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Some FDLR genocidal group memberes captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1. Rwanda faces an existential threat from the FDLR. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.

The Phantom AID trap and why Rwanda stands tall

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The event attracted over 1,000 youths from southern districts, including Gisagara, Nyaruguru, Nyamagabe, Huye, Nyanza, and Ruhango, who gathered at Gisagara Gymnase. All photos by Craish Bahizi.
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Gisagara: Minister Bizimana urges youth to strive for unity, learn from the past

Monday, March 03, 2025
President Kagame greets thousands of residents during his outreach in Kibingo ground Ruhango District, on August 25, 2022. File

Rwanda’s composure in the face of misguided external pressure

Sunday, March 02, 2025
During President Gregoire Kayibanda’s rule, he solely wielded the judicial powers. The constitution stipulated the president and cabinet ministers would exercise the executive powers.

How Kayibanda’s PARMEHUTU eliminated opposition parties

Friday, February 28, 2025
Congolese refugees at Kigeme refugee camp during a peaceful march calling for action on the ongoing killings against Tutsi communities in eastern DR Congo on December 12, 2022. Photo by Willy Mucyo

The 67-year long fight to deny citizenship to the DR Congo Tutsi must end

Friday, February 28, 2025
If the aid was aimed at having the recipient graduate to another level, Belgium and other European countries of their ilk should not be strongly mobilising to cut aid to Rwanda. SAM NGENDAHIMANA

If we survived then, we will always survive

Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Scramble for Africa, formalised at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, was nothing short of grand larceny—a calculated theft of land, resources, and sovereignty by European powers.

Stolen wealth, fractured nations: The enduring legacy of colonial plunder

Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Tutsi and Hutu masses were used by the elites and the Belgian trusteeship authority.

How Hutu and Tutsi masses hang between elites and Belgian colonialists

Tuesday, February 25, 2025
AFCM23 fighters at the DR Congo side of the border after their brief show up at Rusizi 1 Border Post, on Sunday, February 16. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Can Rwanda’s war against colonial ideology spark Africa’s renaissance?

Friday, February 21, 2025
M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka addresses journalists in Bukavu on Tuesday, February 18. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

The mirage of freedom in the DR Congo: Rwanda cannot afford to be indifferent

Thursday, February 20, 2025
Colonial rule divided Rwanda’s communities, setting in motion patterns of political events that continue to destabilise the region.
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Rwanda’s stand against Belgium: A necessary move?

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Workers on duty at Pfunda Tea Company. To control inflation countries shoud be investing in industrial parks and special economic zones. Craish BAHIZI

Forging a self-reliant economic future for Africa

Tuesday, February 18, 2025