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President Juvenal Habyarimana declared the “final solution” for the Tutsi problem three years before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

April 28, 1991: Habyarimana’s un-minimizable declaration of “the final solution”

Monday, April 28, 2025
The newly installled Nyungwe Zipline that is currently under testing. Courtesy

Building a vibrant, high-value tourism future

Monday, April 28, 2025
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday,
Editorial

Can the DR Congo government be trusted to commit to the Declaration of Principles?

Monday, April 28, 2025
Belgium's Minister Maxime Prévot meets DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi in Kinshasa. Courtesy

DR Congo: US, Qatar confirm what we knew about Belgium's standing

Saturday, April 26, 2025
On May 30, shareholders of BK Group Plc will receive their share of the Rwf27.3 billion gross dividend approved by the Board of Directors for the 2024 financial year. Craish Bahizi
Editorial

Editorial: 2024 earnings season reflects strong fundamentals

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Maxime Prévot, Belgian Foreign Affairs Minister.

Belgium’s blindfolded diplomacy undermined peace in Congo

Saturday, April 26, 2025
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Why landmines still haunt Algeria and Azerbaijan: A legacy of colonialism, conflict

Friday, April 25, 2025
Burkina Faso President Captain Ibrahim Traoré. Internet

Africa needs authentic leadership, not western puppets

Friday, April 25, 2025
Safeguarding the sound of Africa, Leveraging IP for a thriving music industry.

Safeguarding the sound of Africa: Leveraging IP for a thriving music industry

Thursday, April 24, 2025
Former Presidents Gregoire Kayibanda and Juvenal Habyarimana..

Habyarimana’s coup against Kayibanda offered hope for Tutsi, only it was short-lived

Thursday, April 24, 2025
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Editorial

We should all support digitization of health records

Thursday, April 24, 2025
Thousands of youth observe a moment of silence during a commemoration event known as Our Past at Nyanza-Kicukiro Genocide Memorial. Dan Gatsinzi

31 years on: A generation is rising with stories that refuse to die

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Some of the residential houses of Tutsi that were burned by FDLR genocidial group members and FARDC soldiers during the fighting against M23 rebels at Nturo Village in eastern DR Congo.

Enablers of DR Congo's genocidal agenda

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Aerial view of Remea sports hub in Rwanda

From memory to momentum: Building Rwanda with vision, values, and purpose

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Every year on April 7, Rwandans and the global community reflect on the history of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, one of the most tragic events in modern history.

The unfulfilled promise of 'never again': Reflections on Rwanda

Wednesday, April 23, 2025
Health workers during a mass testing exercise. The cardiovascular system, the human body’s circulatory system, is a vital network of organs and tissues. Craish Bahizi

Shortness of breath: What to know about commonest cardiovascular concern

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
It is time for MONUSCO and SAMIDRC to be held accountable for aiding and abetting ideology-driven terror.

The devil you feed: How the West fuels genocide ideology in DR Congo

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame meet with His Holiness Pope Francis in Vatican City, on March 20, 2017. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Editorial

Pope Francis, a peacemaker who chose courage over silence

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
The October 2024 MONUSCO report showed that of 663 civilian deaths between June and September, M23 was responsible for 71—compared to 467 by ADF and 346 summary executions by Congolese security forces.

Weaponising UN reports: How flawed DR Congo narratives fuel anti-Rwanda bias in the west

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
Christopher Trott, the former UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

How Belgian colonialism caused deadly conflict in the Great Lakes Region

Monday, April 21, 2025