Month: February 2024

Elevating midwifery: A transformative journey to reach zero preventable maternal deaths in Rwanda

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Rwanda has undergone a remarkable journey in tackling maternal mortality rates (MMR) over the past decade. From an alarming 1,071 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births in 2010, the country managed to accelerate reduction reaching 210 in 2015. but in recent years the decline has been slower with MMR standing at 203 per 100,000 live births in 2020, showing a limited decline of only seven data points over five years. With Rwanda currently operating at a ratio of one skilled health professional per 1,000 people, below the WHO recommended minimum…

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Guerre Israël-Hamas : pourquoi l’Autorité palestinienne change de gouvernement

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Le gouvernement de l’Autorité palestinienne (AP) a remis lundi sa démission au président Mahmoud Abbas. L’entité gouvernementale qui gouverne avec des pouvoirs limités en Cisjordanie occupée est vivement critiquée depuis le 7 octobre par les Palestiniens de l’intérieur pour son “impuissance” face à Israël à Gaza et en Cisjordanie occupée. Ce changement d’exécutif à venir semble être “un petit pas dans la bonne direction” en vue d’une réforme de l’AP, mais le chemin est encore long. “J’ai présenté la démission du gouvernement à monsieur le Président (Mahmoud Abbas) le 20…

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Rwanda finally passes law on GMO: What next?

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Rwanda, on February 21, published in its Official Gazette a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. According to the purpose of the law, it establishes an adequate level of protection in the field of the safe transfer and use of living modified organisms ((LMOs) – also known as GMOs – resulting from modern biotechnology that may have an adverse effect on the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity while taking into consideration the effect of…

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Abapolisi bane batawe muri yombi bashinjwa gucuruza abantu

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Kenya isanzwe ari inzira kuri benshi mu banya-Ethiopia bagana muri Afurika y’Epfo mu buryo butemewe nk’uko bigaragazwa n’ishami ry’Umuryango mpuzamahanga rishinzwe iby’abimukira “IOM”, muri iki gihugu haranavugwa abapolisi batawe muri yombi bashinjwa gucuruza abantu. Byemejwe ko abapolisi bane bo muri Kenya batawe muri yombi bakekwaho uruhare mu bucuruzi bw’abantu nyuma yo kuvumbura inzu yari ihishwemo abanya-Ethiopia 37 mu birometero 16 uvuye mu murwa mukuru Nairobi. Abo banya-Ethiopia babwiye abayobozi ko bari bagiye muri Afurika y’Epfo gushaka ubuzima bwiza. Ntabwo biramenyekana uburyo bageze muri iyo nzu n’ababifitemo uruhare bose kuko hakiri…

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Bruce Melodie atangaza byinshi akesha Trace Awards

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Umuhanzi  Itahiwacu Bruce  uzwi nka Melodie witegura gushyira hanze album yise “Sample” muri Gicurasi, yatangaje ko igihembo cya Trace Awards nk’umuhanzi wahize abandi mu Rwanda muri 2023 byatumye arushaho kumenyekanisha umuziki nyarwanda ku ruhando rw’isi. Ibi Melodie akaba yabitangaje mu kiganiro yagiranye na Trace FM yo muri Kenya cyagarutse ku muziki we n’ishusho afite kuri Trace Awards iherutse kubera mu Rwanda. Bruce Melodie ari kubarizwa muri Kenya mu bikorwa bitandukanye bya muzika, yajyanye na Producer Prince Kiiiz ubarizwa muri Country Records Bruce Melodie avuga ko bwa mbere bamubwira ko azaririmba…

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RDC: Le premier ministre Sama Lukonde démissionne

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Le Premier ministre de la République Démocratique du Congo, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, a démissionné. Cette décision a déclenché la dissolution de son gouvernement. Après sa démission, Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde va rejoindre le parlement.   La présidence de la RDC a, ce mardi 20 février 2024, annoncé la démission du premier ministre Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde. Ce dernier a remis sa démission au président Félix Tshisekedi huit jours après la validation de son mandat de député national. Cette démission du premier ministre de la RDC a entrainé la dissolution de son gouvernement.…

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Rwanda to France: DR Congo crisis can be over if ‘real issues’ are addressed

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The Rwandan government spokesperson Yolande Makolo, has responded to the accusations by France that Rwanda supports M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. In a post on social media platform X, Makolo said on Tuesday, February 20, the French government was in position to know that a solution to the conflict in eastern DR Congo would be found if the root causes were addressed. “No one knows more about the root causes and history of the conflict in eastern DRC than France,” Makolo said. The Congolese government accuses Rwanda of supporting…

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Text neck wrecks your upper spine area — Health Minister

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One’s upper backbone area is exposed to damage from ‘text neck’ if one spends a lot of time texting or viewing content on a phone or computer with the head in a down-forward position, Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana, warned on February 19. He expressed the warning during a session between the Senate’s Committee on Social Affairs and Human Rights and officials at the Ministry of Health and the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC). The session was assessing Rwanda’s efforts to prevent and treat epidemics. Text neck is a syndrome that…

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Ni iki kihishe inyuma y’umubano udasanzwe wa Perezida Kim Jong Un na Putin?

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Amakuru dukesha Russian Today, atangaza ko Perezida w’u Burusiya, Vladimir Putin, yageneye impano y’imodoka mugenzi we wa Koreya Ruguru, Kim Jong Un. Kuri uyu wa Kabiri tariki 20 Gashyantare 2024, nibwo iyi mpano y’imodoka yo mu bwoko bwa Aurus, yakozwe n’uruganda rwo mu Burusiya, Aurus Motors yagejejwe i Pyongyang, kugira ngo ishyikirizwe Perezida Kim. Mushiki wa Perezida Kim, Kim Yo-jong yavuze ko iyi mpano ari ikimenyetso cy’umubano mwiza uri hagati y’aba bayobozi bombi. Ati “Iyi mpano ni ikimenyetso kigaragaza umubano wihariye uri hagati ya Perezida Putin n’umuvandimwe we.” Perezida Putin…

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Ubwicanyi bukomeye hagati ya Wazalendo n’ingabo za Congo

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Imirwano yabereye i Goma mu gace ka Lac-vert ku wa 18 Gashyantare 2024, yiciwemo abasirikare batatu ba  Repubulika Iharanira Demokarasi ya Congo. Ubu bwicanye bukaba bwakozwe na Wazalendo nk’uko byatangajwe n’umuyobozi wa kariya gace Dedesi Mitima. Radio Okapi yaatangaje ko uyu muyobozi kuri uyu wa 19 Gashyantare yasobanuye ko abarwanyi babiri ba Wazalendo na bo bapfiriye muri iyi mirwano, gusa icyatumye bahangana ntabwo kiramenyekana. Yagize ati “Ejo twamenye ko batanu bapfuye barimo Wazalendo babiri n’abasirikare ba Congo batatu. Ntabwo tuzi impamvu yatumye barwana.” Ubutegetsi bwa RDC bwakoze ivugurura mu gisirikare…

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