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RPA fighters during a morale boosting session in the Liberation War in 1990s. File

The long journey of nationhood: From Independence to Liberation

Friday, July 03, 2026
An identity card used before the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi to indicate the ethnic identity of Rwandans. The historical documentation project at the Commune Rouge Genocide Memorial is nearing completion
Editorial

Preserving the truth about Genocide cannot wait

Wednesday, July 01, 2026
A photograph archived at the Kigali Genocide Memorial showing a list of some of the leading contributors to RTLM (Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines) during the 1990s. File photo

Will the pen that wounded heal?

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
The Campaign Against Genocide Monument at the Parliament grounds in Kigali commemorates the Rwanda Patriotic Army’s efforts to stop the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and rescue civilians. The monument stands as a symbol of courage, sacrifice, and national liberation in Rwanda.
Art

Rwanda’s iconic monuments and the stories they tell

Friday, June 19, 2026
Rwanda’s renewed appeal to the United Nations Security Council for the relocation of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda archives to Kigali is a matter of justice, memory and historical responsibility. File
Editorial

ICTR archives belong where history happened

Monday, June 15, 2026
The New Times
Law

Rwanda renews appeal to UN for return of ICTR archives to Kigali

Saturday, June 13, 2026
Freddy Mutanguha addresses participants at the launch of a project called Strengthening Educational Capacities at Rwanda's Memorial Sites held at Kigali Genocide Memorial.
Education

UNESCO-listed memorials to play key role in educating youth

Wednesday, June 10, 2026
Mourners during the inauguration of the monument that serves as a place of remembrance for the more than one million victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. PHOTO COURTESY
Kwibuka

Paris memorial signals shift in justice, Rwanda–France ties, say analysts

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame, and President Emmanuel Macron and First Lady Brigitte Macron, pose for a photo at a dinner at the Palais de l'Élysée following the inauguration of the first permanent memorial commemorating the victims of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi in Paris, France, on Tuesday, June 2. VILLAGE URUGWIRO

From diplomatic rupture to shared memory: What Rwanda's memorial in Paris represents

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
President Paul Kagame, First Lady Jeannette Kagame and French President Emmanuel Macron unveil the first permanent memorial for the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in France on Tuesday, June 2. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Genocide survivors, activists welcome new memorial unveiled in Paris

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks during the inauguration of the first permanent memorial for the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in France on Tuesday, June 2. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Kagame’s speech at inauguration of Genocide memorial in Paris

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
President Paul Kagame addresses mourners during the inauguration of the first permanent memorial for the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in France on Tuesday, June 2. Courtesy
Kwibuka

PHOTOS: Kagame: Paris memorial 'a mark of respect for dignity of Rwandans, history'

Tuesday, June 02, 2026