Trust is a challenge in Rwanda »
The BBC’s Peter Day visited Rwanda recently to find out more about the ambitions for the country. The first part of his report is now online. Peter visited the veg-tastic Kimironko market, talked to Louise Mushikiwabo, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carina Tertsakian, from Human Rights Watch, Josh Ruxin of Rwanda Works and Heaven Restaurant [...]
On the tantalite trail with the knicker bomber »
The Liverpool Echo uses CCTV camera footage to trace the 4350 mile journey of “disgruntled Rwandan businessman” Claude Rubagire as he travelled from Burundi to a factory in Liverpool in March, 2009. The businessman came armed with possibly the world’s most ingenious improvised (non) explosive device – the panty bomb.
For a year Rubagire had tried, [...]
The worst article on Rwanda and DR Congo you will read all year »
It wasn’t just me who read David Smith’s “Letter from Africa” in The Guardian open mouthed this morning. Fortunately for us, my friend Christopher Vourlias takes the 1,000 word corpse into the operating theatre and dissects it into oblivion. The article is an attempt at a “colour” piece about a trip from Kigali to Goma [...]
Rwanda retrospective »
This picture of Watsui dancers in Rwanda is part of a fascinating series of photos from 1920’s through to the 1950’s in DR Congo and Rwanda. Flickr user Lucien has very kindly uploaded photographs taken by his grandparents along with a number of images by other photographers from the same period. His grandparents travelled repeatedly [...]
Astronaut brings clean water to Rwanda »
Manna Energy Limited and Engineers Without Borders-USA are bringing clean water to rural Rwanda. As part of the Global Water Challenge, Manna - a social enterprise developed by the Manna Energy Foundation and founded by NASA astronaut Ron Garan – have installed a water treatment system at the L’Esperance orphanage in Kigarama. It is now [...]
Miss anything in Rwanda in November? »
Ratio Magazine has an excellent overview of all the key Rwanda news developments in November, 2009. They seem to have all the key points covered, although I can’t remember reading anything about a fourth telecommunications operating entering the market after Tigo launched last week. I must admit, I am tempted to move operators but without [...]
