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US citizens in Rwanda, together with Rwandan government officials and members of the diplomatic corps accredited to Kigali, Tuesday evening, gathered at the US embassy in Kigali to observe the 236th American Day of Independence.

Even as the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) officially closed shop on June 30 handing over the remaining backlog to a residue mechanism, the court is still stuck with five former Rwandan officials who were acquitted of genocide crimes.

THE man widely regarded as the architect of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Théoneste Bagosora, has been sent to Mali to serve his sentence, court sources said yesterday.

Police in Eastern Province has warned sector Executive Secretaries against driving without permits.

The Minister of Sports and Culture, Protais Mitali, has promised to help address the issue of vulnerable elderly widows in the country.

The Ministry of Health has given all employees at King Faisal Hospital a deadline of one month to re-apply for their jobs.

About 1,000 people, yesterday, began a two-week sensitisation workshop at five training centres countrywide on various guidelines on how next month’s census will be conducted.

The recently approved National Policy on EAC Integration will streamline the management of the integration process and ensure that the EAC integration goes hand-in-hand with the country’s development roadmap.