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Participants during the 14th day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign on Sunday, December 8. Courtesy

Beyond 16 Days of Activism: Sustaining the fight against gender-based violence in Rwanda

Friday, December 20, 2024
FIA Awards gala on Friday truly underscored Rwanda’s capabilities when given the platform to shine. courtesy

FIA Awards: Rwanda is on right path to become a sports hub

Thursday, December 19, 2024
The Court of Appeal in France will deliver its verdict on December 17 in the case of Philippe Hategekimana, a former deputy commander of the Gendarmerie in Rwanda, who was tried for genocide.
Editorial

France continues to show the way on holding genocide fugitives accountable

Thursday, December 19, 2024
A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province. Rwanda is set to increase the area irrigated by solar power from the current 646 hectares to 1,146 hectares by 2029 under NST2. File

A partnership to grow Rwanda’s green economy

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
French-Cameroonian journalist and author Charles Onana was convicted on December 9, by a Paris court for denying and minimizing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The conviction of Onana: A rejection of Genocide denial and its threat

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks during FIA General Assembly in Kigali on Friday December 13. Kagame publicly announced that Rwanda was bidding to host Formula One racing.

When size is not everything

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Panellists engage in a discussion as Rwanda launched a campaign to combat technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). Courtesy
Editorial

The fight against online violence is a collective undertaking

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Youth-led collective action drives humanitarian response in Sudan. Internet

Youth-led collective action drives humanitarian response in Sudan

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Christopher Trott, a British diplomat during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial, while learning Rwandan tragic history. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda’s first multiparty politics reflected divisions of late colonial period

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
DR Congo's strategy to engage thousands of these European mercenaries calling themselves military contractors or ‘consultants’ is far from providing a lasting solution. File
Editorial

Outsourcing security solutions will not pacify Congo’s east, and Kinshasa must change stance

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Officials during the Africa Financial Industry Summit (AFIS) 2024 in Morroco. Courtesy

A new era of growth and inclusion for Africa’s financial industry

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Some cows at Gabiro Agribusiness Hub. Courtesy

Harnessing data, scenario-based planning in Rwanda: A look at NST2

Monday, December 16, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and DR Congo's at the 7th Ministerial Meeting on peace and security in the Eastern DRC, in Luanda Angola on Saturday, December 14. Courtesy
Editorial

DR Congo needs to stop the blame game and embrace constructive dialogue

Monday, December 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame and other dignitaries pose for a group photo with awards winners at the glamorous awards presentation gala at BK Arena on Friday, December 13. Courtesy

When FIA came to Kigali – another win for optimism and can-do spirit

Monday, December 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame and Tito Rutaremara shake hands during the celebration of Rutaremara's 80th birthday on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro

A young leader’s inspiration from Mzee Tito

Sunday, December 15, 2024
The New Times

Tshisekedi on his way to Luanda for miracles

Friday, December 13, 2024
Charles Onana, genocide denier.

The day truth trumped propaganda: A historic ruling on denialism

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Only doctors who obtained at least a Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, registered and licensed by a health profession regulatory body in Rwanda and working in public or private health facilities, were allowed to perform.
Editorial

Access to abortion is a win for human rights

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
The New Times

The lesson from Bashar al-Assad's downfall? We are truly on our own

Wednesday, December 11, 2024
King Kigeli V Ndahindurwa was crowned in what colonialists and Hutu militants called a coup d’état. Internet

A glance at socio-political chaos that followed Rudahigwa’s sudden death

Tuesday, December 10, 2024