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Asylum seekers arrive in Rwanda in 2019, from Libya where they had been stranded after futile efforts to cross into Europe.
Law

What to know about refugee tribunal for which Cabinet recently appointed leaders

Monday, March 09, 2026
Marthe Mukantwri works as service care staff at La Croix du Sud Hospital in Remera, better known to many Kigali residents as Kwa Nyirinkwaya. Photo by Kellya Keza
Health

How a former patient became a trusted face of hospital care

Monday, March 09, 2026
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
African Union facilitators on the Eastern DRC Peace Process during a meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on January 14.Courtesy

Success fees: A danger to mediation

Friday, March 06, 2026
Residents in Kagarama village during a meeting on how to install improved social cohesion and gender equality within their community. FILE

Homes in transition: The test of equality

Thursday, March 05, 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
US President Donald Trump, President Paul Kagame and DR Congo President Felix Tshisekedi sign the Washington Accord in Washington D.C. on December 4, 2025. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Blaming victims, backing perpetrators: Sanctions and narrative power in a France 24 interview and beyond

Wednesday, March 04, 2026
Workers on duty at a garment factory in Musanze District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

The desirability of indifference

Tuesday, March 03, 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

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

Friday, February 27, 2026
Jeanine Umutesi, a female excavator operator, speaks with New Times during a visit to the Nyabisindu site on February 18. Photo by Kelly Keza.
Women

Breaking barriers: Truck driver’s daughter becomes excavator operator

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Dar es Salaam Port in Tanzania, a key hub along shipping lanes that connect Asia to Europe.

Africa and the new world order: Actor or arena? 

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Producer and sound engineer David Mucyo known as Madebeats during an interview.
Music

Madebeats talks creativity, competition and new music industry mindset

Monday, February 23, 2026