More efforts needed to close STEM gender gap at tertiary level – officials

Rwanda has made progress in advancing the participation of women and girls in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields, particularly within primary and secondary education. However, officials and experts say that further efforts are necessary to bridge the gender gap in tertiary education and research. Data from the Ministry of Education’s Statistical Yearbook for the academic year 2021/2022 indicates that the percentage of female students enrolled in STEM fields is 57.4 per cent of the total student population, while their male counterparts account for 42.5 per cent of students.…

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Muri Congo ingabo za ONU zamishijweho urusasu

Umukuru w’ingabo z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye muri Repubulika ya demokarasi ya Congo aravuga ko abakozi ba ONU n’imodoka barimo baguye mu gico bamishwaho urusasu kuwa gatandatu mu murwa mukuru Kinshasa. Ni mu gihe hakomeje intambara mu burasirazuba bw’icyo gihugu ituma umwuka wo kwamagana izi ngabo wiyongera muri rubanda. Ibitero by’abantu bagendera ku mapikipiki byari bigandagaje mu karere ka Gombe i Kinshasa mu murwa mukuru w’icyo gihugu aho ibiro by’ingabo z’Umuryango w’Abibumbye (MONUSCO) biherereye. Umunyamakuru w’ibiro ntaramakuru by’Abongereza, Reuters, wabibonye, aravuga ko aho bari bakoraniye bahatwikiye n’amapine y’imodoka. Umukuru wa MONUSCO muri Repubulika…

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IBUKA yagaragaje ahakiri ikibazo ku banyamuryango bayo

Mu nteko rusange y’abanyamuryango ba IBUKA yateraniye i Kigali mu gihe cy’iminsi 2, umuryango uharanira inyungu z’abarokotse Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi “IBUKA” wasabye inzego bireba kwihutsiha ibikorwa byo kubakira abatishoboye barokotse Jenoside kuko umubare w’abakeneye ubwo bufasha utajyanye n’ikigero bikorwaho. Perezida wa IBUKA ku rwego rw’Igihugu, Dr Gakwenzire Philbert atangaza ko abatishoboye bakeneye ubufasha bw’imibereho mu gihugu bakiri benshi ariko umuvuduko bikorwaho ukaba udahagije ngo bose bagerweho vuba. Ati “Kugeza ubu ukurikije umuvuduko kubakira abarokotse Jenoside batishoboye biriho, usanga hadafashwe izindi ngamba nshyashya byazafata igihe kirekire. Ingengo y’imari ikoreshwa ku rwego…

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Perezida wa Pologne waje gushimangira umubano mwiza w’ibihugu byombi yakiriwe na Perezida Kagame

Perezida Andrzej Duda wa Pologne yageze mu Rwanda ku mugoroba wo kuri uyu wa Kabiri mu ruzinduko rwo gushimangira umubabo w’ibihugu byombi, mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa Gatatu tariki 7 Gashyantare 2024, nibwo  yakiriwe na Perezida Kagame muri Village Urugwiro.  Biteganyijwe kandi ko Perezida Kagame na Duda bagirana ibiganiro b’abahagarariye abacuruzi bo mu Rwanda n’abo muri Pologne, bigamije ishyirwa mu bikorwa ry’amasezerano yasinywe hagati y’impande zombi ndetse n’ibindi bikorwa by’ubukungu bihuriweho n’impande zombi. Nyuma ya Saa Sita, biteganyijwe ko Perezida Duda asura Urwibutso rwa Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi rwa Kigali…

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Perezida w’umutwe wa M23 yashyize hanze amakuru mashya ajyanye n’urugamba

