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Ingrid Karangwayire, the Executive Secretary of BK Foundation.

FEATURED: Urumuri Program extends application deadline to April 21

Friday, April 04, 2025

David Lammy is the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom.

Open letter by survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to David Lammy on his position on Rwanda and eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo)

Friday, April 04, 2025

The Leather Value Chain Project was launched on Friday, April 4 at the Ministry of Trade and Industry. Courtesy

Rwanda’s leather value chain gets Rwf1.4bn boost

Friday, April 04, 2025

Macau becomes Ethiopian Airlines 10th dedicated cargo destination in China.

Ethiopian Airlines launches new cargo route to Macao, China

Friday, April 04, 2025

AFC/M23 fighters in Bukavu in DR Congo. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

AFC/M23 warns of retaliation if Congolese army attacks persist in Walikale

Friday, April 04, 2025

The Deputy Government Spokesperson Alain Mukuralinda has died, the Office of Government Spokesperson said on Friday, April 4. File

Deputy government spokesperson Mukuralinda passes away

Friday, April 04, 2025

Musalia Mudavadi, Kenya’s Prime Cabinet Secretary and Cabinet Secretary for Foreign and Diaspora Affairs (L), and AU commission Chairperson AU Mahmoud Ali Youssouf at the Summit on a panel discussion at the opening session on Thursday, April 3. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

Too much control stifles AI, experts warn governments

Friday, April 04, 2025

Officials tour the newly unveiled health intelligence centre, launched by the health ministry on Thursday, April 2. Photos by Kellya Keza

Rwanda unveils real-time health monitoring hub

Friday, April 04, 2025

President Paul Kagame and officials pose for a group photo at the opening of the Global AI Summit on Africa in Kigali on Thursday, April 3.

African leaders seek to set up a continental AI fund

Friday, April 04, 2025

The Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement has announced that 40% of Gacaca Court archives have been indexed. File

Indexing Gacaca court archives at 40%: Why it matters for Rwanda’s Genocide history

Friday, April 04, 2025

President Paul Kagame met with Doreen Bogdan-Martin, the Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU), in Kigali on Thursday, April 3. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Kagame meets with ITU boss, UN envoy on digital technologies

Thursday, April 03, 2025

A fire outbreak in Gasabo District on Thursday, April 3, killed a 45-year-old man and two of his children, while they were asleep. Courtesy

Gasabo: Fire outbreak kills man, two children

Thursday, April 03, 2025

President Museveni arrives in South Sudan to assist de-escalation.

President Museveni arrives in South Sudan to assist de-escalation

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Delegates from Norway, Finland, Denmark, and Sweden – representing sectors such as education, healthcare, and real estate – gathered in Kigali for the inaugural Rwanda-Nordic Business Forum 2025. Courtesy

Nordic businesses see Rwanda as ideal place for expansion

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Joseph Stéphane Mukumadi, the former governor of Sankuru province, on Thursday, April 3.

DR Congo crisis: Former Sankuru province governor Joseph Mukumadi joins AFC/M23

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Safari Herminigirde.

Man, 62, arrested for concealing Genocide-related information

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Regional weather agency predicts heavy rains, flood risks in Horn of Africa. Courtesy

Regional weather agency predicts heavy rains, flood risks in Horn of Africa

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger foreign ministers to hold consultations with Russia.Courtesy

Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger foreign ministers to hold consultations with Russia

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Cote d'Ivoire raises purchase price of cocoa beans for farmers. Courtesy

Cote d'Ivoire raises purchase price of cocoa beans for farmers

Thursday, April 03, 2025

Minister of Trade and Industry, Prudence Sebahizi, during his presentation at the Parliament on Tuesday, April 1. Courtesy

Why govt is proposing tribunal for disputes involving cooperatives

Thursday, April 03, 2025