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Students sit in one of the new classrooms handed over by the RDF, RNP and local governments authorities. Photo credit, Gasabo District.
Education

Gasabo school gets new classrooms as part of liberation celebrations

Saturday, July 04, 2026
The Prime Minister (left) is welcomed to Nyabihu for an event to mark Rwanda's liberation.
Security

The journey for liberation continues – PM Nsengiyumva

Saturday, July 04, 2026
Retired Colonel Jill Rutaremara, the Director of Rwanda Peace Academy, speaks during an interview with The New Times on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. Rutaremara reflected on, among others, the responsibility of the younger generation to safeguard the gains achieved since 1994. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Security

'The youth must jealously protect the gains of liberation' – Col (Rtd) Jill Rutaremara

Saturday, July 04, 2026
The New Times

Liberation beyond borders: Responsibility, protection, and the burden of history

Saturday, July 04, 2026
PHOTO BY IGIHE

The RPF’s ideological clarity, a struggle between the future and the past

Saturday, July 04, 2026
Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) have unveiled a new set of insignias across its services, reinforcing its institutional identity and military heritage. Courtesy
Security

RDF unveils new military insignias as Rwanda marks Liberation Day

Saturday, July 04, 2026
Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa, the Defence Spokesperson and Director General of International Military Cooperation delivered a lecture to members of Itorero Indangamirwa Cohort 16 at the Gabiro Military Training Centre
Security

Gen Karuretwa urges young Rwandans to be active contributors to development

Friday, July 03, 2026
RPA fighters during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

Barefoot through shattered glass: Why fear shards of a broken calabash?

Friday, July 03, 2026
Two Rwanda Defence Force officers, Maj Caleb Kamuntu and Maj J.D. Mageza Gasasira, successfully completed the Senior Command and Staff Course at Kimaka, Jinja, Uganda.
Security

RDF officers complete course in Uganda

Thursday, July 02, 2026
Members of the FDLR genocidal group captured by M23 rebels in eastern DR Congo were handed to Rwandan authorities in Rubavu District on Saturday, March 1, 2025. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

My weird feeling about U.S. sanctions against Rwandan individuals and entities

Thursday, July 02, 2026
The two RDF officers pose for a photo during the graduation ceremony. Photo credit, Rwanda Ministry of Defence.
Security

Senior RDF officers graduate from Qatari defence college

Monday, June 29, 2026
ACP Augustin Kuradupagase, a former member of the ex-FAR and DR Congo-backed FDLR militia, is now serving on the Rwanda National Police Senior Management Council. Courtesy.
Security

Ex-FAR soldier, now a senior police officer, recounts how he joined RDF during insurgency war

Monday, June 29, 2026