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Dafroza Gauthier received the Igihango medal from President Paul Kagame on November 18, 2017 for her outstanding contribution to Rwanda.

Remembering Dafroza Gauthier: A life dedicated to justice

Sunday, October 04, 2026

Dr Vincent Bajinya, a Rwandan national was charged with one offence of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. Courtesy

Bajinya’s UK Prosecution: A step towards justice, an unfinished obligation

Thursday, October 01, 2026

Newly commissioned officer cadets during a parade at Rwanda Military Academy-Gako on April 15, 2024. Courtesy

Patriotism Day: What Rwanda’s younger generation must carry forward

Thursday, October 01, 2026

Congolese refugees from Kigeme refugee camp, march during a peaceful demonstration to call for action against the ongoing atrocities against Tutsi in eastern DR Congo on March 8, 2024. Olivier Mugwiza

Genocide ideology in the Great Lakes Region: the danger of remembering history while ignoring its continuation

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

Air Afrique was created to change that geography and collapsed in 2002 deserves scrutiny because the need it addressed has not disappeared

Air Afrique failed but Africa can still connect its skies

Sunday, September 27, 2026

Workers load cargo for export at Kigali International Airport. File

Africa’s trade ambitions need cheaper flights

Tuesday, September 22, 2026

Félix Tshisekedi, President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, and his Burundian counterpart, Évariste Ndayishimiye.

Why Burundi and DR Congo keep invoking Rwanda

Tuesday, September 15, 2026

Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe shakes hands with his DR Congo counterpart, Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, after signing a peace agreement, as US Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on in Washington, DC, on June 27. Courtesy

Thirty years later, the FDLR survives: What do the DRC and the West really want?

Monday, September 07, 2026

Ambassadors of Christ during a concert to mark the 30th anniversary on Sunday, August 31. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

God Painted Our Story: Thirty Years of Ambassadors of Christ and Rwanda’s journey from trauma to hope

Monday, August 31, 2026

Members of the genocidial group FDLR in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy

The FDLR: three decades of reinvention and regional insecurity

Monday, August 24, 2026

President Évariste Ndayishimiye currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union for 2026. Courtesy

When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership

Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Some substandard alcoholic beverages seized by the Rwanda National Police during an ongoing campaign to crack down on illicit drinks in Rwanda. Courtesy.

What are we eating and drinking? Food safety must come before profit

Friday, August 14, 2026

President of Uganda Museveni meets with AU Facilitators on the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) peace process on February 3, in Kampala. Courtesy

The Great Lakes paradox: Three decades of diplomacy without durable peace

Saturday, August 08, 2026

From left: Rwanda’s foreign minister Olivier Nduhungirehe, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, and DR Congo's foreign minister Thérèse Kayikwamba Wagner during the signing of the Rwanda–DR Congo Peace Agreement on June 27, 2025. Courtesy.

When diplomacy demands insecurity: Rethinking sovereignty, self-defence and collective security in the 21st Century

Thursday, August 06, 2026

Members of the FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo were handed to Rwandan authorities in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

FDLR and the Security Council: When UN resolutions become a substitute for action

Thursday, July 23, 2026

MONUSCO peacekeepers in eastern DR Congo. The UN Security Council has repeatedly called for the disarmament and repatriation of foreign armed groups, including the genocidal FDLR militia.

30 years of UN Security Council resolutions on eastern DR Congo: Has the world mistaken process for progress?

Monday, July 20, 2026

A teacher helps a child with disabilities during a lesson. File

Education for all in Rwanda: Priority for children with disabilities

Monday, July 13, 2026

A May 28, 2026 UN Security Council meeting in emergency session on Ukraine. As sanctions become a common tool of diplomacy, questions are growing over who sets the rules governing their use.

The world needs rules for sanctions, too

Saturday, July 11, 2026