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- Former UK leader Tony Blair to speak at Stanford
Tony Blair, former prime minister of the United Kingdom, will speak at Stanford University May 17.
The founder of the Africa Governance Initiative will appear before a group of students and faculty to address the issue of economic development in Africa and how it can lead to good governance in some politically unstable African nations. His organization works on economic development issues in such countries as Sierra Leone, Liberia, Rwanda and Guinea in an effort to tackle deeply rooted poverty issues.
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- Rwanda's Bralirwa 2011 net profit up 42 pct, eyes growth
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwandan brewer Bralirwa's full-year net profit soared 42 percent on higher pricing, new brands and rising sales of its beer brands and soft drinks, the company said on Tuesday. Bralirwa, which is 75 percent owned by Heineken, expects to benefit from the continuing economic growth in the African region this year, the company said in a statement. Net profit for 2011 stood at 14.7 billion Rwanda francs, and earnings per share climbed to 28.50 francs from 20.09 francs a year earlier, the brewer said. Sales volumes rose 16. ...
- Harvard Offers New Global Health Program
The success of Rwanda in providing health care to its poor has drawn the attention of the international community and has inspired a new program at Harvard University.
- Thousands flee as Congo battles renegade general
 GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Nyiraba Herekeza hopes to get to a hospital soon. Ten days ago she was shot in the head as she fled fighting between Congolese government troops and rebels near her home in Gicanga, North Kivu. The bullet is still lodged inside her right eye socket. "I came from my house and ran to the forest. I was running away, fleeing the war, then the bullet came and hit me," an exhausted-looking Herekeza, 65, told Reuters as she sat with her two grandchildren minutes after crossing the border with Rwanda. "I don't know which soldiers (shot me). ...
- Congolese flee violence into neighboring Rwanda
When gunfire broke out in her home area in eastern Congo, Annie Kabeja joined a wave of thousands fleeing the area and walked for two days with her two children toward neighboring Rwanda.
- Rwanda raises repo rate to 7.5 pct on inflation risks
KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's central bank raised its benchmark repo rate to 7.5 percent on Friday from 7 percent previously, to head off risks to the inflation outlook in the east African economy. National Bank of Rwanda Governor Claver Gatete said although regional inflationary pressures were declining they remained high, while domestic food production had been hit by adverse weather conditions. Gatete said other risks facing the Rwandan economy included the presistent debt crisis in Europe, high fuel prices, lower production and prices of key exports and high global food costs. ...
- U.N. Council concerned by recent Congo attacks
 UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council expressed serious concern on Thursday over recent clashes between the army of the Democratic Republic of Congo and soldiers loyal to a renegade general wanted by the International Criminal court for war crimes. The 15-member body called for an immediate end to a rebellion partly driven by General Bosco Ntaganda, who fought the government as a rebel before he was integrated into the army alongside other insurgents as part of a 2009 peace deal. ...
- Congolese flee army's hunt for dissident general
 GISENYI, Rwanda (Reuters) - Olive Kukamujeni does not know what fate met two of her children when a gun battle between Congolese troops and fighters loyal to a renegade general erupted in her home village. "The fighting was so hard, everybody ran," Kukamujeni told Reuters at the border with Rwanda, exhausted by her ordeal. "I don't know if they died or not. ...
- Congo army clashes with wanted general, five dead
KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least five people have been killed in clashes between Democratic Republic of Congo's army and soldiers loyal to a renegade general wanted by the International Criminal court for war crimes, U.N. and military sources said on Monday. The fighting in the Masisi region of North Kivu began late on Sunday and forced thousands of residents to flee their homes, some of them into neighboring Rwanda, said aid groups. General Bosco Ntaganda fought the government as a rebel before he was integrated into the army alongside other insurgents as part of a 2009 peace deal. ...
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