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Sports has been a powerful tool to reunite and reconcile Rwandans after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. File photo
Other Sports

From division to unity: Sports at the heart of Rwanda’s reconciliation

Thursday, April 09, 2026
Agaseke, the Rwandan traditional woven basket, has come to represent peace, unity, and the quiet dignity of reconciliation in Rwanda. File

The quiet promise of Rwanda’s peace basket

Monday, March 23, 2026
Some of the 266 genocide convicts, including 101 women, who completed a month-long reintegration programme attend the closing ceremony in Nyamagabe. Photo Courtesy.
Featured

Over 260 Genocide convicts complete unity and resilience course ahead of release

Thursday, March 19, 2026
The United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has appointed Nigerian diplomat Ozonnia Ojielo as the new UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator in Ethiopia.
International

Former UN envoy to Rwanda appointed to Ethiopia

Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Officials pose for a photo at the official launch of the Women in Diplomacy Rwanda Network in Kigali in line to celebrate the International Women's Day, on Tuesday, March 10. PHOTOS BY Kellya Keza
Women

PHOTOS: New platform seeks to amplify women voices in diplomacy

Wednesday, March 11, 2026
African Union mediators meet President Museveni in Uganda on February 2, 2025. Courtesy

DR Congo mediation: Aligning African leadership and diplomatic complementarity

Monday, February 23, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva speaks at the African Union Ad-Hoc Committee on South Sudan (C5) meeting in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Sunday, February 15. Courtesy
Security

Rwanda ready to support South Sudan's post-conflict rebuilding, says PM

Sunday, February 15, 2026
Some members of the FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 during a handover event in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.

What next after defecting from FDLR? Reintegration, truth, and the unlearning of a sacred lie

Monday, January 26, 2026
US President Donald Trump signed to order the United States’ withdrawal from dozens of UN-affiliated bodies and multilateral groups.

From aid to absence: Africa after America’s retreat

Thursday, January 22, 2026
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing these withdrawals on Wednesday, January 7. Courtesy
International

US withdraws from over 60 UN, non-UN organisations

Thursday, January 08, 2026
Burundi President Evariste Ndayishimiye has corrected his Foreign Minister Edouard Bizimana, who accused Qatar of a negative role in the efforts to end conflict in eastern DR Congo
International

Burundian minister forced to delete post accusing U.S, Qatar of corruption

Sunday, January 04, 2026
Willy Mugenzi, the former journalist, the author of Cow for Peace, speaks to The New Times in Kigali. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Culture

Ex-journalist shines a light on role of cows in promoting reconciliation in new book

Friday, January 02, 2026