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Marie-Immaculée Ingabire.
Women

VIDEO - Outspoken and defiant: Ingabire reflects on decades of advocacy for women’s rights

Monday, January 27, 2025
Rwanda government spokesperson Yolande Makolo on Saturday, January 25, condemned the choice of words in a statement issued MONUSCO. In a post on X, Makolo said the UN mission’s call for a final solution is shocking and needs to be condemned and retracted.
Security

Rwanda condemns MONUSCO’s use of Nazi Germany language in eastern DR Congo conflict

Saturday, January 25, 2025
MPs have urged RIB, NPPA, and other institutions to treat teenage pregnancy and defilement as an epidemic requiring urgent and decisive action. Courtesy Photo
Crime

Lawmaker says teenage pregnancies should be treated as ‘epidemic’

Friday, January 24, 2025
Patrick Muyaya, the Spokesperson of the Congolese government.

Denying citizenship as a weapon of war: DRC’s gamble against M23

Friday, January 24, 2025
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau  Secretary General, Jeannot Ruhunga addresses members of Parliament on child detention, as RIB Spokesperson Thierry Murangira looks on, on Thursday, January 23. Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Law

RIB explains reasons for child detention before trial

Thursday, January 23, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe addresses UN Security Council on terrorism in Africa, in New York on Tuesday, January 21. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda proposes five steps to reinforce Africa’s counter-terrorism effort

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe addresses UN Security Council on terrorism in Africa on Tuesday, January 21. Courtesy
Security

DR Congo govt diverting attention from real terrorist threat - Nduhungirehe

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Réseau des Femmes Oeuvrant pour le Développement Rural pose for a group photo after an advocacy meeting in Kigali. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: Women-led NGO applauds new law expanding safe abortion access

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo. The rebels who captured the town of Masisi, the capital of Masisi territory, in North Kivu Province, on January 4, are fighting to protect persecuted communities from genocidal militia like FDLR.
Africa

End recycled formulas, focus on root causes of DR Congo crisis, Nduhungirehe tells international community

Thursday, January 16, 2025
Participants during a capacity-building training for African media professionals in Kigali on Wednesday, January 14. Courtesy
Africa

African media urged to effectively report on labour migration

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Graduates at Iwawa rehabilitation centre. The recidivism cases rose from 4,878 in 2022-2023 to 7,185 in 2023-2024, representing a 32.1 per cent increase.
Rwanda

Delinquency recidivism on the rise; what do officials say?

Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Over 5,038 delinquents have been held at Iwawa Rehabilitation Centre since February 2023 without graduating
Rwanda

Why Iwawa graduation has delayed for two years

Tuesday, January 14, 2025