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James Karuhanga

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Speaking during the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, on April 25, Rwanda's envoy to the UK, Johnston Busingye, said the Genocide against the Tutsi didn’t start with the machetes of April 1994. It started decades earlier with state directed ethnic populism, classification, discrimination, dehumanization, over time, all done with unimaginable impunity, he said.

No Genocide happens without a plan, preparation, state involvement – Rwandan envoy

Friday, April 26, 2024

Some of the hundreds of eastern European mercenaries who deployed to DR Congo in 2022 to train the country's armed forces in the fight against the M23 rebels. Reports say that up to 2,000 mercenaries from eastern Europe are in the region to help the Congolese army coalition in fighting the M23 rebels.

Secret financial audit exposes high-level corruption fueling eastern DR Congo conflict

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the Deputy Chairperson for the African Union Commission, addressing the 56th Session of the Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development opening held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe, on March 4.COURTESY

COM2024: Africa is stronger together, says African Union Commission Deputy Chairperson

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

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Ngirente represents Kagame at state funeral of Geingob in Namibia

Sunday, February 25, 2024

President Paul Kagame held talks with the Chairperson of the East African Community (EAC), President Salva Kiir of South Sudan, and his delegation, at Village Urugwiro on Thursday, February 22. Courtesy of Village Urugwiro

Kagame, EAC Chairperson Kiir discuss importance of addressing root causes of insecurity in region

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Located in the Centre of Education and Regional Promotion in the north Poland town of Szymbark, the Upside-Down House completed in 2007 is a popular tourist attraction.

Fun facts about Poland: A fascinating country hosting about 1,500 Rwandan students

Thursday, February 08, 2024

President Paul Kagame meets with Polish President Andrzej Duda at Village Urugwiro on Wednesday, February 7. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Rwanda-Poland relations: A timeline

Thursday, February 08, 2024

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All passengers, crew escape after Airbus A350 collision at Tokyo airport

Tuesday, January 02, 2024

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RDF Chief of Defence Staff Muganga promoted to four-star General

Wednesday, December 20, 2023

Somalia’s President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud (left), the Chairperson of the EAC Summit, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan (centre), Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki, look at the new map of the regional bloc after Somalia inched closer to joining the seven-member Community by signing the Treaty of Accession with the EAC at State House, Entebbe, Uganda on Friday, December 15.

Somalia signs Treaty of Accession with EAC

Friday, December 15, 2023

Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General in the Central African Republic (CAR) and Head of the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in CAR (MINUSCA), during an exclusive interview with The New Times in her office in Bangui on November 25. Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.

VIDEO: MINUSCA boss Rugwabiza on need to build CAR’s internal capacity

Thursday, November 30, 2023

Central African Republic President Faustin-Archange Touadéra talking to the media on Friday, November 24, at a military camp just outside the CAR capital, Bangui, where 512 Central African Armed Forces (FACA) soldiers trained by the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) graduated. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza.

PHOTOS: Rwanda-CAR cooperation fruitful, says President Touadéra

Friday, November 24, 2023

PHOTOS BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA

PHOTOS: Over 500 CAR soldiers trained by RDF to pass-out

Friday, November 24, 2023

A Rwandan soldier serving under MINUSCA on patrol in CAR capital, Bangui, on, November 23. Rwandan peacekeepers are in charge of securing the capital, among other responsibilities. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA

Rwandan troops are dependable, brave - UN Force Commander in CAR

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe district protest against the genocidal violence committed against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo, on December 12.2022. Willy Mucyo

How DR Congo chose to externalize its internal problems, scapegoat Rwanda

Wednesday, November 08, 2023

Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta speaks at the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF) meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon. Courtesy

Biruta refutes DR Congo’s "baseless accusations" at Francophonie summit

Tuesday, November 07, 2023

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Morocco earthquake: Death toll surpasses 2,000, expected to rise further

Sunday, September 10, 2023

Rescue workers search for survivors in a collapsed house in Moulay Brahim, Al Haouz province, on September 9, 2023, after an earthquake. Morocco's deadliest earthquake in decades has killed more than 1,000 people, officials said on September 9, causing widespread damage and sending terrified residents and tourists scrambling to safety in the middle of the night. (Photo by Fadel SENNA / AFP) (Photo by FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images)

Kagame expresses deepest sympathy, solidarity with Morocco's King Mohammed VI after devastating earthquake

Saturday, September 09, 2023