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The president of the Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie (APF), Hilarion Etong (Right) and Senate President Francois Xavier Kalinda and Speaker of Chamber of Deputies Gerturde Kazarwa during a meeting in Kigali
Africa

La Francophonie Assembly hopes parliamentary diplomacy can help end eastern DR Congo conflict

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Delegates at the Twelfth High-Level Meeting of the Regional Oversight Mechanism of the Peace, Security, and Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Region.
Africa

Regional leaders urge armed groups in DR Congo to end hostilities

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Bayterek Tower, a monument and observation tower popular with foreign visitors and locals in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. PHOTOS BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Tourism

Ten fascinating things about Kazakhstan, home to the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Professor Yochannan Bwejeri, a Mututsi from Burundi and founder of the Havila Institute, the Batutsi are descendants of the biblical Israelite tribes of Judah and Dan.

Is the Havila ideology a new tool of imperialism in the Great Lakes region?

Monday, May 26, 2025
Nturo village slowly rebuilding after 300 homes of Tutsi residents were burned to the ground by FDLR in October 2023.
Africa

Reckoning with Genocide ideology in the Great Lakes region: Deconstructing history, confronting the present, building peace

Saturday, May 24, 2025
Tito Rutaremara, the Chairperson of Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum during a parliamentary session held on Friday, May 23.Courtesy
Rwanda

We must raise leaders ready to fight for Pan-Africanism - Tito Rutaremara

Friday, May 23, 2025
New ambassadors during the presentation of their letters of credence on Wednesday, May 21, Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Kagame receives letters of credence from 11 new envoys

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
Massad Boulos, US President Donald Trump’s Senior Advisor for Africa, speaks at a news briefing during his visit in Rwanda on April 8. Photo by Moise Bahati
Africa

Trump advisor discusses peace deal with Kagame, Tshisekedi

Friday, May 16, 2025
Workers at LuNa Smelter, the sole producer and exporter of tin in both Eastern and Central Africa, in Kigali. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

ICGLR hails Rwanda for incentives to investors in minerals value chain

Thursday, May 15, 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. Courtesy

The duplicity in American democracy

Thursday, May 15, 2025
President Paul Kagame speaks during a high-level panel discussion on policies at the opening of the Africa CEO Forum, on May 12, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Africa

DR Congo: Kagame weighs in on US, Qatar-mediated peace efforts

Monday, May 12, 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

As peace deal approaches, Kinshasa must show good faith, not firepower

Thursday, May 08, 2025