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DR Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end regional bloody turmoil
Xinhua News Agency
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United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher (4th L) meets with leaders of the March 23 Movement (M23) rebel group and the Congo River Alliance in Goma, the capital of North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic...
Rwanda: When Reading About Nonviolence Becomes a Crime — Victoire Ingabire…
The Rwandan
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June 19, 2025
Kigali, June 19, 2025 — In Rwanda, peaceful opposition appears to be a red line that the authorities are determined not to tolerate. On Wednesday, Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza — a leading figure in the country’s democratic opposition and president of...
Trump Secures Rare African Peace Deal, Congo and Rwanda Shake Hands in Oval Office
TFPP Wire
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June 28, 2025
Two longtime adversaries, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Rwanda, have signed a landmark peace agreement at the White House, signaling a hopeful new era for Central Africa after decades of conflict. Key Facts: President Donald Trump...
After Years of Violence, DRC and Rwanda Sign Peace Accord
Global Press Journal
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June 27, 2025
After more than a decade of Rwandan support for armed conflict in DRC, the governments of the two countries signed a peace deal in Washington, D.C. on Friday aimed at ending ongoing brutality in one of the most violent corners of the world....
Mental health interventions: Culturally appropriate, but not always culturally specific
The University of New Mexico
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June 27, 2025
Do culturally appropriate mental health interventions have to be culturally specific? University of New Mexico Sociology Professor Jessica Goodkind says no.In her article, Is cultural appropriateness culturally specific? Intersectional insights...
'New chapter of hope and opportunity,' Trump touts U.S. role in securing peace deal between Congo, Rwanda
Spectrum Bay News 9 - Florida
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June 27, 2025
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump declared a “new chapter of hope and opportunity“ had begun as he hosted the foreign ministers from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in the Oval Office on Friday. The event was meant to celebrate a...
Congo, Rwanda sign peace deal to end fighting — and help U.S. access critical minerals
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 27, 2025
Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access to critical minerals in the region. U.S....
WATCH: Rubio hosts peace deal signing ceremony between Rwanda and Democratic Republic of Congo
PBS Frontline
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June 27, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda on Friday signed a peace deal facilitated by the U.S. to help end the decades-long deadly fighting in eastern Congo while helping the U.S. government and American companies gain access...
DRC-Rwanda peace deal: what you need to know
Deutsche Welle
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June 27, 2025
Congolese Foreign Minister Therese Kayikwamba and her Rwandan counterpart, Olivier Nduhungirehe, are due to sign a peace agreement in the presence of US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington this Friday. Reportedly, a meeting with US...
DRC lauds the African Court’s handling its case against Rwanda
Daily News Tanzania
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June 27, 2025
ARUSHA: THE African Court for Human and Peoples’ Rights has asserted that it has the jurisdiction to handle the court case filed by the Democratic Republic of Congo against Rwanda, with the former accusing the latter of fueling conflicts in the...
Bridging The First Mile: How DP World Is Connecting Lives In Rural Rwanda
Africa.com
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June 27, 2025
DP World and Bridges to Prosperity connected four communities, transforming daily life for thousands of residents through sustainable infrastructure Until recently, Akaliza, a 10-year-old schoolgirl in Kabeza, a remote Rwandan village near the...
Rwanda Awaits Access to the Twice-Yearly HIV Shot
KT Press Rwanda
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June 19, 2025
1 The twice-yearly injection could be a game-changing alternative in the decades-long fight against the deadly virus A groundbreaking HIV prevention injection, lenacapavir, has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) as the...
The Latest: Key Medicaid provision in Trump’s bill found to violate Senate rules
Pique Newsmagazine
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June 27, 2025
The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill doesn't adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish...
IUCN convened a National Dialogue on Sustainable Agriculture in Rwanda
IUCN
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The program represents a holistic approach that focuses on capacity building, infrastructure development (seedling nurseries), and market linkage facilitation to ensure the successful adoption of fruit tree cultivation and fruit consumption at the...
Donated tropical disease drugs risk expiry as funding dries up
The Standard
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Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases Executive Director Dr Isatou Touray. [File, Standard] More than one million donated drugs risk expiring within nine months due to deep cuts in global aid, threatening treatment programmes for neglected...
Record 769 arrests and USD 65 million in illicit pharmaceuticals seized in global bust
International Criminal Police Organization
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SINGAPORE – An INTERPOL-coordinated operation across 90 countries has resulted in the seizure of 50.4 million doses of illicit pharmaceuticals worth USD 65 million, highlighting the alarming scale of the global trade in unapproved and counterfeit...
DRC’s peace deal with Rwanda risks swapping war for resource exploitation
Al Jazeera
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June 26, 2025
The United States-mediated peace agreement to be signed between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on June 27 – a development ostensibly aimed at quelling decades of brutal conflict in Africa’s Great Lakes region – casts a long...
Rwandan Forces Step in Where Others Step Out
Africa Defense Forum
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June 17, 2025
As peacekeeping missions are scaled back or shut down in Africa, the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) is gaining a reputation for stepping in to effectively fill security gaps. In the Central African Republic, the RDF since 2020 has protected...
Nigerian, Kenyan, Rwandan Startups Dominate Google’s Africa AI Accelerator Class 9
Leadership
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June 26, 2025
Google has unveiled the 15 startups selected for the ninth cohort of its Google for Startups Accelerator: Africa program, with a strong showing from Nigeria, Kenya and Rwanda. These three countries account for the majority of the cohort,...
Over 600 displaced persons benefits from medical outreach in Upper Nile
Number One Citizen Daily
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June 26, 2025
By Lodu William Odiya At least six hundred displaced persons have benefited from a two day medical outreach conducted by blue helmet Rwanda peacekeepers in Upper Nile region. In a press release, Captain Jacques Nishimwe, said the medical...