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Rwandan oral history recounts that during and after the reign of Kizira, the father of Muntu, the population of Mazinga (now part of Akagera National Park) suffered catastrophic floods and disease outbreaks. 

Shared Ancestral: Is Rwandan Muntu the same as Ugandan Kintu?

Monday, March 17, 2025
President Kagame during a Presidential Citizen Outreach event held at BK Arena. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Kagame warns Belgium against undermining Rwanda’s progress

Sunday, March 16, 2025
Rwanda Defence Force armed guard during a parade at the presidential inauguration atAmahoro stadium on August 11, 2024.

Rejecting the west’s influence: Rwanda’s stand for sovereignty

Tuesday, March 11, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
Road construction in Kigali. CRAISH BAHIZI

Engineering Africa’s liberation: From Sidelines to true sovereignty

Friday, March 07, 2025
Some FDLR terrorists and génocidaires being handed over to Rwandan authorities last Saturday. PHOTO BY IGIHE

The poison of hatred: How impunity fuels genocidal ideology in the DR Congo

Monday, March 03, 2025
The raft of measures imposed by the UK government against Rwanda, including suspending support towards development programmes and other measures with potential economic repercussions, is a wakeup call for Rwandans.

A diplomatic misstep rooted in paternalism

Monday, March 03, 2025
Congolese refugees at Kigeme refugee camp during a peaceful march calling for action on the ongoing killings against Tutsi communities in eastern DR Congo on December 12, 2022. Photo by Willy Mucyo.

Why Rwandans stand in solidarity with DR Congo’s Rwandophone community

Friday, February 28, 2025
Congolese refugees at Kigeme refugee camp during a peaceful march calling for action on the ongoing killings against Tutsi communities in eastern DR Congo on December 12, 2022. Photo by Willy Mucyo

The 67-year long fight to deny citizenship to the DR Congo Tutsi must end

Friday, February 28, 2025
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Africa

DR Congo crisis: Rwandan embassy in Sweden responds to Stockholm's summons

Thursday, February 27, 2025
If the aid was aimed at having the recipient graduate to another level, Belgium and other European countries of their ilk should not be strongly mobilising to cut aid to Rwanda. SAM NGENDAHIMANA

If we survived then, we will always survive

Thursday, February 27, 2025
The Scramble for Africa, formalised at the Berlin Conference of 1884-1885, was nothing short of grand larceny—a calculated theft of land, resources, and sovereignty by European powers.

Stolen wealth, fractured nations: The enduring legacy of colonial plunder

Thursday, February 27, 2025