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The Rwanda Basketball Federation (Ferwaba) has given Rwanda Energy Group (REG) a break from the National basketball league to help them concentrate on the playoffs of the Basketball Africa League (BAL) 2022 that get underway in Kigali on the 21st through the 28th of next month. 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