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Rwandans queueing as they wait for casting their votes in Uganda duruing the presidential and parliamentary elections on Sunday, July 14. Photo by Francis Isano

High voter turnout as Diaspora polls close

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Inside a voting room of Muhozi village, Kinyaga Cell in Bumbogo Sector in Gasabo District ahead of the presidential and parliamentary elections on Monday, July 15. Courtesy

Polling stations in Kigali City ready for elections day

Sunday, July 14, 2024

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Rubavu residents assured of security as polls begin

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Workers setting up the polling station

PHOTOS: Polling sites in Eastern province ready for voters

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Rwandans in South Korea before casting their votes during the presidential and parliamentary elections

Rwanda Decides: Polls close in Korea, Cambodia, New Zealand, Australia

Sunday, July 14, 2024

Former US President and presidential candidate Donald Trump is shielded by the Secret Service after he was injured at a campaign rally. Net photo

Biden condemns 'sick' attempt on Trump's life

Sunday, July 14, 2024

(L-R) Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, Senate President François-Xavier Kalinda, and Minister Vincent Biruta during the conclusion of PSD campaigns on Saturday, July 13.

Vote for us so we implement our good ideas, PSD President tells Rwandans

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Workers at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Craish Bahizi

Kagame to address lack of minimum wage

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Paul Kagame, the RPF-Inkotanyi Chairman and flagbearer in presidential elections addresses a press conference at the closing of the three-week-long campaign trail on Saturday July 13. Courtesy

Kagame optimistic about capable successor

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Paul Kagame, the RPF-Inkotanyi Chairman and flagbearer IN presidential elections greets thousands of supporters at the closing of the three-week-long campaign trail in Kicukiro. Olivier Mugwiza

Kagame in Gahanga: Rwanda’s unity is a political phenomenon

Saturday, July 13, 2024

National Electoral Commission Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa addresses journalists as the Executive Secretary takes note, in Kigali on May 16. Emmanuel Dushimimana

Campaign closure: Don'ts for presidential and parliamentary candidates

Saturday, July 13, 2024

RPF Inkotanyi supporters holding a meeting in Hangzhou China ahead of the 2024 elections. Courtesy

We are ready to vote, say Rwandans in diaspora

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Nadege Ngoga (in black dress, seated in front) and other Rwandan university students from Koneru Lakshimaiah University, in Andhra Pradesh, a state in the southern coastal region of India, pose for a picture at the Rwandan High Commission in New Delhi, on Saturday, July 13. Majority of the Rwandan students in Andhra Pradesh are first time voters. Courtesy

Four days on a train for country's pride, Rwandan students in India thrilled ahead of poll

Saturday, July 13, 2024

PSD members during the final campaign at Club Rafiki in Nyarugenge District on Saturday, July 13. Courtesy

Why PSD pledges special industrial zones for agricultural produce

Saturday, July 13, 2024

National Electoral Commission has revealed that they set up polling stations at different hopitals to enable patients and guards cast theirs votes. Sam Ngendahimana

Polling stations set up at hospitals to aid patients, healthcare workers

Saturday, July 13, 2024

PL chairperson Donatille Mukabalisa, addresses residents in Bugesera. PL has pledged to plant more forests in Bugesera District. Courtesy

Drought-prone districts expect more forests for carbon market as PL concludes campaign

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Polling stations will open at 7AM on Monday, July 15, in the presidential and parliamentary elections. File

Rwanda Elections: Voting to begin at 7AM on Monday

Saturday, July 13, 2024

National Electoral Commission volunteers during the parliamentary election in 2018. The commission has this year trained and deployed over 100,000 volunteers to help in the elections. Sam Ngendahimana

100,000 volunteers deployed to polling stations across the country

Saturday, July 13, 2024

A voter with disabilities is served during the parliamentary elections in 2018. This years, according to NEC, there are 2,593 polling stations in total, including 2,433 within the country. Sam Ngendahimana

Prohibited activities in polling rooms

Saturday, July 13, 2024

Paul Kagame addressing a rally at his penultimate campaign stop in Gasabo on Friday, July 12. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza

Kagame recalls brush with Habyarimana guard in the 1970s

Saturday, July 13, 2024