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Participants during the 14th day of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign on Sunday, December 8. Courtesy

Beyond 16 Days of Activism: Sustaining the fight against gender-based violence in Rwanda

Friday, December 20, 2024
Minister of Justice and Attorney General Emmanuel Ugirashebuja addresses delegates during the Rwanda Bar Association’s annual conference on Thursday, December 19. Courtesy
Rwanda

First halfway homes to be operational by February 2025 - Justice Minister

Thursday, December 19, 2024
Christian Intwari, the Executive Director of Our Past Initiative, a youth-led organisation speaks at the launch of the campaign titled “My Digital Space Should Be Safe,” on December 16. Courtesy
Rwanda

Tech-facilitated gender violence: A growing threat in Rwanda

Thursday, December 19, 2024
French-Cameroonian journalist and author Charles Onana was convicted on December 9, by a Paris court for denying and minimizing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

The conviction of Onana: A rejection of Genocide denial and its threat

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Christopher Trott, a British diplomat during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial, while learning Rwandan tragic history. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda’s first multiparty politics reflected divisions of late colonial period

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente interacts with Dr Lassina Zerbo, Chairman of the Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (R) as Claver Gatete, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa looks on, after meeting with a delegation of nuclear energy experts in Kigali on Tuesday, December 17. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Energy

Rwanda strengthens commitment to nuclear energy development

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Students during an awareness campaign on drug abuse and mental health in schools at Kicukiro stadium on May 13. File
Education

Educators push for enhanced school psychological support

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Many students have welcomed the decision as the University of Rwanda reinstated its four-year undergraduate degree programmes.  Craish Bahizi
Education

Students split over return to four-year degree programmes

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Panellists engage in a discussion as Rwanda launched a campaign to combat technology-facilitated gender-based violence (TFGBV). Courtesy
Law

Rwanda moves to combat tech-facilitated GBV

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Energy Private Developers (EPD) and BK Foundation have distributed solar power systems and improved cookstoves to 141 households in Nyanza and Ruhango districts. Courtesy
Featured

EPD, BK Foundation light 141 households with solar systems

Monday, December 16, 2024
UR graduates during a graduation ceremony in October 2024. The University of Rwanda recently announced the decision to reinstate its four-year undergraduate degree programmes. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

Industry pushes for 'tech transfer strategy' as UR reverts to 4-year degree programmes

Monday, December 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame and Tito Rutaremara shake hands during the celebration of Rutaremara's 80th birthday on Saturday, November 23, 2024. Photo by Village Urugwiro

A young leader’s inspiration from Mzee Tito

Sunday, December 15, 2024