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Asylum seekers, who were evacuated from Libya, have a chat inside the Gashora Emergency Transit Centre in Bugesera, southeast of Rwanda. The facility is a temporary safe shelter for asylum seekers before they are processed and relocated to third countries.
Rwanda

Rwanda’s statement on UNHCR allegations in U.K courts

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
A group of asylum seekers who were stranded in Libya, arrive at Kigali International Airport on November 16, 2023. Courtesy photo
Rwanda

Migration: UNHCR accused of lying in wake of new anti-Rwanda claims

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
International Day of the African Child is celebrated every June 16. Courtesy
Featured

Dallaire Institute African Centre of Excellence celebrates the Day of the African Child in Kigali – Rwanda

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
A foreign observer invigilates legislative elections in 2018. The Rwanda Civil Society Platform will deploy 310 observers for the upcoming presidential and parliamentary elections. Sam Ngendahimana
Elections

Rwanda civil society deploys over 300 observers for July elections

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Thierno Habib Hann Director General of Shelter Afrique Development Bank meets with Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore in Kigali in April. Courtesy
Housing

Shelter Afrique mulls mortgage refinance firm in Rwanda

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Emmanuel Nkunduwimye, alias Bomboko, was sentenced to 25 years in jail for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo: Courtesy.
Crime

Genocide: Ibuka welcomes Nkunduwimye’s conviction

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
President Paul Kagame meest with His Majesty King Abdullah II of Jordan on Tuesday, June 11, in Jordan. Photos by Village Urugwiro
International

Kagame, Jordan King Abdullah II discuss bilateral ties

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Sandrine Umutoni, the Minister of State for Youth and Arts hands over a cheque to some winners during the awarding event in Kigali on Tuesday, June 11. Each of the six start-ups that emerged top this year was awarded USD $10,000 to scale up their work. Courtesy
Technology

PHOTOS: Imbuto’s iAccelerator provides new round of funding to top start-ups

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Officials toast during the celebration. LOLC is a multinational diversified conglomerate operating in 26 countries across Africa, Asia, and Australia. Photos by Wily Mucyo
Featured

FEATURED: LOLC Unguka Finance: Fostering new era in microfinance excellence

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
PHOTO BY REUTERS
International

Kagame attends high-level conference on urgent humanitarian response for Gaza

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
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Housing

PM Ngirente tips private developers on affordable housing

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The wreckage of a plane that was carrying Malawian Vice President Saulos Chilima has been found, reports citing a military source said on Tuesday, June 11. Courtesy
Africa

Malawi's vice president confirmed dead in plane crash

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
George Asamani, Managing Director, Project Management Institute (PMI). Courtesy
Featured

PMI Africa Conference rebrands to PMI Global Summit Series | Africa

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Saulos Chilima.

Malawi VP's plane may have crashed in forest, army says

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
The New Times

Malawi seeks int'l help after aircraft carrying Vice President goes missing from radar

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
A Belgian court on Monday, June 10, sentenced Emmanuel Nkunduwimye alias Bomboko, to 25 years in jail for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Courtesy
Crime

Belgium: Nkunduwimye sentenced to 25 years in prison for Genocide

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente meets with the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Executive Secretary Amb Claver Gatete in Kigali on Monday, June 10. Courtesy
Economy

UNECA looks to support Rwanda’s agric, mining value chains

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Minister of Defence Juvenal Marizamunda receives a French Senatorial delegation at his offices in Kigali on Monday, June 10.
Security

PHOTOS: French Senatorial delegation in Rwanda over defence cooperation

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Kenya's Chief Justice Lady Justice Martha Koome delivers her remarks during the meeting in Kigali on June 10. Both delegations engaged in fruitful discussions on the role of our top judicial bodies in upholding justice, human rights and constitutional integrity. Courtesy
Law

Kenya judiciary keen on learning from Rwanda's Gacaca courts

Tuesday, June 11, 2024
Thousands of dead fishes collected at Lake Muhazi where different cooperatives grow fishes on January 17,2021. The loss is due to water pollution . File
Agriculture

Relief for farmers as Rwanda adds fish to insurance

Tuesday, June 11, 2024