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Kicukiro Primary Court has adjourned the bail hearing of Erasme Ntazinda, the former Mayor of Nyanza District. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Crime

Trial of ex-Nyanza mayor postponed due to “legal obstacle”

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
PHOTO BY IGIHE
Crime

Turahirwa pleads guilty to drug use

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Members of the parliamentary committee on National Unity, Human Rights and the Fight against Genocide during the meeting.
Crime

Study links persistent genocide ideology with divisive regional politics

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
Fashion designer and founder of Moshions, Moses Turahirwa, is set to appear before the Kicukiro Primary Court on Tuesday, May 6. File
Crime

Fashion designer Moses Turahirwa to appear in court

Monday, May 05, 2025
Former members of FDLR undergo a civic training at Mutobo Demobilisation Centre, in Musanze District in the Northern Province on Wednesday, April 30. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Crime

Stolen childhoods: How FDLR recruits children and arms them with hate

Friday, May 02, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana breifing others journalists in Kigali on April 1. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Crime

Minister Bizimana puts ex-BBC journalist on spot for decades-long genocide ideology

Thursday, May 01, 2025
RRA Commissioner General Ronald Niwenshuti (L) and Godfrey Kabera, the Minister of State in charge of National Treasury at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, along with Members of Parliament, during the plenary sitting that passed the new bill establishing excise duty, on April 29, 2025. COURTESY
Crime

Excise duty: Jail term for tax evaders sparks heated debate

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
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Crime

Sophie Akaliza handed five-month suspended sentence over bounced cheque

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The United States has announced the arrest of Faustin Nsabumukunzi, a former community leader in Kibirizi Sector, Gisagara District.
Crime

The dark past of Faustin Nsabumukunzi, the genocide fugitive who ‘lied his way into the US’

Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Crime

Davis Manzi’s wife case takes new twist as she accuses plaintiff of usury

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Three officials of Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board are among a group of seven people who have been arrested by Rwanda Investigation Bureau.
Crime

Rwanda mines board officials arrested over corruption

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Eric Kubwimana, one of the suspected car thieves arrested on Friday, April 24. Photo: Courtesy
Crime

Rubavu: Couple in custody over car theft

Friday, April 25, 2025
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Crime

Genocide fugitive who ‘lied his way into the US’ arrested after decades of immigration deception

Friday, April 25, 2025
Police arrested four individuals on suspicion of producing and distributing counterfeit US dollars in Rubavu District on Wednesday, April 23.
Crime

Rubavu: Four arrested over counterfeiting US dollars

Thursday, April 24, 2025
Nyarugenge Intermediate Court has postponed the substantive hearing in the case of Jean-Bosco Sengabo, popularly known as Fatakumavuta, to May 15.
Crime

Why vlogger Fatakumavuta’s hearing has been postponed

Thursday, April 24, 2025
Moses Turahirwa, the founder of the Moshions fashion has been arrested.
Crime

Fashion designer Moses Turahirwa arrested again over drug use

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Béatrice Munyenyezi was convicted by the Huye Intermediate Court on April 12 last year on four counts. murder as a crime of genocide, complicity in genocide, incitement to commit genocide, and complicity in rape.
Crime

Genocide convict Béatrice Munyenyezi’s appeal trial to resume in May

Friday, April 18, 2025
Nyanza District on April 15 announced that an extraordinary meeting of its council decided to dismiss Erasme Ntazinda from serving as its Mayor “because of failure to fulfil his responsibilities effectively.”
Crime

Dismissed Nyanza mayor Ntazinda arrested

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Smugglers of rare African ants plead guilty before Kenya court.
Crime

Smugglers of rare African ants plead guilty before Kenya court

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
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Crime

Wanted genocidaire Sagahutu on spot for spreading hate ideology in Belgium

Tuesday, April 15, 2025