Rwanda has implemented a long-delayed ban on the import and use of chlorofluorocarbon gases that damage the ozone layer.
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/ 29 October 2007
African leaders and technology experts met on Monday in Rwanda to discuss plans to boost the continent’s development by securing universal internet access by 2012. Several heads of state attended the Connect Africa gathering, organised by the International Telecommunication Union and supported by international bodies including the African Union.
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/ 6 November 2006
Rwanda and Burundi may be sworn in as new members of the East African Economic Community when the grouping holds its next summit, on November 30, in the Tanzanian financial centre of Dar es Salaam. The regional organisation at present comprises Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda, and is headquartered in the northern Tanzanian town of Arusha.
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/ 10 January 2006
During the 12 years since the Rwandan genocide, national and community courts have tried to bring about justice for victims of the killings and rights abuses that took place in 1994. Among the sentences that have been handed down, however, those that relate to forms of community service are sparking anger among genocide survivors.