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In April 2023, the Minister of ICT and Innovation, Paula Ingabire, told lawmakers that Rwanda planned to issue digital IDs in three years.
Technology

Rwanda’s $40m digital ID project 'back on track' - official tells lawmakers

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
A view of a collapsed building in South Africa
Africa

6 dead, 48 still missing in building collapse in South Africa

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Judith Uwizeye, the Minister in the Office of the President (R), explains proposals in the draft law governing NGOs, on May 2, 2024 as Rwanda Governance Board CEO Usta Kaitesi looks on . Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Rwanda

Bill on NGOs: Civil society asks for clarity on operating budget clause

Thursday, May 02, 2024
On May 2, 1994, the killers' government aimed to carry out a massacre of Tutsi sheltering at Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali. Courtesy
Kwibuka

May 2, 1994: Plot to attack refugees at Hotel des Mille Collines foiled

Thursday, May 02, 2024
Joan Wiegman , the Dutch Ambassador to Rwanda, delivers remarks as the Dutch community in Rwanda celebrated King's Day On Thursday evening, April 25. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

King’s Day: A peek into Netherlands-Rwanda relations

Saturday, April 27, 2024
Speaking during the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office in London, on April 25, Rwanda's envoy to the UK, Johnston Busingye, said the Genocide against the Tutsi didn’t start with the machetes of April 1994. It started decades earlier with state directed ethnic populism, classification, discrimination, dehumanization, over time, all done with unimaginable impunity, he said.
Kwibuka

No Genocide happens without a plan, preparation, state involvement – Rwandan envoy

Friday, April 26, 2024
Delegates follow panelists during the National Investment Forum of the Hand-in-Hand Initiative, which was held on April 23 in Kigali. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: Rwanda’s $502m agricultural investment opportunities ‘offer prosperity prospects’

Friday, April 26, 2024
Amina Mohammed, the UN Deputy Secretary-General, speaking at the opening of the tenth Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development (ARFSD-10) in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on April 23.
Africa

Strong calls for innovative financing, reform of international financial system to achieve SDGs in Africa

Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Some residents who were affected by disasters after getting the support from an NGO called Good Change Rwanda in Jali Sector in 2019. File

Why the unease with new NGO bill when it works for everyone?

Tuesday, April 23, 2024
Engineers during a study tour at the ongoing construction activities of Nyabarongo Hydropower plant. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

What needs to be done to leverage professional engineering data for Africa’s future

Sunday, April 21, 2024
This photo taken on April 4, 2024 shows the city view of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. (Xinhua/Dong Jianghui)
Kwibuka

Rwanda's rebirth -- a nation of unity emerges from shadow of genocide

Saturday, April 20, 2024
Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo soldiers rest next to a road after Islamist rebel group called the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) attacked area around Mukoko village, North Kivu province of Democratic Republic of Congo, December 11, 2018.
Africa

ADF rebels kill 15 in eastern DR Congo attacks

Sunday, April 14, 2024