Regis Umurengezi

Photo credit: DiasporaEngager (www.DiasporaEngager.com). Rwanda: Farmers Get New Irish Potato Varieties The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) is set to start distributing five new potato varieties to farmers, which are resistant to adverse… the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the International Potato Centre (CIP), the varieties are part of the 43 Go to Source Author: By Régis Umurengezi Source of original article: International Potato Center (cipotato.org).

Local and foreign tourists can now easily wind down by enjoying a ride around the country's hills thanks to cycling tourism scheme launched by Rwanda Cycling Federation (Ferwacy) over the weekend. The federation unveiled the cycling tourism on Saturday at the Africa Rising Cycling Centre, in Musanze District, with dozens of local and foreign tourists taking part in a cycling exercise that went around the National Volcano Park.

Some 132 Rwandans who were recently deported from Uganda, on Wednesday completed a two-week Civic Education Training commonly known as 'Itorero'. The training took place at Nkumba Peace and Leadership Training Centre in Burera District, Northern Province. The Government opted to take the deportees through Itorero before they join their respective families, for 'comforting and counselling purposes' given the torture and humiliation they were subjected to while in Ugandan detention facilities.