the team coached by ngarambe franois xavier and baghirishya anaclet who play handball started training on monday 05082013 at kigoma in ruhango district the head of the handball association in rwanda utabarutse theogene told us that the reason why these players are training at kigoma secondary school is because they are working with other players who are there in the training and they are preparing to go to games that connect schools in the region feassa will be held in uganda before the national team goes to congo brazzaville it will first return to kigali where it will spend two weeks training before going to brazzaville on 3082013 in the africa cup of nations the rwanda team will participate in the competition for the first time and will be in the same group as angola the democratic republic of congo and algeria in its first match on 09012013 the rwandan team will play angola followed by algeria and will play against the democratic republic of congo on 09032013 the head of the handball association in rwanda theogene utabarutse who is very familiar with the game told us that although the group rwanda is in will be strong he thinks rwanda will go far in the tournament utabarusa said it is a strong group but especially angola only according to our teams condition and preparation we can get the second place in the group which will allow us to continue in the competition the players in training are elizabeth niyonizera esther dushimimana aline umugwaneza sounathia icyimanimpaye jennifer uwimpaye lucie umuhoza louise niyonsenga vestine zaninka betty nyirarukundo cecile uytonze confiance gatesi pelagia muhawenimana there are also betty yankurije bernadette mukandahimana pascasie mukamana claudine nyiransabimana rose iradukunda valentine nyirabizeyimana charlotte uwizeyimana alphonsine ingabire and adeline uwamahoro theoneste i am blessed