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Members of Press and Content Creators follow President Paul Kagame's remarks during the press conference on Monday, August 24. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Employers who fail to pay workers must be held accountable - Kagame

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Some people fear that with AI tools to facilitate companies, some will lose their jobs. Internet

AI is not taking jobs. It is quietly closing the door on new ones

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Traders at Inkundamahoro Market in Kigali. Rising fertiliser and food prices amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis underscore the need for resilient agriculture, a key focus of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026. Bahizi
Featured

Africa can turn the current crisis into resilient food systems. Kigali is where it comes together

Friday, August 21, 2026
US President Donald Trump interacts with Democratic Republic of the Congo President Félix Tshisekedi during the signing ceremony of the Washington Peace Accords on December 4, 2025. Courtesy
Africa

Congress members ‘alarmed’ by US-DR Congo mineral deal

Thursday, August 20, 2026
A woman works in her vegetables plantation. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Women

The invisible burden behind women’s success

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Workers packaging fresh vegetables for export at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Rwanda's unemployment rate remained unchanged at 13.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2026. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Unemployment stood at 13.4% in May 

Friday, July 17, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) medical personnel interacting with a patient during the nationwide free medical outreach campaign under the Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme 2026. The initiative concluded on July 4 at Munini Hospital in Nyaruguru District as Rwanda marked the 32nd Liberation Day (Kwibohora 32). According to the statistics, more than 30,000 people across the country received free treatment for various illnesses, including over 8,000 patients who benefited from services at Munini Hospital. Courtesy.

How Rwanda's Defence and Security Citizen Outreach Programme is redefining national security and development

Tuesday, July 07, 2026
Graduates attend University of Rwanda's 2025 graduation ceremony. A new study found that university graduates earn 5.27 times more than young people with no formal education, even as more than 92 per cent of employed youth continue to work in the informal economy. Photo by Kellya Keza.
Economy

New study highlights stubborn youth informality despite employment gains

Saturday, June 27, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion at the workshop. Discussions focused on key human rights issues, including civic space and democratic participation, economic security and livelihood protection, access to justice, gender equality, social protection. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Never Again Rwanda forum hails human rights progress, urges action on remaining gaps

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Participants of International Entrepreneurship Summer School pose for a group photo with their lecturers . Courtesy
Business

Trade Ministry tips students on job-creating business ventures

Monday, June 15, 2026
L-R: Ministers Damien Murwanashyaka, Antoine-Marie Kajangwe, Judith Uwizeye, Armand Zingiro, and Col Claudien Bizimungu.
Politics

Kagame appoints new ministers, ambassadors

Thursday, June 11, 2026
AWF CEO Kaddu Ssebunya

East Africa must give its young people power, not promises

Wednesday, June 10, 2026