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Forces Armées Rwandaises (ex-FAR) soldiers fled Rwanda, primarily into Zaire during the liberation war in 1994. Courtesy

Genocide ideology was allowed to grow in DR Congo

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Couples during a civil wedding ceremony in Gicumbi. Figures show that marriages involving people aged under 21 increased more than sixteenfold, rising from 55 cases in 2024 to 921 in 2025.
Rwanda

Under-21 marriages surge 16-fold in 2025

Thursday, April 16, 2026
Under the proposed law, any individual found operating a virtual assets business without a licence faces a fine ranging between Rwf30 million and Rwf50 million and a prison sentence of three to five years. Internet
Law

New bill proposes 5-year jail, Rwf100m fine for illegal virtual assets trading

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
A banking and corporate law expert, Jean Marie Ntakirutinka steps up to lead CM Advocates' Banking and Finance Department, reinforcing its strength in high-value transactions. Photo COURTESY
Rwanda

Career growth: Jean Marie Ntakirutinka rises to Partner at CM Advocates

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
President Paul Kagame, the Commander-in-Chief of the Rwanda Defence Force, inspects the military parade at Amahoro Stadium during the presidential inauguration ceremony on August 11, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Education

National Defence University takes shape with President as Chancellor

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Amb. Fatuma Ndangiza successfully moved a motion seeking leave of the Assembly to introduce a new East African Community (EAC) Counter-Trafficking in Persons Bill. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Rwanda

Rwandan lawmaker leads bid to step up regional anti-human trafficking fight

Monday, April 13, 2026
Senate President François-Xavier Kalinda, lays a wreath to pay tribute to the victims at Rebero Genocide Memorial on Monday, April 13. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Kwibuka

Fight against genocide ideology will continue until it is uprooted - Senate President

Monday, April 13, 2026
DR Congo's Minister of Communication Patrick Muyaya. File
Africa

An open letter to DR Congo’s verbose minister Patrick Muyaya

Sunday, April 12, 2026
A Genocide suspect stands before the committee of Inyangamugayo judges as members of the community look on during a Gacaca trial. The community-based courts tried nearly two million Genocide cases before they were closed in 2012. File
Rwanda

How Gacaca courts still shape justice 32 years after Genocide

Sunday, April 12, 2026
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MY 2 CENTS: My only pick in the world this week

Saturday, April 11, 2026
Diane Uwadede Isimbi, the daughter of Vincent Shabakaka a journalist who established Kiberinka newspaper, shares her testimony during the commemoration of journalists killed in the Genocide. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Daughter of journalist slain during Genocide recalls his last days

Friday, April 10, 2026
A photograph of a list of leading contributors to RTLM, preserved in the archives at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. In 1994, the big powers that had the means to jam or disrupt broadcasts of the hate radio, RTLM, that fanned hate, spread genocide ideology and directed the killers, refused to do so on the grounds that it would be a violation of Rwanda’s sovereignty. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

When sovereignty is excuse for inaction

Friday, April 10, 2026