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Rwanda began offering visas upon arrival to all Africans in 2018 and transitioned to a visa-free regime in 2023. Only three other countries – The Gambia, Benin, and Seychelles – are visa-free for all African nationals. File

Talk without action: The crisis of leadership in Africa’s integration

Monday, May 12, 2025
The African Union had finalized a draft “strategy” to accelerate the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons. File
Africa

African Union moves to fast-track free movement across continent

Sunday, April 27, 2025
PHOTO BY IGIHE

Lessons for Belgium: How Rwanda and France rebuilt ties after 2006

Friday, March 21, 2025
Soraya Hakuziyaremye during the interview with The New Times, at the National Bank of Rwanda headquarters in Kigali, on February 27, 2025. Photo by Willy Mucyo
Finance

Soraya Hakuziyaremye: Rwanda’s first female central bank governor on life, career

Friday, February 28, 2025
The Secretary General of Rwanda’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), Maj Gen Joseph Nzabamwita delivers his remarks during the National Security Symposium in Kigali on May 22. Courtesy
Security

Gen Nzabamwita makes case for visa-free African migration

Thursday, May 23, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks at the Kigali Economic Forum on Monday, November 27. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Africa

Regional approach key to Africa’s devt- PM Ngirente

Tuesday, November 28, 2023
Passengers board a RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport. Kagame recently said ''Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country.” File
Aviation

Three things to know about Rwanda’s visa-free policy

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Passengers board RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport in 2020.Airlines could be required to provide, in advance, passenger information and name record data to Rwanda's Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration.

Airlines to be required to share passenger data under new bill

Tuesday, August 01, 2023
Amb. Valentine Rugwabiza poses with UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres as she concluded her tour of duty as Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the UN Headquarters in New York on Wednesday, February 23. Amb. Rugwabiza is the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the Central African Republic and Head of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic. Photos: Courtesy.
Women

Women’s power, working rights skyrocketed in 2022

Tuesday, December 27, 2022
Louise Mushikiwabo the Secretary General of the International Organisation of La Francophonie delivers remarks during La Francophonie summit in Tunisia on Saturday, November 19. Mushikiwabo has been re-elected as the Secretary General of OIF. Courtesy
International

Mushikiwabo re-elected La Francophonie’s Secretary General

Saturday, November 19, 2022
Presidents Kagame and Emmanuel Macron of France are among the world leaders attending the 18th La Francophonie summit. (Courtesy Photo)
Rwanda

Kagame in Tunisia for La Francophonie summit

Friday, November 18, 2022
Brigitte Mukantaganda, 39, who has been part of the fashion house since 2003, seen here in her shop. / Dan Nsengiyumva
Society

From wearing skins to dressing the world – evolution of Rwandan couture

Monday, September 12, 2022