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President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks during the diplomatic dinner on Friday, March 6. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi

Rwanda’s impossible choice

Sunday, March 08, 2026
Migrants travel in an overcrowded boat across the Mediterranean Sea as they attempt to reach Europe.

Trade, state, and society – Part II: immigration, populism, and the future of the transatlantic order

Saturday, March 07, 2026
President Kagame speaks during the diplomatic dinner hosted at Kigali Convention Centre on Friday, March 6. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Security

Kagame: Rwanda faces impossible choice to tolerate or defend against FDLR

Saturday, March 07, 2026
Demonstrators during the so-called 'Hutu Social Revolution' protest the Tutsi monarchy and call for majority rule in 1959 just before independence. Photo credit: The Pan African Review.

Never again or never mind: Does sanctioning RDF free Congo?

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Sylivain Ekenge, former FARDC spokesperson and Patrick Muyaya, the Minister of Communications of the DR Congo.

Patrick Muyaya and the politics of hate

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Arthur Nkusi demonstrated that Rwandan stand-up can travel beyond borders. His performances abroad showed preparation and cultural awareness. Craish Bahizi

Elevating Rwandan comedy to global standards

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Burundian President Evariste Ndayishimiye assumes the chairpersonship of the African Union (AU) during the 39th Ordinary Session of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government in Addis Ababa on February 14.
Africa

Analysts: Burundi's role in DR Congo conflict taints Ndayishimiye's tenure at AU

Tuesday, March 03, 2026
General Sylvain Ekenge, former spokesperson for the Armed Forces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (FARDC).

Before the violence, there is the word

Monday, March 02, 2026
The book “L’Université m’a trahie” (The University Betrayed Me) was launched at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Friday, February 27. Craish Bahizi
Kwibuka

Memoir reveals how genocide turned a university into killing ground

Saturday, February 28, 2026
Amelberge Nyagatare, the author of The Roads That Found Me, a book that traces a life shaped by resilience, displacement, discrimination, and extraordinary courage. Courtesy
Education

New memoir confronts Rwanda’s history through one woman’s life

Friday, February 27, 2026
European mercenaries who surrendered to M23 rebels and were allowed to cross into Rwanda before they were facilitated to take flights to their countries on, January 29. Emmanuel Dushimimana.

When the world chooses sides, where does Africa stand?

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe and Urujeni Bakuramutsa, Rwanda's Permenant Representative to the UN Office in Geneva at The Durban 25 session on Monday , February 23.
Rwanda

Rwanda proposes regional front against hate speech, impunity

Monday, February 23, 2026