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For the first time, ICTR refers genocide case to Rwanda

French Judges release report on the plane crash used as a pretext to start
genocide in Rwanda

The Mugesera Deportation: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied

Republic of Rwanda National Public Prosecution Authority The Mugesera Deportation: Justice Delayed is Justice Denied Kigali, 13 January 2012 Rwanda's Prosecutor-General, Martin Ngoga, has described the last minute intervention of a Quebec court to further delay Leon Mugesera's deportation as a "stinging insult" to survivors of the genocide.
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KIST gets ultra modern ICT facility

By Maria Kaitesi

Li Yuanchao with Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremyi (L) and KIST Rector Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya inaugurate the new E-Leaning facility at KIST. The New Times / J. Mbanda.

Prime Minister Pierre Damien Habumuremye, together with visiting Chinese official, Li Yuanchao, yesterday launched a state of the art e-Learning facility at Kigali Institute of Science and Technology (KIST).

By James Karuhanga and Edmund Kagire COMMENTED; Executive Secretary of IBUKA Janvier Forongo. The New Times / File. A team of French experts undertook fresh investigations into the 1994 downing of the plane carrying former Rwanda’s President Juvenal Habyarimana, yesterday released their findings, ascertaining those behind the fatal attack.
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Culture can promote unity – Survivors

By Stevenson Mugisha

A cultural dancing troupe. Rwandan Youth have been called upon to embrace cultural values. The New Times / J.Mbanda.
Promoting culture will combat the Genocide ideology and promote unity, according to members of ‘Indangamirwa Cultural Troupe’, during a show they held at the national stadium on Monday. The Indangamirwa Culture Troupe was founded by Dukundane, an association of Genocide survivors.

UN awards 60 police officers

UN awards 60 police officers By Bosco R. Asiimwe The United Nations (UN) has awarded 60 Rwandan police officers in Haiti with ‘Certificate of Completion’ for their excellent performance in crowd control, firearms and basic police techniques.
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Rwanda among least corrupt

By Edmund Kagire

Prosecutor General Martin Ngoga (R), Transparency Rwanda Chairperson Marie Immaculee Ingabire (C) and Executive Secretary Apollinaire Mupiganyi at the launch yesterday. The New Times/ J Mbanda

Rwanda has emerged the fourth least corrupt country in Africa and 49th in the world in a global report on graft released by anti-corruption watchdog, Transparency International. The 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released, yesterday, in Germany, saw Rwanda join Botswana, Cape Verde and Mauritius as the four least corrupt countries on the continent.

The 2011 CPI gave Rwanda a score of 5.1 points, ahead of countries like South Africa and beating its East African neighbours by a large margin.