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Former Rwandan presidents Gergoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana
Rwanda

How Kayibanda, Habyarimana failed to handle Tutsi refugee crisis

Thursday, May 22, 2025
A veterinarian inspects a vaccination dose of swine erysipelas in Kivumu Sector, Rutsiro District. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana.
Rwanda

Rutsiro intensifies efforts to fight swine disease, boost pig farming

Thursday, May 22, 2025
New ambassadors during the presentation of their letters of credence on Wednesday, May 21, Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Kagame receives letters of credence from 11 new envoys

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
A view of Bisesero Genocide Memorial in Karongi District . Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Bisesero survivor: Betrayed by zone turquoise, hunted by killers but still standing

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Beekeepers during a harvesting session . Photo by Moise Bahati
Rwanda

Beekeepers tap into Gishwati-Mukura UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
President Paul Kagame meets with Hassan Bubacar Jallow, the Chief Justice of the Gambia on Tuesday, May 20. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Kagame, Gambia chief justice Hassan Bubacar Jallow discuss cooperation

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Ambassador Vincent Karega during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on May 12. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Rwanda

Karega reflects on 30 years of public service and Rwanda’s transformation journey

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
Gambia’s Chief Justice Hassan Bubakar Jallow meets his Rwandan counterpart Domitilla Mukantaganzwa on Monday, May 19. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda, Gambia collaborate to strengthen justice systems

Tuesday, May 20, 2025
A total of 796 Rwandans returning from eastern DR Congo, where they had been held hostage by the FDLR, arrive at Rwanda DR Congo border on Monday, May 19. Photos by Gemain Nsanzimana
Rwanda

Rwanda receives hundreds more returnees from DR Congo

Monday, May 19, 2025
A worker reviews some Gacaca court documents at the store in Kacyiru in Kigali. While addressing the parliamentary Committee on State Budget and Patrimony, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement revealed that The digitalization and conservation of Gacaca records, launched in 2015, is slated for completion by 2026, with a projected cost of Rwf5.7 billion. File
Rwanda

Digitization of Gacaca court archives to be completed by 2026 – Minister Bizimana

Monday, May 19, 2025
Residents of Nyarugunga Sector, Kicukiro District, donated cows and livestock care tools to two genocide survivors in Bisesero. Courtesy
Rwanda

Nyarugunga residents donate cows to Genocide survivors in Bisesero

Sunday, May 18, 2025
ALL PHOTOS BY GERMAIN NSANZIMANA
Rwanda

Over 300 Rwandans leave DR Congo following FDLR defeat

Saturday, May 17, 2025
President Paul Kagame received a team of Harvard Business School students in Village Urugwiro on Friday, May 16. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Kagame briefs Harvard students on Rwanda’s post-Genocide recovery

Friday, May 16, 2025
Children eat porridge at Mageragere ECD Centre in Nyarugenge. Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Giving a child a home: What you need to know about adoption in Rwanda

Friday, May 16, 2025
A farmer tends to her cow in Kayonza. While Agriculture anchors the district's economy, 38 percent of household farmers still lack livestock in Kayonza, according to EICV7
Rwanda

Kayonza cuts poverty rate by 15% in seven years

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
The government is set to spend Rwf2.2 billion to correct land boundary errors and fully automate land services on Irembo platform. Courtesy
Rwanda

Boundary errors, land disputes targeted in Rwf 2.2bn plan

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
President Paul Kagame speaks during a high-level panel discussion on policies at the opening of the Africa CEO Forum, as the Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani, looks on, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire on May 12. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Africa should build momentum of self-dependency, says Kagame

Monday, May 12, 2025
Chief Justice and Supreme Court President Domitilla Mukantaganzwa speaks at a commemorative event held on May 8. Courtesy
Rwanda

Chief Justice calls for renewed action on Genocide ideology

Friday, May 09, 2025
WASAC technician tries to fix a water pipe at Kanombe in Kigali. . FILE
Rwanda

Gov’t targets full rural water access by 2030 as pipeline repairs accelerate

Thursday, May 08, 2025
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Rwanda

PHOTOS: RDF hosts anti-GBV workshop for military spouses

Wednesday, May 07, 2025