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Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin. It is very useful for the overall health of the body. It is found abundantly in natural products, i.e. fresh fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

Boost your health and vitality with vitamin E

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Rwanda Defence Force armed guard during a parade at the presidential inauguration atAmahoro stadium on August 11, 2024.

Rejecting the west’s influence: Rwanda’s stand for sovereignty

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Inside what used to serve as FDLR's 'Major' Benjamin Nimubutumwa's command post at Kanyamahoro, there is a bench, a table, two anti-tank weapon boxes, and pieces of communication gadgets.

Why sanctions are counterproductive

Monday, March 10, 2025
Some of DR Congo citizens who are Kinyarwanda Speakers, captured here undergo a severe torture in Eastern DR Congo. Courtesy
Editorial

A chorus of conscience is all we need to avert a genocide in DR Congo

Monday, March 10, 2025
MDR-PARMEHUTU became a de-facto single party from 1963 after eliminating opposition political parties.

A look back at PARMEHUTU’s oppressive policies and the birth of Inyenzi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
Women sell different goods at Birere market in Goma on Monday, February 10. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYANEZA

A Women's Day plea for women in DR Congo

Saturday, March 08, 2025
Fatmata Lovetta Sesay.

For All Women and Girls: Rights. Equality. Empowerment.

Saturday, March 08, 2025
Participants pose for a group photo during the Solid Minds Partners Learning Convening in Kigali. Courtesy

Resilient women, resilient minds: celebrating women in mental health

Saturday, March 08, 2025
Some participants at the AI Hackathon challenge at the grand finale held on Sunday, March 2 at Intare Conference Arena. CRAISH BAHIZI

Reclaiming Rwandan women’s agency in the digital age

Saturday, March 08, 2025
The Headquarters of UMICORE, a $27 billion Belgian-French multinational materials technology company which benefits from minerals from DR Congo.

Never again or never without gain: Belgium's cartographic crimes against Africa

Friday, March 07, 2025
Senator Édouard Mwangachuchu Hizi from North Kivu, was sentenced to death for alleged "participation in the M23 movement" and "treason," despite there being no evidence of the alleged crime. Net photo

DR Congo: The silence of the West in the face of serious Human rights violations - indifference or complicity?

Friday, March 07, 2025
Some of the artillery weapons seized by M23 at Goma International Airport last month, as seen in this February 10 picture. PHOTO BY JAMES MUNYANEZA

History, betrayal, indifference: World's perpetual abdication of responsibility

Friday, March 07, 2025
People living with HIV are more than 14 times more likely to fall ill with TB disease than people without HIV.

Solutions to TB and HIV benefit all of us, North and South

Friday, March 07, 2025
A make-shift-structure that used to serve as the FDLRCRAP command post in Kanyamahoro, Nyiragongo territory, three kilometres from Rwandan border. Photo by James Munyaneza
Editorial

No amount of aid freeze will solve DR Congo’s problems

Friday, March 07, 2025
Road construction in Kigali. CRAISH BAHIZI

Engineering Africa’s liberation: From Sidelines to true sovereignty

Friday, March 07, 2025
A view of Tanzania's newly constructed highways in Dar Es Salaam.

Why governance is Africa’s greatest economic weapon

Thursday, March 06, 2025
Clockwise Celestin Mutabaruka, Dr Vincent Bajinya, Emmanuel Nteziryayo, Celestin Ugirashebuja, Charles Munyaneza are Genocide fugitives who live in the UK. File
Editorial

Genocide: Over 30 years later, survivors still await justice from UK

Thursday, March 06, 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. Courtesy

Tshisekedi’s five acts of sheer idiocy – Why DR Congo is a nation in freefall

Thursday, March 06, 2025
Menopause is the state when the monthly period of a woman stops. This usually happens between 50 to 55 years of age.

From periods to post-menopause: A look at challenges, strategies for a better transition

Thursday, March 06, 2025
The New Times

Unlocking prosperity: How African nations can leverage natural resources for development amidst funding pauses

Wednesday, March 05, 2025