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US calls for stronger ties
KIGALI - A senior US government official has called for sustainable ties between his government and Rwanda. Michael Leavitt, the Secretary of the US Department of Health and Human Services (HSS) who arrived in the country yesterday, reiterated his government’s desire to contribute towards anti-malaria and the HIV/Aids campaigns in Rwanda. Flanked by Michael Arietti, the US Ambassador to Rwanda, Leavitt said: “We know that there are challenges in Africa and around the world with Aids and malaria.
US’ Leavitt laying a wreath at Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre yesterday while State Minister for HIV/Aids and other Infectious Diseases, Dr Innocent Nyaruhirira (left), gets ready to honour Genocide victims. (Photo/ J. Mbanda)