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Stewardship focuses on enabling performance by building systems, incentives, and environments that allow people to deliver results consistently, reducing reliance on constant oversight. 

Why stronger and efficient systems matter more than supervision

Friday, August 21, 2026
Some of the houses that were destroyed by floods caused by heavy rains in Rubavu District in May 2023. File.

Climate warnings should reach Rwandans before patients reach hospitals

Friday, August 21, 2026
Some of the more than 80,000 pilgrims from around the world attend the celebration of the Feast of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary in Kibeho, Nyaruguru District, on Saturday, August 15. Courtesy

Kibeho 15th August: Faith was ready, but were the services?

Friday, August 21, 2026
Officials and residents destroy some substandard beverages seized during an ongoing crackdown in Rulindo District on Wednesday, August 19. Courtesy

The fight against illicit alcohol is for our future

Thursday, August 20, 2026
A military parade during the Kwibohora 30 celebrations, as Rwanda Defence Force officers carry the national flag at Amahoro Stadium on July 4, 2024. File.

What Rwandans can learn about preserving their values

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Residents undergo screening for non-communicable diseases (NCDs) during a community health outreach exercise in Kigali. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

Rwanda needs to take the fight against NCDs beyond hospitals

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Miners work at GAMICO mining where the operations employ more than 1,500 people, in Nyarugenge District. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

How does a city create decent jobs for its people?

Thursday, August 20, 2026
A resident drinks clean water at Sharita island, in Bugesera District. Rwanda is hosting the Africa Water & Sanitation Systems Leadership Symposium at the Kigali Convention Centre this week. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Safe water needs systems, not projects

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Photographs of former Rwandan leaders from the period of the Genocide against the Tutsi, archived at the Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Kellya Keza.

Double genocide narrative distort Rwanda's history and memory

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
President Paul Kagame greets residents during the outreach in Rubavu. File

I am a “praise singer for Kagame”? If so, it’s the easiest job!

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
President Paul Kagame and his Congolese counterpart Felix Tshisekedi signed the Washington Accords on Thursday, December 4,2025, witnessed by US President Donald Trump. Photo by Village Urugwiro

When DR Congo decided to destroy Washington Accords

Tuesday, August 18, 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 of the 237 young people cheer during the official launch of the third cohort of Itorero Imbuto Zitoshye at Nkumba Leadership Development Centre in Burera District on Monday, August 17, 2026.

The example Rwanda is giving its youth

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Cranes in Rugezi wetland in Burera District.
Editorial

Protecting wildlife is an investment in the future

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Laws tell people what they can and cannot do, and they set punishments or solutions if someone breaks them.

Can prevention beat enforcement?

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Cybercrime in Rwanda

When the money crosses borders: Rwanda’s cybercrime challenge

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
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Why combating genocide ideology remains an enduring responsibility for the RPF-Inkotanyi

Monday, August 17, 2026
AI can scatter authorship across programmers, models, prompts, and people she will never meet.

Responsibility needs an address

Monday, August 17, 2026
Mourners during the commemoration of victims of Gatumba on August 13, 2004, when armed attackers stormed the UNHCR transit camp, killing 166 Banyamulenge refugees. Courtesy
Editorial

Gatumba survivors have waited long enough for justice

Monday, August 17, 2026
Students board a bus on their way back to school in September 2025. The new academic year is set to begin on September 7. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

Getting ready for school when everything costs more

Monday, August 17, 2026