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Rwanda National Police officers train City of Kigali workers who to fight against fire outbreak. File
Rwanda

Govt orders employers to set safety committees to curb occupational hazards

Sunday, October 27, 2024
Gender-based violence can take many forms such as intimate partner violence, sexual violence, child marriage, female genital mutilation and so-called ‘honour crimes’. Photo by Alice Kayibanda
Law

Where and how to seek help in case of gender-based violence

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Former French President François Mitterrand, who played a particularly egregious role in enabling genocidaires, was once quoted as saying “In countries like that, genocide is not too important" by French daily Le Figaro. Net photo

Understanding Western racism and colonial legacy in context of the Genocide against the Tutsi

Thursday, October 24, 2024
The Law Regulating Media in Rwanda defines defamation as the intentional communication of false information, either orally, in writing, or through other means, with the intent to harm a person's reputation. 

The case for a civil defamation law in Rwanda

Thursday, October 24, 2024
A nurse takes care of a newborn at Kirehe Hospital. Surrogacy is a form of third-party reproductive practice in which the intending parent(s) contract a surrogate mother to give birth to a child. File
Health

Surrogacy: Justice foundation on why further regulation is needed

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Facilitated Gender-Based Violence hereinafter referred to as TFGBV is any act of violence that is committed, assisted, or amplified through digital tools or information and communication technologies.

Addressing technology-facilitated gender-based violence in Rwanda

Thursday, October 10, 2024
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights has said prison conditions in DR Congo have deteriorated, with cases of torture and sexual violence being reported.
Africa

UN rights official condemns ‘disastrous conditions’ in DR Congo prisons

Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Ernest Rwamucyo addresses the Security Council. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda not responsible for DR Congo’s 250 armed groups, says envoy

Wednesday, October 09, 2024
Officials during a handover of mining equipment to Rwanda on September 24, 2024. Courtesy
Featured

New law, sustainable development project ‘key to Rwanda’s mining progress’

Monday, October 07, 2024
President Paul Kagame and his host President Edgars Rinkēvičs unveil a genocide memorial honoring the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Latvia on October 2.Village Urugwiro.

How genocide memorial in Latvia library makes for novel idea

Monday, October 07, 2024
The East African Court of Justice (EACJ) postponed the hearing of a case challenging DR Congo's admission to the East African Community (EAC) on Friday, October 4. Courtesy
Africa

Regional court postpones case challenging DR Congo’s admission to EAC

Saturday, October 05, 2024
Girls in Gisagara show free pads that they got from an activist. In 2019, the Rwandan government added sanitary pads to the list of goods that are VAT exempted in a bid to ease their affordability. Photos: Courtesy
Health

Beyond the pad: Breaking barriers to menstrual health and equality

Wednesday, October 02, 2024