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The number of cases involving juvenile offenders has more than doubled over the past four years, rising to 4,500 between 2020 and 2024, up from around 2,000 in previous years. File
Law

Justice: Juvenile cases doubled in past four years – lawyers’ association

Sunday, June 01, 2025
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Rwanda

Malayika Murinzi ‘a true definition of what a Rwandan citizen should be’ – minister

Sunday, June 01, 2025
Children during a recreation activity at Home Don Bosco Cyotamakara. File
Rwanda

Rwanda's orphanage closure: A 12-year journey in transforming child care

Saturday, May 31, 2025
The ministerial order aims to continue protecting vulnerable children and ensure they receive proper care under various forms of guardianship. File
Society

New ministerial order on child adoption: What you need to know

Friday, May 30, 2025
A study conducted by HDI Rwanda in 2024, involving 875 domestic workers in the City of Kigali has revealed alarming mental health concerns within this population.
Editorial

Concerns around Kigali's domestic workers must be swiftly addressed 

Wednesday, May 28, 2025
RwandAir's plane taking off at Kigali International Airport. The cabinet meeting approved the ratification of bilateral air service agreements between the Rwanda and the governments of 12 countries . Sam Ngendahimana
Aviation

Rwanda cabinet approves air service agreements with 12 countries

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
Nturo village slowly rebuilding after 300 homes of Tutsi residents were burned to the ground by FDLR in October 2023.
Africa

Reckoning with Genocide ideology in the Great Lakes region: Deconstructing history, confronting the present, building peace

Saturday, May 24, 2025
L-R: Menelas Nkeshimana, Head of the Health Workforce Department in the Ministry of Health, Dr Olugbemiga Adelakin, UNFPA Country Representative, Claudette Nirere, the Minister of State for Education, Amb. Mridu Pawan Das, High Commission of India to Rwanda, pose for a photo at the launch in Kigali, on Tuesday, May 20. Courtesy
Featured

Midwifery at forefront of new initiative to combat maternal mortality

Thursday, May 22, 2025
Rose Mukantabana, a lawyer speaks at the meeting as Xaverine Uwimana, the coordinator of Réseau des Femmes , looks on during a consultative meeting on Tuesday, May 20. Photos by Kellya Keza
Health

NGOs demand safeguards for surrogate mothers in new health bill  

Wednesday, May 21, 2025
A session where members of the senate committee on economic development and finance engaged with financial sector stakeholders to examine issues on May 19. Courtesy
Economy

Senators concerned by wider economic risks of non-performing loans

Monday, May 19, 2025
Muneza urged the government to expand the distribution of discreet pill boxes that help adolescents take their medication privately, and to urgently revive student-led anti-AIDS clubs
Health

Stigma in the schoolyard: How Rwanda is protecting HIV-positive students

Saturday, May 17, 2025