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A segment of a residential area near Volcanoes National Park identified for relocation to pave the way for the expansion of the park. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Inside the $49m village for families to be relocated from volcanoes park

Monday, October 05, 2026
Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa, presides over the swearing-in ceremony of judicial officers on July 8. Courtesy
Law

Child cases to get priority under new Supreme Court rules

Monday, October 05, 2026
The University of Rwanda Vice Chancellor Prof Didas Kayihura Muganga said the proposed development would offer different levels of accommodation, ranging from three- to five-star services. Courtesy
Business

Why University of Rwanda is planning a five-star hotel in Huye

Monday, October 05, 2026
A view of the Kivu-Watt Gas Power Plant located in the western district of Karongi.
Featured

Lake Kivu’s next chapter: from geological potential to energy prosperity

Monday, October 05, 2026
Some people during exercises at Fitness Point Gym in Kigali. File
Health

Rwanda’s fitness boom creates new jobs, business opportunities

Monday, October 05, 2026
A total of 276 households have been relocated from an area prone to landslides in Bugarama in Rusizi District to safer accommodation.
Rwanda

Rusizi: Over 270 families relocated from disaster-prone area

Sunday, October 04, 2026
Under new regulations issued by CMA,Companies covered by Rwanda’s capital market corporate governance rules will have to separate the roles of board chairperson and chief executive officer.
Economy

New capital market rules tighten board oversight, disclosure

Sunday, October 04, 2026
National Electoral Commission Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa speaks to journalists in a press conference in 2024. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Elections

Elections: Here is the process to become a district mayor

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
Crime

Genocide: What do the charges against Dr Bajinya actually mean?

Sunday, October 04, 2026
Rwanda Revenue Authority staff attend to taxpayers at RRA Remera Branch. Courtesy
Economy

What new rules say about tax waivers, penalties for tax evasion

Sunday, October 04, 2026
Dafroza Mukarumongi Gauthier, a prominent campaigner for justice for victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, who died in France on Saturday, October 3. Courtesy
Rwanda

Tributes pour in for justice campaigner Dafroza Gauthier

Sunday, October 04, 2026
Dafroza Gauthier.
Rwanda

Govt mourns Dafroza Gauthier, lauds her justice campaign

Saturday, October 03, 2026
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Africa

FDLR continues killings, forced disappearances in eastern DR Congo, UN says

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Bank of Africa Rwanda representatives and other other participants pose for a group photo at the bank's International Coffee Day event.
Featured

Bank of Africa Rwanda unveils flexible financing approach for coffee businesses

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Judith Nguimfack, head of the Digital Health Division at the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC)
Health

Africa CDC official: Continent lacks infrastructure to run its own health AI

Saturday, October 03, 2026
The headquarters of the National Bank of Rwanda in Kigali. According to data shared by the Prime Minister this week, assets of different financial companies in the country currently stand at over Rwf16 trillion.
Economy

Financial sector assets surge to Rwf16 trillion

Saturday, October 03, 2026
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Health

Day of Older Persons: Senior citizens celebrate togetherness in Kigali

Saturday, October 03, 2026
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Economy

Higher incomes alone will not tame inflation, says PM Nsengiyumva

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Officials from the Ministry of Defence and the RDF pose for a photo during the opening of the college. Photo credit, Defence ministry.
Health

Defence ministry opens specialised military medical college

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Dr. Nsanzimana (centre, front row) poses for a photo with officials of Gustave Roussy, a leading cancer centre in Europe, during the signing of the MoU. Photo credit, Health Ministry.
Health

Rwanda, European centre partner to boost specialised care, radiology

Saturday, October 03, 2026