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The City of Kigali has directed residents to use alternative burial sites following the closure of Nyamirambo cemetery in Nyarugenge District. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

What next after closure of Nyamirambo cemetery?

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Producer Simplice Elinathan Himbaza, also known as AY, is on a roll this year with his collaboration mixtapes. COURTESY
Music

AY’s ‘Ideas’ Mixtape Review: The beats, lyrics fueling GMF’s breakthrough

Monday, September 02, 2024
A view of Rusororo cemetery in Gasabo District. Members of Parliament are pushing for 'vertical burial system' amid land scarcity in the country. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

MPs push for 'vertical burial system' amid land scarcity

Friday, April 26, 2024
A view of Rusororo cemetry in Gasabo District. A proposed law amendment seeks to ban burying the dead in tombs built with cement and tiles. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Govt mulls ban on concrete tombs to optimize land use

Thursday, April 25, 2024
Artist Dawit Muluneh hangs one of his Chinese-character paintings on the wall for exhibition at an art gallery in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 18, 2024. (Xinhua/Michael Tewelde)
Africa

Ethiopian artist's artwork takes inspiration from Chinese classic I Ching

Wednesday, March 27, 2024
The bodies were initially buried on the outskirts of Ouagadougou and exhumed in 2015 for a legal procedure. Photo: Olympia de Maismont
Africa

Burkina Faso ex-leader Sankara buried at site of his murder

Friday, February 24, 2023
The mausoleum is open and free of charge to all Rwandans and foreigners who wish to visit. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Inside Rwanda’s national heroes’ mausoleum

Tuesday, January 31, 2023
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International

Thousands pay tribute to late Pope Benedict XVI at Vatican

Thursday, January 05, 2023
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International

Arrangements for Pope Benedict’s funeral underway

Tuesday, January 03, 2023
Rusororo cemetery in Gasabo District. The law determining the organisation and use of cemeteries was enacted in 2013 in Rwanda. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

A look at 5 laws that remain unenforced

Thursday, August 04, 2022
Senate President Augustin Iyamuremye (C) flanked with the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascene Bizimana (L) and Egide Nkuranga, President of IBUKA lay wreaths during the ceremony to honor politicians killed during the Genocide against the Tutsi at Rebero Genocide Memorial, on Wednesday April 13. / Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Slain politicians remembered as commemoration week ends

Wednesday, April 13, 2022
MP Francoise Uwumukiza will introduce a Bill that promotes the identification and preservation of the diverse cultural heritage of the region and protects the traditional, cultural and local values and heritage of the people of EAC.

Lawmakers move to protect region’s cultural heritage

Friday, November 26, 2021