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Delegates durig the interviews with TNT journalist at the Commonwealth Women Forum on June 20. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

CHOGM: Delegates share takeaways from the Women's Forum

Monday, June 20, 2022
Flags of the Commonwealth member states hoisted in Kigali. / Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

From CHOGM to DR Congo crisis: 10 quotable quotes from last week’s headlines

Monday, June 20, 2022
Sharonice Busch, a pan-African youth union vice president and National Youth Council of Namibia speaks at the Youth Forum on June 20. / Dan Nsengiyumva

CHOGM: Youth underscore innovation for collective sustainability

Monday, June 20, 2022
EAC Heads of State during a high-level meeting, hosted by President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi on June 20. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Appeals to stop anti-Tutsi hate speech, violence in eastern DR Congo continue

Monday, June 20, 2022
Delegates during the Commonwealth Youth Forum in Kigali on June 20. Dan Nsengiyumva

Commonwealth youth call for debt cancellation, job quotas

Monday, June 20, 2022
The New Times

Police clarifies traffic guidelines during CHOGM

Monday, June 20, 2022
The New Times

CHOGM: Boris Johnson to lead UK delegation to Rwanda

Monday, June 20, 2022
Jeannette Kagame, the First Lady of Rwanda and Patricia Scotland the Commonwealth Secretary General in a photo with other delegates at the opening of the Commonwealth Women's Forum in Kigali on Monday, June 20, 2022. Photo/ Craish Bahizi

Move from victims of conflict to defenders of peace, First Lady urges women

Monday, June 20, 2022
President Kenyatta welcomes President Kagame to State House Nairobi ahead of the Congo talks on Monday, June 20.

Kagame in Nairobi for crunch talks on DR Congo

Monday, June 20, 2022
Flags of the Commonwealth member countries were hoisted on the streets of Kigali ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting.

From ‘Muraho’ to chatty taxi-moto riders: Your guide to Rwandan eccentricities

Monday, June 20, 2022
Demonstrators attempt to reach the border post between the Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda in Goma on June 15, 2022.

CHOGM Rwanda 2022– Over ten years of lies, Rwandophobia, xenophobia come to nothing

Monday, June 20, 2022
SAY CHEESE! Cheerful youth delegates pose for a selfie on Day I of the three-day Commonwealth Youth Forum at the Intare Conference Arena in Gasabo, Kigali on Sunday, June 19. The forum, the first in a series of gatherings lined up as part of the 26th edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), is running under the theme, u2018Taking Charge of Our Futureu2019. Some 350 young people from across the 54 Commonwealth countries are taking part in the forum.

CHOGM gets underway

Sunday, June 19, 2022
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Commonwealth Youth Forum kicks off, Kagame mourns UAE President, more about last week

Sunday, June 19, 2022
Chaeli Mycroft, a young South African ability activist and co-founder of the Chaeli Campaign speaks at the opening of the Commonwealth Youth Forum in Kigali on June 19.

Turning disability into an opportunity – the story of Chaeli Mycroft

Sunday, June 19, 2022
L-R: Dan Shema, Elif True, Joseph Migila, Pamela Mantey, and Teboho Makhalanyane.

CHOGM: Delegates share takeaways from Commonwealth Youth Forum

Sunday, June 19, 2022
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CHOGM: Traffic advisory for June 20

Sunday, June 19, 2022
Delegates from 26 countries of the Commonwealth vote to adopt the 'The Kigali Declaration' on upholding human rights during a pandemic and other global diseases on June 17.

Commonwealth rights forum members adopt Kigali declaration

Sunday, June 19, 2022
The New Times

This is how ordinary local citizens can draw long-term benefits from CHOGM

Sunday, June 19, 2022
Rwanda Investigation Bureau 's spokesperson Thierry Murangira . / Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Prosecution to take over murder case of nine-year-old

Sunday, June 19, 2022
Minister of Youth and Culture, Rosemary Mbabazi delivers remarks at the opening of a three-day Commonwealth Youth Forum that kick-started in Kigali on June 19. All photos by Dan Nsengiyumva.

Create innovations responding to community problems-Minister Mbabazichallenges youth

Sunday, June 19, 2022