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Former President of Rwanda Juvenal Habyarimana. Courtesy

How Habyarimana worked tooth and nail to disown Rwandan refugees

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Dana Dane is one of the legendary U.S. hip-hop artistes, known for his iconic tracks like; Nightmares and Cinderfella. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Music

From Brooklyn beats to Kigali dreams – US Hip-Hop icon Dana Dane finds a new rhythm in Rwanda

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Mastercard Foundation Scholars Program at the University of Rwanda commemorated the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi (Kwibuka31) with a visit to the Ntarama Genocide Memorial in Bugesera District on Tuesday, May 27. The visit deepened the Scholars’ understanding of Rwanda’s tragic history. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Featured

'Never again begins with education': Mastercard Foundation Scholars at UR reflect on Genocide history at Ntarama

Thursday, May 29, 2025
Dr Martin Kimemia lays a wreath at the Kigali Genocide Memorial site in Gisozi in remembrance of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Looking on (first from right) is Donator Nderitu, Director, Human Resource, alongside staff members and students.
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 31: Mount Kigali University holds ‘Never Again’ ceremony

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The Bayterek Tower, a monument and observation tower popular with foreign visitors and locals in Astana, the capital city of Kazakhstan. PHOTOS BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Tourism

Ten fascinating things about Kazakhstan, home to the Baikonur Cosmodrome

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
The banking industry provides a powerful example of this evolution of customer service. Craish BAHIZI

The customer experience revolution: More than just service

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Rwanda golfer Melissa Akanigi Ishimwe says she is already reaping endorsements for her recent achievement in the Guinness World Record-Photo by Willy Mucyo

Record-breaking golfer Ishimwe reaps rewards of her historic feat

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
Former African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat

Africa’s future lies in unity and that starts with our classrooms

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
APR point guard Obadiah Noel rose to the occasion to guide his side to the BAL Playoffs in Pretoria, South Africa- Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Basketball

Obadiah Noel: The ‘clutch’ gem who kept APR’s BAL dream alive

Tuesday, May 27, 2025
Professor Yochannan Bwejeri, a Mututsi from Burundi and founder of the Havila Institute, the Batutsi are descendants of the biblical Israelite tribes of Judah and Dan.

Is the Havila ideology a new tool of imperialism in the Great Lakes region?

Monday, May 26, 2025
Gregoire Kayibanda, former president of Rwanda and Anastase Makuza, Kayibanda’s minister and later a key figure in Juvénal Habyarimana’s regime, reinforced and propagated this ideology. Courtesy

The racial purity delusion: From bedfellows to butchers

Monday, May 26, 2025
Bishop Jean-Marie Vianney Twagirayezu of Kibungo Diocese led the mass to commemorate over 15,000 families entirely wiped out during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at Kibungo Cathedral in Ngoma District on May 23.
Editorial

Genocide: Honouring completely wiped-out families is a national duty

Monday, May 26, 2025