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RPF-Inkotanyi Chairman, President Paul Kagame greets members during a presidential campaign in Bugesera on July 6, 2024. File

The RPF/RPA legacy and modern governance

Monday, October 19, 2026
Minister Jean Damascene Bizimana speaks during the Forum of Unity and Resilience at University of Rwanda’s Huye Campus on Tuesday, October 13. Courtesy
Rwanda

Bizimana tackles role of historical truth in fight against genocide ideology

Wednesday, October 14, 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
A view of the Africa Museum in Tervuren, Belgium, which traces its origins to a 1897 colonial exhibition organised by King Leopold II.

Rethinking African identity through Rwanda’s Agaciro philosophy

Tuesday, September 15, 2026
Rwandans queuing for casting their votes during the presidential elections in 2003 at Groupe Scolaire ADEPR Kimihurura in Kigali on on August 25, 2003. File

How Rwanda rebuilt its political, governance system after 1994 

Monday, August 31, 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
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
Africa

Experts on how Burundi, DR Congo ignored Gatumba massacre

Sunday, August 16, 2026
Tito Rutaremara addresses 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
Rwanda

Rutaremara on how Burundi shielded genocide suspects

Friday, August 14, 2026
Kigali Convention Centre at Kimihurura. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

The "single story" of Rwanda's rise

Thursday, July 02, 2026
Some of the homes belonging to Tutsi residents that were burned by FDLR genocidal group members and FARDC soldiers during clashes with M23 rebels in Nturo Village, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. COURTESY

Can the ‘madman theory’ oust the Tutsi from their historical homelands?

Monday, June 29, 2026
Z listens intently as the trial judges find him guilty of genocide and extermination, ICTR, 18 December 2008. courtesy of UNICTR
Crime

Protais Zigiranyirazo: The rise and fall of ‘Monsieur Z’ - a cautionary tale of greed and power

Friday, June 26, 2026
Thousands of Congolese refugees took part in a peaceful march at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe District on Monday, December 12,2022, protesting violence against Congolese Tutsi communities in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and calling for greater international action to protect civilians.

The body politic, the indispensable member and the fable for identity politics

Wednesday, June 17, 2026