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Algeria is home to approximately 80% of the Sahara Desert, the largest hot desert in the world and the third-largest desert overall, smaller only than the deserts of Antarctica and the northern Arctic.
Tourism

10 fascinating things about Algeria, Africa’s largest country by land area

Wednesday, June 04, 2025
Ruhango District has embarked on building a Genocide Museum expected to be complete by 2026. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Ruhango Genocide Museum to be completed by 2026

Monday, April 21, 2025
A genocide memorial site that is among memorials to be relocated. File
Kwibuka

Rwanda accelerates consolidation of Genocide memorial sites

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
UNESCO Director-General Audrey Azoulay during her visit in Rwanda in September 2023. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Rwanda, UNESCO join efforts to teach history of Genocide against the Tutsi

Monday, April 07, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana addresses delegates in Kigali on January 27. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
International

Holocaust: Minister Bizimana calls out UN on failures to address Genocide ideologies, perpetrators

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A decent burial of 362 Genocide victims that were relocated from Musambira Sector of Kamonyi District on January 4. Courtesy
Rwanda

13,000 genocide victims' bodies to be relocated from memorials

Monday, January 13, 2025
Adama Dieng, the African Union Special Envoy on the Prevention of Genocide and Other Mass Atrocities, delivers his remarks at the conference in Kigali on Monday, December 9. Courtesy
Rwanda

AU Genocide prevention envoy commends Rwanda’s post-genocide transformation

Monday, December 09, 2024
Visitors walk at the Canopy walkway that slides over the forest up to 60 meters high in Nyungwe Forest National Park. It is one of the oldest rainforests in Africa, rich in biodiversity, and spectacularly beautiful.  Sam Ngen
Society

Eight must-visit Rwandan destinations for nature lovers

Saturday, November 09, 2024
Rwandan journalists, alongside their hosts, All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) in a group photo after sharing a meal in Zhejiang, the largest city is Hangzhou, China
Rwanda

Through the heart of China: A journey of culture, cuisine, discovery

Saturday, November 09, 2024
Mourners hold lit candles in honour of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi, in Brazil. The commemorative event, held in the Legislative Assembly of the Federal District, was attended by Genocide survivors, Brazilian officials, and members of the diplomatic corps, among others. Courtesy
Kwibuka

PHOTOS: Rwandan envoy to Brazil calls for laws against Genocide ideology

Thursday, June 13, 2024
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. Officials have pledged to act and stop the loss of 27 million tonnes of soil washed away into rivers every year due to erosion.
Environment

World Environment Day: Rwanda seeks to end annual loss of 27 million tonnes of fertile soil

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Youth touring the memorial centre as they learn more about the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Kwibuka

Where youth can find information about the Genocide

Friday, April 19, 2024