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  • Tsvangirai & Lover to settle Out of Court

    Morgan Tsvangirai and his estranged wife Ms Locardia Karimatsenga Tembo have agreed to settle their US$15 000 maintenance case out of court.

    Lawyers representing both parties yesterday told Harare magistrate Mr Rueben

    Mukavhi that they would present to the court an agreed position on the settlement of the case on Thursday.

    Mr Mukavhi postponed the matter to Thursday to allow the parties to reach a settlement.

    The parties’ lawyers appeared before Mr Mukavhi, sitting in his chambers at the civil courts, to apprise him of the latest development.

    Mr Tsvangirai’s lawyers Advocate Thabani Mpofu and Mr Innocent Chagonda indicated that the decision for an out-of-court-settlement was made in the spirit of professionalism.

    “We believe we owe it to the profession, court and the generality of Zimbabwe that we settle the matter,” said Adv Mpofu.

    “We have been able to find each other and we believe there is a way to settle this issue that will not involve the court.”

    Adv Mpofu added: “We have agreed that with the indulgence of the court, this matter will be postponed to allow the process we are carrying out to unfold.

    “We both (lawyers for the two parties) believe we can settle this matter without the involvement of the court.”

    Mr Everson Samukange of Venturas and Samukange confirmed the latest development saying by October 18, the parties would be able to come back to court with an agreed position.

  • Five Aid Workers kidnapped in Niger

    Gunmen have abducted five aid workers and a driver in Niger, a country which borders troubled Mali and Nigeria and where Al-Qaeda’s regional branch has carried out kidnappings in the past.

    The six were nabbed late Sunday in Dakoro, a village in southeastern Niger, halfway between the borders with Mali and Nigeria.

    “Five aid workers, including a Chadian, and a driver were kidnapped at their home around 10:00 pm (2100 GMT) by armed men driving two 4×4 vehicles” in the village of Dakoro, local official Abou Mahamane said.

    The abduction of the Chadian and the five of Niger nationality was confirmed by an aid group and a security source.

    Mahamane, who is secretary general of the Dakoro region, said the abductors “spoke Arabic, Tamasheq (the language of the Tuareg tribes) and Hausa,” a regional language.

    The aid workers were “kidnapped by men with pale skin and one with black skin, speaking Arabic. The Chadian probably tried to resist and was injured but he was still taken away,” said a humanitarian source.

    Four of the six hostages, including a doctor and a nurse, are employed by the local aid group Befen, which fights against malnutrition, and the Chadian health group Alerte-sante.

    In a joint statement, the two aid groups demanded “their release, with a priority for those who might have been wounded during the incident.”

    They also stressed that they “are only medical NGOs with no other goal than to alleviate the most precarious humanitarian situations and completely politically independent.”

    The kidnappers headed straight for the desert region of Agadez, further north, Mahamane said.

    “Security forces lost track of them in the Abala zone, about 300 kilometres (185 miles) south of Agadez, in the Tahoua region,” he added.

    “Reinforcements arrived at Dakoro, African humanitarian workers are still there and the site has been secured by reinforcements from Maradi and Tahoua,” he said.

    A Niger-based humanitarian source later said, “It appears the Niger army in the north has located the kidnappers and it is determined to neutralise the kidnappers. That’s our worry.”

  • Rwanda Improves in Governance

    According to this year’s Mo Ibrahim Index of African Governance released October 16, Rwanda is one of the countries that have recorded improvement in governance.

    This year’s index examined governance with 88 indicators in the four categories of safety and rule of law, participation and human rights, sustainable economic opportunity, and human development. The index showed improvement in governance.

    Out of the total score of 100 points, Uganda got 55.1 in governance and was ranked in position 19.

    Uganda’s score is above the regional average of 47 and the continental average of 51%.

    Rwanda is in the 23rd position after scoring 53.5.

    Kenya scored 52.7% and was ranked 25th. Burundi scored 44.9 and was ranked 36th.

    Tanzania has made tremendous improvements since the launch of the index. It is ranked 10th overall in governance with a score of 58.8.

    The top five included Mauritius which topped with a score of 82.8 out of 100, followed by Cape Verde (78.4), Botswana (77.2), Seychelles (73.4) and South Africa (70.7).

    At the bottom was Somalia (7.2) while Democratic Republic Congo (32.8) was in the 51st position, Chad (32.8) in the 50th position, Eritrea (33) in the 49th and Central African Republic (33.7) in the 48th position.

    A comparison of the continent’s regions in overall governance, safety, rule of law and sustainable economic opportunity categories put East Africa in the fourth position out of the five regions.

    However, in the categories of participation and human rights, and human development, East Africa was the third.

    East Africa’s performance in this year’s index was below the continental average.

  • France issues Euros1 Million to Displaced Congolese

    France has provided funding of one million euros to the World Food Programme (WFP) / DRC to support emergency operations in Eastern countries, plagued by fighting between the Congolese military and armed groups.

    The financing agreement was signed Monday, October 15 between the French Minister for La Francophonie, Yamina Benguigui, and a representative of Pam Kanyaricunya, 10 kilometers from Goma in North Kivu.

    This town is home to about fifteen thousand displaced families including some eleven thousand are assisted by humanitarian.

    These IDPs fled the territory of Rutshuru, theater of war between the military and rebels of the Movement of 23 March (M23) since last May.

    Pam officials said that the contribution of France will allow them to purchase more than one thousand tons of food to carry in the region.

    This assistance will be distributed to nearly one hundred thousand people arrived at Kanyaricunya since last September.

    In total, more than 500,000 IDPs were registered in the provinces of North and South Kivu between January and August 2012.

    They are fed by Pam. The UN agency said it needs about 66.3 million Euros to support all these people.

