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Rwanda

Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ ( listen); Kinyarwanda: U Rwanda [u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French: République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.

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Latest News for: Rwanda mining

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Mining Sector Decries Inadequate Financing

All Africa 16 Jul 2019

Exploration and mining activities in Rwanda remain inadequately funded, despite continuous efforts by Government to showcase the sector's potential .......

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Accident at Glencore’s Congo mine kills scores of artisanal miners

Business Day 28 Jun 2019

Kinshasa — At least 41 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Democratic Republic of Congo, the provincial governor said ... Twenty-two died in a previous Zimbabwean gold-mine flood in February, and 14 tin miners were buried alive in Rwanda after heavy rains in January....

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Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 39 in Congo

Yahoo Daily News 27 Jun 2019

KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 39 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said ... Twenty-two died in a previous Zimbabwean gold-mine flood in February, and 14 tin miners were buried alive in Rwanda after heavy rains in January....

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UPDATE 3-Accident at Glencore mine kills at least 39 in Congo

Canada Dot Com 27 Jun 2019

KINSHASA — At least 39 artisanal miners were killed on Thursday when part of a copper and cobalt mine owned by Glencore collapsed in southeast Congo, the provincial governor said ... Twenty-two died in a previous Zimbabwean gold-mine flood in February, and 14 tin miners were buried alive in Rwanda after heavy rains in January....

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Accident at Glencore copper and cobalt mine kills at least 39 in Congo

Canada Dot Com 27 Jun 2019

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Rutsiro Residents Cautioned Against Illegal Mining

All Africa 23 May 2019

Residents of Rutsiro District were on Wednesday sensitized against environment-related crimes, especially illegal mining, in a campaign organised by Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) .......

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50 die, 41 injured in mining accidents in Rwanda so far this year: official

Xinhua 21 May 2019

KIGALI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Fifty people have been killed and 41 others injured in mining accidents this year in Rwanda, an official said on Tuesday....

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Rwanda: Miners Appeal for Minimum Wage

All Africa 06 May 2019

Despite the mining sector being one of the top foreign exchange revenue earners for Rwanda,mine workers have complained about poor working conditions and low wages .......

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Rwanda partners private firm for conservation and tourism program

Xinhua 27 Apr 2019

KIGALI, April 27 (Xinhua) -- The Rwanda Development Board (RDB) has signed a 25-year concession with a private company for the development of a conservation and tourism program in Gishwati-Mukura National Park in western Rwanda ... As Rwanda's ......

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Drone pilot training set to take off

The Hindu 10 Apr 2019

While Cyient will provide the training tools, TSAA will provide the training services and infrastructure to conduct the programmes ... Eighteen companies are participating in a project related to use of drones in mining areas and the State is also in discussion with a company that transported blood to hospitals using drones in Rwanda, Africa ... .......

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Sierra Leone Business: Salone services sector growth declined in 2018

Awoko 01 Apr 2019

Ghana and Nigeria benefited from recovering oil prices and higher oil production ... Growth is projected to reach 2.7 per cent in 2019 ... Industry and services have been expanding in Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, and the mining sector has been strong in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Madagascar, Rwanda and Uganda ... By Zainab Iyamide Joaque....

photo: AP / Al-hadji Kudra Maliro

Police officers stand guards at a newly established Ebola response center in Beni Democratic Republic of Congo, Friday, Aug 10, 2018.

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Armed Assailants Light Ebola Treatment Center On Fire In Eastern DRC

WorldNews.com 28 Feb 2019

Dozens of armed militia often attack security forces and civilians in the eastern DRC, near the border with Uganda and Rwanda, where they battle between one another to control lucrative mines ... After six months of the outbreak in North Kivu and Ituri, there are still 870 confirmed patients and more than 540 deaths so it is not under control....

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U.S. Investors Demand U.S$96 Million for Loss of Rwanda Contracts

All Africa 14 Feb 2019

A group of US investors have taken Rwanda to an international court, seeking compensation of $95 million after the government seized their mining concessions, effectively denying them operating licences .......