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Shyaka Kanuma
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Rwanda National Police officers try to calm down tensions that erupted among Rayons Sports fans as the Blues faced Bugesera FC at Bugesera stadium on Saturday. Courtesy
Rooting out issues in Rwandan football will be a Herculean task
Tuesday, May 20, 2025
M23 fighters at the DR Congo side of Rusizi 1 Border Post, on Sunday, February 16. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Calm in the Kivus: The case for M23/AFC control
Monday, May 05, 2025
Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and his DR Congo counterpart Therese Kayikwamba Wagner sign the declaration of principles, witnessed by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, on Friday,
Editorial
Can the DR Congo government be trusted to commit to the Declaration of Principles?
Monday, April 28, 2025
Bodies of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi during a decent burial at Ntyanza Kicukiro Genocide Memorial in 2019. Sam Ngendahimana
The con game at the heart of “Parmehutu” extremism and genocide in Rwanda
Monday, April 07, 2025
From 1917, Belgium initiated a deep reform of Rwanda’s customary institutions. The changes introduced labor legislation including severe corporal punishments (whipping, beating, the categorization of Rwandans
Why the spirit of Inkotanyi will beat Belgian malevolence
Monday, March 31, 2025
Thousands of Goma citizens during a general meeting with AFC M23 rebel leaders in February. Courtesy
Kivus: A new era of peace that no sanctions can undermine
Tuesday, March 25, 2025
China has achieved “escape velocity”, and broken free of the gravitational pull of those that have worked so hard and for so long to keep it down.
So much to root for about the emergence of China as a superpower
Monday, March 17, 2025
Some FDLR genocidal group memberes captured by M23 at the handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Are the days of FDLR and its reign of terror in eastern DR Congo numbered?
Monday, March 03, 2025
A make-shift-structure that was used to serve as the FDLR-CRAP command post in Kanyamahoro, Nyiragongo territory, three kilometres from Rwandan border. Photo by James Munyaneza
To whom it may concern: no threats will deter societies from defending themselves
Monday, February 24, 2025
AFCM23 fighters walk back to the DR Congo side of the border soom after their brief show up at Rusizi 1 Border Post, on Sunday, February 16.
AFC-M23: An african struggle distorted by neo-colonial interests
Monday, February 17, 2025
President of DR Congo Felix Tshisekedi addressing the United Nations General Assemby.
The World must stop shielding Tshisekedi and his government from accountability
Monday, February 10, 2025
Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo, DR Congo president.
Tshisekedi: A relic of Africa’s darkest leadership
Monday, January 20, 2025
A view of the border 'La petite barriere' between Rwanda and DR Congo in Rubavu District. File.
Rwanda’s progress is built on its own efforts, not "looting" from DR Congo
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Rwanda international Emmanuel Rugamba, an NFL star now plays for BC Lions in the Canadian Football League (CFL). Courtesy
What Manny Rugamba’s journey in American football suggests about our sports prospects
Monday, January 06, 2025
President Felix Tshisekedi of Democratic Republic of Congo. File
Kinshasa’s primitive ideas should be challenged by everyone in 2025
Sunday, December 29, 2024
Colourful Christmas and New Year decoration lights have taken over Kigali streets, roundabouts and other public spaces as the city prepares for end-of-year and New Year’s celebrations. Craish Bahizi
Recollections of Christmases past: why I am sharing beef with a neighbour
Sunday, December 22, 2024
President Paul Kagame and other dignitaries pose for a group photo with awards winners at the glamorous awards presentation gala at BK Arena on Friday, December 13. Courtesy
When FIA came to Kigali – another win for optimism and can-do spirit
Monday, December 16, 2024
I am a feminist
I am a feminist and proudly so, this is why
Monday, December 02, 2024

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