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Senators follow a presentation of a report by the Senate Committee on Governance and Human Rights on monitoring actions aimed at promoting legal aid services during the plenary sitting.
Rwanda

Legal aid reforms gain urgency as Senate flags gaps

Monday, July 27, 2026
Inmates during ICT class at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi (1)

Rwanda’s ADR message must leave conference rooms and become a day-to-day reality

Monday, July 27, 2026
Justice minister Emmanuel Ugirashebuja appears before senators on July 23. He said the government is considering removing statutory time limits for prosecuting human trafficking offences. Photo: Courtesy.
Law

Govt considers removing time limit on human trafficking prosecutions

Saturday, July 25, 2026
Senators follow a presentation of a report by the Senate Committee on Governance and Human Rights on monitoring actions aimed at promoting legal aid services during the plenary sitting of Thursday, July 23.
Law

Senators urge legal reforms to fix gaps in access to justice

Thursday, July 23, 2026
Chief Justice Domitilla Mukantaganzwa, addresses participants during the openining of the training in Kigali. Courtesy
Law

Inconsistent family, land rulings prompt judges to seek uniform interpretation

Monday, July 20, 2026
Eugène Rwamucyo, a genocide suspect who lives in France. French prosecutors have requested the Paris Assize Court of Appeal to sentence Dr. Eugène Rwamucyo to 30 years in prison. Courtesy
Crime

French prosecution seeks 30-year sentence for Eugène Rwamucyo

Thursday, July 16, 2026
Music manager Alex Muyoboke
Showbiz

The toxic side of online bullying in entertainment industry

Thursday, July 16, 2026
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Mageragere Sector in Kigali. The Minister said that Plea bargaining also has become another tool for reducing pressure on courts. Since the new policy, 35,878 criminal cases have been resolved through plea bargaining. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

What has Rwanda achieved four years after new criminal justice policy?

Thursday, July 09, 2026
The swearing-in ceremony of 45 judicial officers including 12 judges and 33 court registrars held on Wednesday, July 8. Courtesy
Law

Mukantaganzwa tasks new judges with delivering timely justice

Thursday, July 09, 2026
Inmates during ICT class at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

The missing middle: Rwanda's next access to justice conversation

Wednesday, July 08, 2026
Brig Gen Ezechiel Gakwerere, a senior commander of the Kinshasa-backed genocidal militia, FDLR, was, on March 1, 2025, handed to Rwandan officials by AFC-M23 rebels. FDLR is the most enduring organized manifestation of the ideology that fueled the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

We are misreading the FDLR threat: It is dangerous incubator of genocide ideology, not just an armed group

Friday, June 26, 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