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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
Rwanda will host Zambia in the first leg at to their 2026 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup qualifying campaign on Friday at Kigali Pele Stadium. Courtesy
Football

World Cup qualifiers: Rwanda women target strong start against Zambia

Thursday, April 16, 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
Mourners commemorate thousands of victims killed at the former Ruhanga Anglican Church, now Ruhanga Genocide Memorial site in Rusororo sector in Gasabo district. File
Kwibuka

April 13, 1994: Killings in churches as first week of Genocide ended

Monday, April 13, 2026
Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere of the genocidal militia FDLR and some members captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1,2025. Photo Germain Nsanzimana
Africa

FDLR’s long survival and the spread of genocide ideology

Monday, April 13, 2026
Members of the African Women Leaders Network-Rwanda Chapter and during at a summit at the Parliamentary Buildings in Kimihurura, Kigali, on March 26, 2026. Photo/Courtesy

Sustaining the momentum of women’s empowerment for a stronger Rwanda

Saturday, April 04, 2026
A bride and groom during a wedding ceremony. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rights in the Chamber, rules at the wedding and Rwanda’s unfinished work on gender equality

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Students at FAWE Girls School were treated to a special screening of Beyond the Clouds on March 30. Photos by Kellya Keza
Cinema

Beyond the Clouds: Chinese movie inspires FAWE students to dream bigger

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The four-star facility features 42 bedrooms, two dining halls, office spaces, and two large meeting rooms, and is designed to support the development of football in the country. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Football

PHOTOS: FERWAFA hotel unveiled after 11 years

Monday, March 30, 2026
Female students in plumbing class during a practical exercise at Musanze Polytechnic. Major water resources projects will now be required to ensure that at least 30 per cent of their workforce is made up of women. Sam Ngendahimana
Health

Women to take at least 30% of jobs in water projects

Monday, March 30, 2026
The British High Commission Kigali, in partnership with the Government of Rwanda, hosted DiploCup 2026 on Saturday, March 28. Photos by Kellya Keza
People

PHOTOS: DiploCup 2026 unites Kigali diplomatic community through football

Sunday, March 29, 2026
Participants at Equity Bank's event, held under the theme “Empowering Your Next Step, is in line with this year’s International Women’s Day on March 26 in Kigali. Kellya Keza
Featured

Equity Bank Rwanda Women Forum fuels greater drive to close finance, skills gap

Friday, March 27, 2026