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M23 rebels in Goma
Editorial

Create an enabling environment for lasting peace in eastern DR Congo

Monday, March 24, 2025
Rwanda embassy in Brussels. Rwanda, on Monday, March 17, announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium with immediate effect.

Good riddance: The Belgium-Rwanda discord in perspective

Sunday, March 23, 2025
Hypertension is one of the most common conditions that can damage the kidneys and result in kidney failure.

How hypertension affects the kidneys

Sunday, March 23, 2025
The Banyamulenge community during a peaceful march to call for action against the ongoing killings. File

Does sanctioning Rwanda save the Banyamulenge?

Saturday, March 22, 2025
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Rwanda’s efforts to comply with international conflict minerals frameworks debunk false narratives over DR Congo minerals

Saturday, March 22, 2025
PHOTO BY IGIHE

Lessons for Belgium: How Rwanda and France rebuilt ties after 2006

Friday, March 21, 2025
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Editorial

A balanced approach to proposed vehicle levy is needed

Friday, March 21, 2025
Christopher Trott, the former UK Special Representative for Sudan and South Sudan during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial Museum. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Pan-Africanism and the unmasking of neo-colonial lies

Friday, March 21, 2025
Rwanda security forces discovered stockpiles of weapons and ammunition hidden by the Islamic State-linked terrorists in Cabo Delgado on Saturday, October 15, 2022. Courtesy

The sensationalism of Canal de Moçambique and Matias Guente’s misleading narrative

Thursday, March 20, 2025
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DR Congo’s self-deception and perilous scapegoating

Thursday, March 20, 2025
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Beyond AfCFTA: Can Africa build regional Supply chains?

Thursday, March 20, 2025
From 1917, Belgium initiated a deep reform of Rwanda’s customary institutions. The changes introduced labor legislation including severe corporal punishments (whipping, beating, the categorization of Rwandans.

A Rwanda without Belgium? Six decades overdue

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Decor items inspired by Rwandan culture (ibyansi). Drawings were inspired by the story of Nyagakecuru. Photo taken during the event at Atelier Academy on 8 February, in Kigali. Courtesy

Stories from another land

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Members of Twisungane cooperative work in their tomato plantation in Muko Sector in Musanze District.

Accelerating action: The financial sector’s role in empowering Rwandan women

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
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The end of development aid as we know it: A blessing for Africans

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
The New Times
Editorial

Europe’s meddling in efforts to pacify DR Congo must be collectively fought

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
FDLR 'General' Ezechiel Gakwerere, seen in FARDC uniform, is repatriated to Rwanda from DR Congo on March 1, after he was captured by M23 rebels.

The delusions of FARDC: How a hallucinating army became a political epidemic

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The New Times

Africa’s Berlin conference hangover: When European ambitions undermine African solutions

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
President Kagame addresses thousands of delegates during a Presidential Citizen Outreach event at BK Arena on Sunday, March 16. The event brought together thousands of citizens, primarily from Kigali City.

With a resilient leadership we have, Rwanda will thrive against all odds

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
European mercenaries surrendered to M23 rebels and were allowed to cross into Rwanda before they were facilitated to take flights to their countries on Wednesday, January 29. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA

DR Congo and its backers underestimate Rwandans’ resolve

Tuesday, March 18, 2025