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Speaking to journalists on Friday, Providence Umurungi, chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights, said rights of voters, candidates, media, and poll observers, among others, were generally respected
Elections

Rights body says Rwanda’s 2024 general elections were inclusive, safe and secure

Friday, July 19, 2024
President Kagame meets with Omar Daair, the British High Commissioner to Rwanda as he completed his tour of duty, at Village Urugwiro on Thursday, on July 18. Photo by Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda

UK, Swedish envoys conclude diplomatic tenures in Rwanda

Thursday, July 18, 2024
NEC volunteers help a voter before csting his vote during the presidential and parliamentary elections, on July 15. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Elections

Rwanda’s 2024 general elections in eyes of civil society observers

Thursday, July 18, 2024
Vanessa Umuhoza Gashumba and Venuste Icyitegetse secured the two coveted youth parliamentary seats. COURTESY
Elections

Rwanda Decides: Umuhoza, Icyitegetse are the new youth MPs

Thursday, July 18, 2024
Jorge Carlos Fonseca (R), the former President of Cabo Verde who led the joint African Union-Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa election observers' delegation, his deputy head of mission, Ruhakana Rugunda (C), Uganda's former Prime Minister, and other observers, in Kigali on Tuesday, July 16. International election observers commended Rwanda for a peaceful electoral environment during the July 15-16 general elections. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana

Rwandans, how dare they pull off violence-free elections?

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
The elections of two parliamentary youth representatives in the Chamber of Deputies took place in Gasabo District in Kigali
Editorial

Youth must actively take interest in governance

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
RPF Inkotanyi flag bearer Paul Kagame during his campaign in Ngororero District on June 24, 2024. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza

The whole World may hate Kagame but he is the choice of Rwandans

Wednesday, July 17, 2024
A voter from electoral college of youth representatives casts her vote for two parliamentary representatives in the Chamber of Deputies in Gasabo District. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Elections

Youth MPs election: Insights from a local observer

Tuesday, July 16, 2024
Patients, staff and caregivers at University Teaching Hospital of Kigali (CHUK) were facilitated to cast their vote at a polling site established opposite to the hospital. Craish Bahizi
Elections

Rwanda Decides: Nine million thrilled voters throng polling stations

Monday, July 15, 2024
Voters who are currently admitted to CHUK hospital arrive at the polling site, set opposite the hospital to facilitate patients and caregivers to cast their votes. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Elections

PHOTOS: Rwanda Decides: How patients in hospitals were facilitated to vote

Monday, July 15, 2024
Workers at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Craish Bahizi
Elections

Kagame to address lack of minimum wage

Saturday, July 13, 2024
National Electoral Commission volunteers during the parliamentary election in 2018. The commission has this year trained and deployed over 100,000 volunteers to help in the elections. Sam Ngendahimana
Elections

100,000 volunteers deployed to polling stations across the country

Saturday, July 13, 2024