-based charity Partners in Health. The reporter, David Brancaccio, kept a “notebook” during his visit which is well worth [...]