Abinyujije ku rubuga rwa X,  Perezida w’Umutwe wa M23, Bertrand Bisimwa yatangaje ko mu gitondo cyo kuri uyu wa 7 Gashyantare 2024, Ingabo za Leta n’imitwe bifatanya zagabye ibitero kuri uwo mutwe mu bice bya Mushaki n’ibindi biyizengurutse ndetse abaturage b’inzirakarengare bikabagiraho ingaruka. Yavuze ko uwo mutwe wirwanyeho ugasubiza umwanzi inyuma, ukigarurira tumwe mu duce twinshi twari mu maboko y’ingabo za Leta. Yagize ati “M23 yasubije umwanzi inyuma iramutsinda ndetse zifata n’uduce dutandukanye bakundaga gukoresha bagaba ibitero. Ingabo zacu zafashe ibice byose bya Nturo1, Nturo 2 n’agace kari kazwi cyane…

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I Goma ubwoba ni bwose

Bamwe mu batuye i Goma, umurwa mukuru w’intara ya Kivu ya Ruguru, baravuga ko bafite ubwoba ko inyeshyamba za M23 zaba ubu zigamije kuniga uyu mujyi ugasigara nta kintu kiwugeramo. Ni nyuma y’uko ubu M23 ivuga ko igenzura aga-centre ka Shasha kari ku muhanda mukuru wa Goma – Sake – Minova – Bukavu. Ubusanzwe, Goma – umujyi uri ku kiyaga cya Kivu, ibiribwa biwugeramo hejuru ya 90% biva muri teritwari ziyizengurutse za Rutshuru na Masisi, byinjiriye ku mihanda mikuru ine: Goma – Rutshuru – Butembo (ni nawo ujya/uva Bunagana ku…

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Aux États-Unis, un accord au Sénat sur l’immigration et l’Ukraine se heurte au veto des Républicains

Les sénateurs américains se sont mis d’accord, dimanche, pour un projet de loi de 118 milliards de dollars prévoyant le financement de mesures de sécurité frontalières ainsi que des aides à l’Ukraine. Le président Joe Biden a réclamé son adoption rapide, alors que le président républicain de la Chambre des Représentants américaine le rejette. Ascenseur émotionnel pour Kiev. Alors que le Sénat américain a annoncé être parvenu, dimanche 4 février, à un accord entre démocrates et républicains pour débloquer de nouveaux financements pour l’Ukraine, tout en durcissant la politique migratoire…

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Au Sénégal, les députés se penchent sur le report de la présidentielle dans un climat tendu

Débat incandescent à venir au Parlement. Au lendemain d’une manifestation violemment dispersée à Dakar, les députés sénégalais examinent, lundi 5 février, dans un climat explosif, une proposition de loi controversée sur le report de l’élection présidentielle annoncé par le chef de l’État, Macky Sall. Le débat s’annonce houleux sur ce texte, qui reporterait le scrutin de six mois maximum et dont l’approbation, qui nécessite une majorité des trois cinquièmes des 165 députés, n’est pas acquise. Le vote est prévu en fin de matinée. Macky Sall avait annoncé samedi, quelques heures avant l’ouverture de la…

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His commitment to a united Africa will be remembered – Kagame mourns Namibia’s Geingob

President Paul Kagame has extended condolences to former First Lady Monica Geingos and Namibia for the passing of President Hage Geingob. He died in the wee hours of Sunday, February 4, at Lady Pohamba Hospital in the country’s capital, Windhoek, where he was receiving cancer treatment. Kagame eulogised the fallen 82-year-old politician as a champion of Pan-Africanism whose work would be remembered for generations to come. Geingob had led the thinly populated and mostly arid southern African country since 2015, the year he announced he had survived prostate cancer. “My…

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It is upon you to take Rwanda to its deserved position- President Kagame to Diaspora

President Paul Kagame on February 3 urged the Rwandan Diaspora to stay connected with the country and make choices that take Rwanda to the place it deserves to be. He made the remarks during the 11th edition of Rwanda Day themed: “Rwanda: A Legacy of Inclusiveness within and beyond Our Borders,” held in Washington D.C. The event brought together more than 6,000 Rwandans and friends of Rwanda living abroad to reflect on the country’s development and different avenues through which they can make their contributions. While noting the importance of…

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