By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lebrief
Moroccan Princess Lalla Asmaa visited the Mike Stenbock Gemura Kitchen in Kigali, a central kitchen designed to prepare meals for hospitalised patients. The facility was built with the support of the Mohammed VI Foundation for Sustainable Development to help feed the most vulnerable patients, Lebrief reports.
Rwanda’s First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, hosted an official dinner in Kigali in honour of Princess Lalla Asmaa, president of the Lalla Asmaa Foundation. The meeting is part of Moroccan-Rwandan cooperation on hearing health, Lebrief reports.
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Moroccan Princess Lalla Asmaa paid her respects at the Gisozi Genocide Memorial in Kigali and laid a wreath in memory of the Tutsi victims before visiting exhibitions about the genocide. The ceremony was attended by Rwandan minister Jean Damascène Bizimana, according to a statement from the Lalla Asmaa Foundation.
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Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame and Moroccan Princess Lalla Asmaa inaugurated a hearing diagnosis and rehabilitation centre at Rwanda Military Hospital in Kanombe. The opening, on 26 October, is part of a Moroccan programme, reports The New Times.
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Princess Lalla Asmaa and Jeannette Kagame inaugurated Rwanda’s first hearing diagnosis and rehabilitation centre in Kigali as part of the fifth phase of Morocco’s “Together, We Hear Better” programme. They visited four Rwandan children who had undergone surgery, and Rwanda became the programme’s 23rd partner country, Le Matin reports.
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Claudette Mukashyaka appointed Rwanda’s auditor generalClaudette Mukashyaka has been appointed Auditor General of State Finances in Rwanda, a role responsible for auditing public accounts and the management of state assets. Her appointment was approved on 26 October by the Council of Ministers chaired by Paul Kagame. She succeeds Alexis Kamuhire, who has held the post since 2021, reports Ktpress.
36,000 people flee clashes in southern EthiopiaAround 36,000 people have fled clashes in southern Ethiopia for Kenya, according to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Food aid, clean water, shelter, sanitation and healthcare are priorities for the displaced, Le Monde reports.The week in Africa
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