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 Moise M. Bahati
Moise M. Bahati
The National Electoral Commission Executive Secretary Charles Munyaneza breifs journalists during a press conference on Thursday, May 16. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Elections
Over nine million Rwandans register to vote in July elections
The National Electoral Commission chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa addresses journalists during a press conference on Thursday, May 16. NEC will on Friday, May 17, begin receiving candidacies for the presidency and parliamentary seats for the July elections . Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Politics
Elections: Presidential, parliamentary hopefuls to submit candidacies on Friday
Charles Sikubwabo and Charles Ryandikayo were the remaining fugitives on the list of UN's 93 most-wanted perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. Sikubwabo and Ryandikayo were confirmed dead on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 by the International Residual Mechanism Criminal Tribunals.
Crime
Last ICTR Genocide fugitives confirmed dead
Newly commissioned officer cadets during a parade at Rwanda Military Academy in Gako on Monday, April 15. The government is planning to establish Rwanda’s first national defence university. Photo: Dan Gatsinzi.
Education
Plan for Rwanda’s first defence university underway, says minister
RDF Spokesperson Brig Gen Ronald Rwivanga addresses delegates during the opening session of the meeting in Kigali, on Tuesday, May 14. The meeting has brought together military and police officers from Rwanda and across Africa, government officials, peace-advocating organisations and cyber-security experts 
. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Security
Experts discuss use of digital technologies to minimise civilian death, injury in conflict situations
Belgian film director Bernard Bellefroid speaks during an interview with The New Times. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Kwibuka
Belgian film director retells killing of three children in Genocide against Tutsi
Khalid Musa, the Chargé d’Affaires at the Sudanese Embassy in Rwanda during the interview with The New Times in Kigali, on April 24, 2024. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Economy
VIDEO: Sudan needs Rwanda as partner for peace, economic development, says envoy
Ambassador Ernest Rwamucyo addresses the UN Security Council on Wednesday, April 24.
Security
Anyone supporting FDLR poses direct threat to Rwanda’s security, says envoy
Gen Romeo Dallaire,the force commander of UNAMIR, a United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda in 1994 when the Genocide against the Tutsi  was taking place. Courtesy
Kwibuka
April 25, 1994: UN avoids labelling Tutsi killings as genocide
April 24, 1994 was the 18th day of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Tutsi refugees began arriving in Kabgayi, in Muhanga on April 20,1994. Internet
Kwibuka
April 24, 1994: Tutsi killed in Kabgayi, Ruhango
An excavator exhumes remains of Tutsi victims at a dam in Gatsibo. File
Kwibuka
April 23, 1994: Tutsi thrown into Nyamagana pond, Burundians take part in killings
United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a guided tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial during his official visit in Rwanda on August 11, 2022. Courtesy
Kwibuka
Genocide survivors ask Blinken to retract ‘misleading’ statement
Minister of National Unity and Civic Education Jean Damascene Bizimana addresses mourners during the commemoration of late Queen Gicanda on Saturday, April 20. Dan Gatsinzi
Kwibuka
Did Belgium send Queen Gicanda to her death in Rwanda?
First Lady Jeannette Kagame pays tribute to Queen Rosalie Gicanda at Mwima Mausoleum in Nyanza District on Saturday, April 20. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Kwibuka
PHOTOS: First Lady Jeannette Kagame pays tribute to late Queen Gicanda
Barbara Mulvaney, an American lawyer who was an attorney in the trial of Col Theoneste Bagosora. Internet
Kwibuka
American lawyer baffled by US govt failure to name Genocide against Tutsi
The Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Dr Vincent Biruta, and UK Home Secretary James Cleverly during the signing of a new migration treaty between in Kigali, December 2023. Mugwiza
Rwanda
Govt mulls legal provisions to implement Rwanda-UK migration treaty
Mourners during a dignified burial of over 120 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Ntarama Genocide Memorial
in Bugesera District on Tuesday, April 16. A former catholic church, Ntarama Memorial is the resting place for about 5,000 Genocide victims. Photo: Courtesy
Kwibuka
Ibuka renews call to reveal whereabouts of Genocide victims
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa is expected in Uganda on Monday, April 15, for a two-day working visit. Courtesy
Africa
Ramaphosa, Museveni to discuss DR Congo crisis

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