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  • Ambassador Koran with Embassy Staff reading the book selected this year. (Embassy Photo)

    Embassy Launches 2013 Everybody Reads Rwanda Campaign

    The U.S. Embassy held a kickoff event in the Information Resource Center (IRC) to launch its second annual "Everybody Reads Rwanda" campaign. The book selected this year is “The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by American author Mitch Albom.

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  • The Genocide orphans of lost embassy colleagues laying flowers on the memorial plaque 
(U.S. Embassy photo)

    U.S. Mission Remembers Fallen Colleagues

    On April 18, 2013, the U.S. Mission in Kigali held its annual memorial ceremony to honor and remember 25 employees who were killed in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

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    19th Anniversary of Genocide in Rwanda

    Statement by President Obama on the 19th Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda.

  • Ambassador Koran reading to P5 students from "La Colombiere School" (U.S. Embassy Photo)

    The Embassy Celebrates World Read Aloud Day

    U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda Donald W. Koran and nearly 30 other staff from the U.S. Embassy in Rwanda fanned out across Kigali on Wednesday March 6, to read aloud to primary school students on World Read Aloud Day.The volunteers reached 14 schools and more than 500 children.

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  • Market for women's cooperatives (U.S. Embassy photo)
    International Women's Day Roundtable and Market

    On March 7, 2013- The Embassy partnered with the UNDP, the Institut Francais and the Rwanda Library Services to host a roundtable discussion entitled "What Future Do Rwandan Women Want?" in honor of International Women's Day. 

  • Deputy Chief of Mission Jessye Lapenn visited an IRS operation in Ruhuha (Embassy Photo)
    Deputy Chief of Mission Jessye Lapenn visited an IRS operation in Ruhuha Sector

    On Monday March 04, 2013: U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Jessye Lapenn visited an indoor residential spraying operation in Ruhuha Sector, Bugesera District 

  • UNHCR Country Representative Neimah Warsame Holds Up Check from Ambassador Koran (Embassy Photo)
    U.S. Embassy donation to UNHCR Rwanda

    February 28, 2013- The U.S. Embassy in Rwanda announced a contribution of $3.6 million from the U.S. government to the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) for refugee protection activities in Rwanda. The check was received by the UNHCR Country Representative to Rwanda Mrs. Neimah Warsame. 

  • Sorwathee (Embassy Photo)
    Sorwathee Wins U.S. Secretary of State's Award for Corporate Excellence

    On November 28, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton presented the Secretary of State's 2012 Award for Corporate Excellence (ACE) in the small-medium-size company category to Sorwathé in Rwanda. The ACE is an annual award that recognizes U.S.-owned businesses that exhibit exemplary corporate citizenship, promote innovation, and advance democratic principles around the world. 

  • Mahogany Jones group performed at the Ambassador residence (U.S. Embassy Photo)
    American Hip Hop musicians in Kigali

    American Voices artists Mahogany Jones-LIVE, a Hip Hop group hailing from Detroit, Michigan, performed in Rwanda from October 19 to 26, 2012. 

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    Important Notice for Petitioners Filing form I-130

    Petitioners residing overseas will no longer be able to routinely file Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relative, with U.S. Embassies and Consulates except in locations where U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has a public counter presence within the Embassy or Consulate.  Follow the link for more information.