Law Professor Who Grew up on South Side Jailed in Rwanda
(Chicago Tribune) –An attorney who grew up on Chicago‘s South Side and helped run his father’s manufacturing company in the city before receiving a law degree has been arrested in Rwanda for allegedly...
View ArticleDon Cheadle Named Goodwill Ambassador
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View ArticleRwanda: A Dirt-Poor Nation, With a Health Plan
(New York Times) — Rwanda has had national health insurance for 11 years now; 92 percent of the nation is covered, and the premiums are $2 a year. Sunny Ntayomba, an editorial writer for The New Times,...
View Article5 East African Countries Create Common Market
(AP) — Five nations in East Africa implemented new economic rules Thursday to boost cross-border employment and trade. The new steps push forward a larger plan to integrate the economies of Burundi,...
View ArticleAfrica’s Top Moments of 2010
The continent of Africa offers much more than the typical negative news stories of political unrest, corruption, poverty and disease that we often hear about. Though Africa still had its troubles, 2010...
View ArticleRwandan Business Pins Hopes on Death
(New York Times) — Last month, three Rwandan owners, graduates of the three-year BPeace program, visited the United States during a trip that paired them with American businesses in their industries....
View ArticleRwandan Genocide Taken Up in Kansas Court
(New York Times) — The faces in the jury box are a cross-section of southern Kansas. The judge has a white beard, wears a bow tie and speaks in the straightforward language of the Great Plains. One...
View ArticleKansas Jury Acquits Rwandan of Genocide
(AFP) — A Kansas jury deadlocked Tuesday on whether an elderly Rwandan immigrant committed genocide 17 years ago, convicting him only on a charge that he lied to US immigration officials. The verdict,...
View ArticleSolange in Rwanda
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View ArticleCan Banning Skin Bleaching Creams Be The Catalyst That Changes Colorism?
Source: Romain Maurice / Getty A handful of African countries, like Rwanda and Ghana, have come together to ban skin bleaching products due to their severe health effects. Many of the products...
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