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Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers an important speech during the "Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Plus" meeting in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Sept. 1, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhai Jianlan)
International

Xi calls on SCO to work toward more just, equitable global governance

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
President Paul Kagame and High ranking delegates. The discussions explore how Africa can build on the dignity and solidarity of Pan-Africanism to establish Meta-Africanism as its next chapter.

The Africa We Want begins with a change of mindset

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Rwandans queuing for casting their votes during the presidential elections in 2003 at Groupe Scolaire ADEPR Kimihurura in Kigali on on August 25, 2003. File

How Rwanda rebuilt its political, governance system after 1994 

Monday, August 31, 2026
DR Congo President Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi. File

Regional Conflict, Belgian castles and the tyranny of conscience-less pleasure

Monday, August 31, 2026
A new group of 406 Rwandans crossed back into the country on Wednesday, August 26, through La Corniche border post in Rubavu District. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Africa

Returnees from DR Congo commend Rwanda’s security, progress

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Dolly Parton
Music

Dolly Parton leaves us new music, we have to wait two more decades

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
President Paul Kagame, Former Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn and Former South African President Thabo Mbeki arrive at Kigali Convention Centre for the inaugural Africa Mindset Reset Forum on Tuesday, August 25. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Politics

Leaders gather in Kigali for Africa Mindset Reset Forum

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
President Évariste Ndayishimiye currently holds the rotating chairmanship of the African Union for 2026. Courtesy

When rhetoric tests responsibility: Burundi, Rwanda and the burden of African Union leadership

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Mourners during the commemoration of victims of Gatumba on August 13, 2004, when armed attackers stormed the UNHCR transit camp, killing 166 Banyamulenge refugees. Courtesy
Africa

Experts on how Burundi, DR Congo ignored Gatumba massacre

Sunday, August 16, 2026
Tito Rutaremara addresses mourners during the commemoration of victims of Gatumba on August 13, 2004, when armed attackers stormed the UNHCR transit camp, killing 166 Banyamulenge refugees. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rutaremara on how Burundi shielded genocide suspects

Friday, August 14, 2026
A medical officer talking to a patient during clinic day at Most At Risk Populations Initiative (MARPI) clinic in Mulago National Referral Hospital on January 13, 2026 in Kampala, Uganda. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images)

A new paradigm for global health financing

Thursday, August 13, 2026
(L-R) Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe, Amb Lt Gen (Rtd) Frank Mushyo Kamanzi, Executive Director of ISCA, Defence Minister Juvenal Marizamunda at the International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA) High-Level Discussion opened in Kigali on Wednesday, August 12.
Security

Is Africa ready for autonomous warfare?

Thursday, August 13, 2026