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Sifora Nyiragapapuro, 81, a survivor of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Bigogwe Sector. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Women

‘Killed twice’: A Bigogwe survivor’s story of loss and resilience

Thursday, April 09, 2026
Some books that are used in teaching young children the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Prince
Kwibuka

How classrooms confront genocide history, ideology in Rwanda 

Thursday, April 09, 2026
Some of the genocide survivors who spoke with The New Times during the 32nd commemoration of the Genocide against the Tutsi.

Kwibuka 32: Diaspora survivors reflect on memory, duty and resilience

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
President Paul Kagame and First Lady alongside thousands of youths during the Walk to Remember on Tuesday, April 7. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Kwibuka

PHOTOS: Kagame, First Lady join thousands of mourners in Walk to Remember

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Thousands of mourners observe a moment of silence during a Night Vigil was held in remembrance of the genocide, which claimed more than one million lives in between April and July 1994.

PICTORIAL: How Kwibuka 32 unfolded in Rwanda 

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Rwandans living in the United States have welcomed a proclamation by the City of Kentwood, Michigan, recognising April 7, 2026, as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide against the Tutsi.
Kwibuka

US City of Kentwood honours Genocide victims with official proclamation

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
The New Times

Commemoration period is here, and genocide deniers ratchet up the noise

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Mourners visit one of the mass graves where innocent Tutsis were killed and thrown in large numbers during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Kinazi Sector, former Ntongwe Commune, now Ruhango District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Kwibuka

What happened on April 7, 1994 as Genocide against the Tutsi began

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
:Rwandans and friends of Rwanda around the world will gather from April 7 to 13 to mark the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which claimed more than one million lives in just 100 days, from April to July 1994. PHOTO BY Sam NGENDAHIMANA
Kwibuka

32 years later, Rwanda remembers

Tuesday, April 07, 2026
Nairobi City Thunder-Beat RSSB Tigers in last BAL Kalahari Conference game but failed to qualfy for playoffs in Kigali. courtesy
Basketball

Nairobi City Thunder end Tigers’ conference unbeaten run

Monday, April 06, 2026
Farmers dry their maize harvest at a collection centre in Gatsibo District on February 19. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza.

Rwanda’s food security rises as hunger declines

Monday, April 06, 2026
A decent burial of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Nyanza ya Kicukiro Genocide Memorial in 2019. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Editorial

As we mark Kwibuka 32, we must confront genocide ideology at all costs 

Sunday, April 05, 2026