Rwanda's new coffee buzz Rwanda's coffee beans -- now imported by the likes of Grace Hightower De Niro -- are bolstering the economy of the central African nation.
June 14, 2013 - CNN Money
Rwanda resists hasty return to sovereign bond market By Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda has no immediate plans to return to the sovereign debt market after a hugely successful debut issue in April even though investors are asking when it will do so, its finance minister said on Friday. The central African country's dollar bond received orders more than eight times the bond's issue size, fetching a yield of 6.875 percent as rock bottom ...
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Rwanda increases annual budget, sees external financing By Jenny Clover KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda plans to raise spending in the 2013/2014 fiscal year (July-June) by 7 percent to $2.6 billion and expects to raise about 40 percent of this from external sources, Finance Minister Claver Gatete said on Thursday. In a budget statement read to parliament, Gatete said a weakening global economy and the on-going euro zone debt crisis could hurt growth in the ...
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Ban Ki-moon in International Herald Tribune The conflict along the Rwanda and Congolese border has gone on too long and (with) catastrophic consequences,Ban said. "We need peace (and) an end to fighting so that the region's people can enjoy a measure of stability and prosperity."
President Bush in Malaysia Sun The Rwanda people know the horrors of genocide,Mr. Bush said. "My message to other nations is: `Join with the president and help us get this problem solved once and for all.' And we will help."
Matt Damon in International Herald Tribune After the genocide in Rwanda we all shook our heads and said 'never again,'Damon said in a statement. "Today, as killings mount in Darfur we need to make 'never again' a reality and demand protection for the most vulnerable."