U.S.Embassy Kigali donates educational materials

Kigombe High School students, teachers and some of the Embassy staff during the donation event

Supporting Rwanda’s education system is a high priority for the U.S. Mission, especially outside of Kigali.  On June 25, the Embassy donated books, 82 chairs, a television and other educational materials to Groupe Scolaire Kigombe in Ruhengeri. (read more)

Reducing Demand Is Key To Curbing Human Trafficking, U.S. Says

The demand for cheap labor and sexual services must be addressed to end human trafficking and modern-day slavery, say U.S. officials.

At a June 4 briefing for the release of the State Department’s eighth annual Trafficking In Persons Report, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said the 2008 report, for the first time, examines prosecution data. (More)

U.S. Intelligence Official Reports Major Gains Against Al-Qaida

Growing number of former supporters now repudiate group’s ‘immoral’ tactics

Washington -- Al-Qaida essentially has lost in Iraq and Saudi Arabia and continues losing ground elsewhere thanks to strengthening global counterterrorism partnerships and an increasing number of Islamic scholars and former militants who publicly are repudiating the terrorist group’s legitimacy, says Central Intelligence Agency Director Michael Hayden. (more)