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Thirteen suspects said to be part of a criminal racket are in police custody over alleged counterfeiting  and selling of counterfeit motor vehicle mechanical inspection certificates and stickers.

As cases of sexual Gender based violence (SGBV) continue to rise in the region, Justice Ministers from the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) have committed to set up mobile courts by December this year to expedite the trial of suspects.

A total of 1, 663 people, among them 163 females, have been apprehended countrywide over the last six months for narcotics related crimes, a police report on the status of drug abuse, exclusively obtained by The New Times, indicates.

Members of Parliament were enraged last week upon learning that some districts poorly manage staff records, a situation they attributed to unfairness in public service recruitment processes.

In a bid to realise Rwanda’s quest to become a middle income nation, members of the ruling party, Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), from Kimihurura Sector,  Kigali City, recently initiated a programme of South-South Cooperation with sectors from the countryside.

The Private Sector Federation will embark on supporting the transformation of the informal sector and facilitate players to acquire knowledge and skills to develop the economy.

NGORORERO–Residents in Ngororero District in the Western Province have raised complaints over persistent water shortage in many parts of the district.

Ten Central African countries, including Rwanda, have agreed to take part in a regional initiative to monitor the Congo Basin, one of the world’s largest primary rainforests.