    After the signing of this agreement, Yamina Benguigui Minister also visited the displaced Kanyaruchinya to which he stated that “France was on their side.”

    “All forces, including the European Union but also the DRC must mobilize to restore peace in Eastern DRC,” said Yamina Benguigui.

  • RPF Party Donates to residents

    As preparations of celebrating 25th Anniversary of Rwanda Patriotic Front- RPF-Inkotanyi continue, Members of the party in Jarama Sector, Ngoma District donated different domestic tools aimed at improving livelihoods of local communities.

    About Frw10 Million were contributed to procure utensils materials, iron sheets and 32 mattresses including 52 cows to vulnerable families, 53 goats, 24 rabbits and 10 pigs given as a way of improving social economic conditions among residents.

    Beneficiaries welcomed the act saying that they will use the gift in a productive way to sustain their families.

    The coordinator of RPF-Inkotanyi in Jarama sector said the gesture is in line with the celebration of 25th Anniversary of RPF Inkotanyi.

    The 25 years of RPF-Inkotanyi existence will be celebrated under the theme “Governance, Prosperity and Dignity for our people.”
    Celebrations are scheduled to take place on December 15

  • Demons Attack School

    Female students at G.S Indangaburezi School have allegedly been attacked by demons which, they say, squeezed some and traumatized others.

    The school is located in Ruhango district in Southern Province.

    Students said they have been under attack by demons within the school.

    In an interview with IGIHE, Gatari Sylvere, The head of the School said during the night of 14th October, a student woke up making noise and caused 17 students to think they were attacked by something unusual ending in trauma.

    Together with Security organs in the region, all 17 students were taken to nearby hospital, however all of them have now recovered.

    Gatari slams the so called evil attack noting that students were frightened due to noise caused by their classmate during night hours.

  • TIGO Program Connects Schools Online

    Tigo and OLPC-Mineduc launch the elected school for the project of taking Rwandan primary schools online. GS Kimisagara is the the first school to be connected.

    The announcement follows the agreement, whereby MINEDUC provided a list of schools to be connected as TIGO sponsors the infrastructure development, including wiring classrooms and installation of wireless LAN with internet access points.

    Diego Camberos, Chief Executive Officer of TIGO announced that they would provide the school with Internet service free of charge to complement a donation of computers from MINEDUC .

    “We believe that internet provides multitude of possibilities to younger students, allowing them to receive the same knowledge and exposure as other primary kids in more developed countries.”

    “With internet connectivity, we are able to better equip our youth with information, subsequently creating the future leaders of Rwanda”

    Camberos was joined by Hon. Vincent Biruta, Minister of Education, Regis Gatarayiha, RURA Director General, The Mayor of Nyarugenge Mrs. Solange Mukasonga and finally Nkubito Bakuramutsa, OLPC Project Coordinator.

    This contribution by TIGO will enable students and teachers to have full access to learning tools provided through the Internet. It is a major boost for Rwanda’s youth, teachers and the entire education system.

    The Wi-Fi network at Kimisagara School is linked via a point-to-point connection to Tigo’s core site in Nyarutarama. A number of access points carefully installed within the classrooms will enable school kids to connect their laptops and browse the internet via the established connection.

    Nkubito Bakuramutsa, Project Coordinator of OLPC has expressed his support for this project by saying: “The Rwanda OLPC program is thankful for Tigo contribution to the enhancement of education through the integration of technology in schools.

    We would like to see this partnership reach more schools and inspire more companies from the private sector to participate to this noble effort”

  • UN Lauds Rwanda National Police

    The United Nations (UN) has applauded Rwanda National Police (RNP) for its continued support to bring peace to other countries and for its outstanding performance while in missions.

    “We are proud for what Rwanda as a country and Rwanda National Police in particular have done to bring peace in various countries and we thank them for the professionalism, discipline and integrity they demonstrate while on missions,” said Mbaranga Gasarabwe, the UN Assistant Secretary-General in charge of Safety and Security (UNDSS).

    Mbaranga delivered the message on behalf of the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki Moon.

    Mbaranga added, “We thank Rwanda National Police for the ‘strong training’ and sharing of best practices among African countries. We saw the training centre which is becoming one of the hubs in providing good training to officers including those from others countries and that’s what we expect. We expect action, discipline and people when you come in the country and its population feels safe.”

  • US global AIDS Coordinator Meets Kagame

    President Paul Kagame received Ambassador Eric Goosby, the US Global Aids Coordinator who was in the country to launch the Human Resources in the Health sector programme.

    Speaking to journalists October 15, shortly after meeting the Head of State, Goosby said that, the health care programme aims to improve the skills of the Rwandan medical personnel to be specialists in various medical fields.

    The programme supported by the former US President Bill Clinton through his organisation, the Clinton Health Access Initiative (CHAI) seeks to address the challenge of Human resources in the health sector through the Ministry of Health.

    It will train and educate over 500 medical specialist and more than 1000 nurses over the seven year period.

    CHAI has been assisting Rwanda in discussions and negotiations with the US government and Global Fund to implement the national strategic plan for Human Resources for Health.

    Nearly 100 US faculty members in various medical fields will be coming to Rwanda for one year placements for a period of seven consecutive years.

  • Executive Secretary Sacked for Beating Headteacher

    The Executive secretary of Murambi sector,in Karongi district Ndindabahizi Protais, has been suspended from duty for alleged misconduct and assault of residents.

    The district management committe confirmed the suspension of Ndindabahizi saying his conduct and behaviour are not fit for leadership in Rwanda.

    Ndindabahizi is said to have beated a school headteacher of Mubuga college on october 3, while preparing for the teachers day.

    The two met in a bar where they quarreled and later Ndindabahizi beatup the teacher using a metal bar.

    Residents also claimed that it wasnt the first time Ndindabahizi was beating up someone in the area.