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An aerial view of Kigali City. Land service applications in Kigali increased significantly, rising from over 27,000 in 2013 to more than 96,000 in 2019 and surpassing 148,000 in 2024, a fivefold growth over 11 years. Courtesy
Infrastructure

How City of Kigali is responding to surge in land service applications

Saturday, January 25, 2025
MPs have urged RIB, NPPA, and other institutions to treat teenage pregnancy and defilement as an epidemic requiring urgent and decisive action. Courtesy Photo
Crime

Lawmaker says teenage pregnancies should be treated as ‘epidemic’

Friday, January 24, 2025
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau  Secretary General, Jeannot Ruhunga addresses members of Parliament on child detention, as RIB Spokesperson Thierry Murangira looks on, on Thursday, January 23. Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Law

RIB explains reasons for child detention before trial

Thursday, January 23, 2025
Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja.
Science

Rwanda now offering forensic services to over 10 countries

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Fifty non-professional bailiffs were sworn in on Friday, January 17, in Kigali City
Rwanda

Kigali: Newly sworn-in bailiffs asked to fast-track execution of court decisions

Friday, January 17, 2025
The Chamber of Deputies on January 9 approved an amendment to Law No. 045-2021, which governs the Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC). Courtesy
Law

8 things to know about new law on money laundering and terrorism financing

Thursday, January 16, 2025
The New Times
Rwanda

Petition against Rwanda’s cybercrime law set for pre-trial

Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. According to the new five-year plan,  the percentage of cases settled through mediation and plea-bargaining will be tripled. Photo: Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Inside Rwandan judiciary’s new five-year strategy

Tuesday, December 31, 2024
The Judiciary of Rwanda targets to gradually decrease staff turnover from the current 35 per cent to 15 per cent in by 2029. File
Law

Rwanda Judiciary needs Rwf28bn to curb staff turnover

Monday, December 30, 2024
French-Cameroonian journalist and author Charles Onana and his publishing director Damien Serieyx, have been convicted by a Paris court for denying and minimizing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Rwanda

2024 in courts: Landmark rulings, big trials and petitions

Sunday, December 29, 2024
The new Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa takes oath of office on Thursday, December 12. She becomes the sixth Chief Justice of Rwanda after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Law

Key changes that shaped Rwanda’s justice sector in 2024

Saturday, December 28, 2024
Justice Minister Emmanuel Ugirashebuja (left), and the President of Rwanda Bar Association, Moise Nkundabarashi (right) recognise Adv. Protais Mutembe (centre), for his outstanding contributions to the legal profession. COURTESY
Career

Mutembe, Rwanda’s longest-serving lawyer, still strong after 40 years

Saturday, December 28, 2024