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The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana, speaks during the 31st commemoration ceremony at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Monday, April 7. PHOTO BY DAN KWIZERA
Kwibuka

Speech by the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement at the 31st commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, April 08, 2025
The effects and repercussions of the Inyenzi struggle in 1960s. Courtesy

Lack of unified leadership and clear political line led to defeat of Inyenzi

Monday, March 24, 2025
Grégoire Kayibanda (centre), first elected President of Rwanda, with African and Belgian government representatives, Brussels, December 1961. PHOTO BY AFP

How PARMEHUTU sold out Rwandans by relying on Belgian colonialists

Thursday, March 13, 2025
Visitors at Rutare Site
Rwanda

Inside Rutare heritage site, the final resting place for six kings, four queens

Monday, March 03, 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
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
On February 11, 1959, Bishop André Perraudin, then Vicar Apostolic of Kabgayi, published a pastoral letter known as the “Lent letter” that was circulated in churches all over Rwanda to brainwash Rwandans.

February 11, 1959, a day the unity of Rwandans was wounded

Saturday, February 15, 2025
The Hutu masses were used as pawns to further the interests of Hutu elite and Belgian colonialists. File

How ‘Hutu masses’ were pawns in sociopolitical changes of late-colonial Rwanda

Thursday, February 13, 2025
Inyamibwa Cultural Troupe will stage a highly anticipated concert dubbed 'Inka' on Marc h 15 at Kigali Conference and Exhibition Village-courtesy
Music

Inyamibwa to stage ‘Igitaramo Cy’Inka’ traditional concert

Monday, February 10, 2025
Grégoire Kayibanda (center), Rwanda’s first elected president, with African and Belgian government representatives in Brussels, December 1961.(AFPGetty)

How the monarchy was replaced by Hutu-based republic

Friday, February 07, 2025
The elections and referendum, like their predecessors, were marred by violence and intimidation. PARMEHUTU supporters and officials targeted UNAR members and Tutsi populations at the local council level. The electoral process in Rwanda in 1961 shows the UN's ineffectiveness.

How the UN proved inconsistent and ineffective in Rwanda's electoral process

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Rwandans during the independence period.

UN and Belgium’s contrasting approaches to Rwanda’s independence

Wednesday, January 15, 2025