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Visitors tour a mini-exhibition on Women Entrepreneurship in the cultural and Creative industry. Craish BAHIZI

How Africa’s youth are rewriting the rules of entrepreneurship

Tuesday, December 23, 2025
Some of the residential houses of Tutsi that were burned by FDLR genocidial group members and FARDC soldiers during the fighting against M23 rebels at Nturo Village in eastern DR Congo.

Here is why post-genocide Rwanda is not the source of Congolese woes

Monday, December 22, 2025
The New Times

Latest demographic and health survey shows clear path to country’s socioeconomic transformation

Friday, December 19, 2025
Last week, Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) marked five years since its creation, in 2020.

Why Kigali International Financial Centre needs a specialised tax tribunal

Friday, December 19, 2025
State Minister for ICT and Innovation Yves Iradukunda nd other officials during a guided tour as Rwanda Space Agency (RSA) deployed the Geospatial Hub, also known as Geo-Hub. Courtesy
Editorial

Precision agriculture holds potential for millions of smallholder farmers 

Friday, December 19, 2025
Scholastique Mukasonga and Alexis Kagame.

La femme aux pieds nus, Inganji Kalinga, Bugesera, and Rwandan authors

Friday, December 19, 2025
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa, addresses delegates at the launch of the 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) on December 17. Courtesy
Editorial

Despite the gains in public health, we still have work to do

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Students during an ICT class at Groupe Scolaire Munini in Nyaruguru District. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

How education can be improved in Africa

Thursday, December 18, 2025
Members of Jambo Asbl on December 15, 2025, published an article which repackages the FDLR, obliterates Congolese Tutsi lives, and calls it “truth”

Jambo’s Genocide laundering as “narrative critique”

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Visitors during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

How investigations uncovered the true scale of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
A view of the Musanze–Rubavu road, which was damaged by heavy rains in 2023. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Editorial

Drainage system must be fixed before damage becomes irreversible

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
Uvira residents during a peaceful walk to support M23 rebels on Tuesday, December 16. Courtesy

AFC/M23, Uvira, and the discipline of power

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
AFC-M23 movement officials pose for a photo after a meeting in Goma in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy

Might is not right: Why selective justice undermines credibility

Wednesday, December 17, 2025
The New Times
Editorial

Time for African universities to teach Africa-centred solutions

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Some of the inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. Photo by Craish Bahizi

How digital mediation can transform overburdened courts

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Rwamagana based farmer Evariste Mutibagirana haversts his banana plantation in Karenge Sector. Sam Ngendahimana

From soil to shelf: How empowering farmers drives Rwanda’s agribusiness

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Rwanda Biomedical Centre health experts conduct mosquito research during an outreach program in Bugesera District. Photo by Craish Bahizi.

When data heals: How Africa is building shared intelligence for climate and health

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves poses with the red Budget Box before delivering her Budget speech last month.

If you build in Britain, we will back you

Monday, December 15, 2025
L-R: Jean-François Le Drian and Christine Coleman.

Le Drian and Rev. Coleman: Machetocratic preachers

Monday, December 15, 2025
A team leader interacts with workers during a breifing session. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Embrace your inner cheerleader

Monday, December 15, 2025