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Food stuff sellers and clients at Kimironko market.

Between rising costs and silent debt

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Graduates from the second cohort of the Young Impact Associates (YIA) Programme during the graduation ceremony at Mövenpick Hotel Kigali on Friday, May 8. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Young Impact Associates graduates to drive evidence-based development

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Primary Leaving National Examination are slated for July 7-9. Ordinary Level national exams will begin on July 15 and end on July 22. Courtesy
Education

National exams timetable released

Monday, May 04, 2026
Ronald Niwenshuti, the Commissioner General of the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), holds EBM receipt after fueling his car at Gishushu Petrol Station. Courtesy
Featured

FEATURED: When asking for a VAT receipt became an act of fiscal sovereignty

Monday, May 04, 2026
This photo taken on April 15, 2026 shows containers at the Nairobi station of the Mombasa-Nairobi Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) in Nairobi, Kenya. (Photo by Nelson Asienwa/Xinhua)
Economy

Zero-tariff policy boosts China-Africa modernization drive

Saturday, May 02, 2026
Schwarzman Scholars, a fully funded one-year master’s program in global affairs at Tsinghua University, is among several international opportunities now open to Rwandan applicants. COURTESY
Education

Top seven global scholarships, grants available for Rwandans

Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Amit Chawla, the Managing Director for Spiro in Rwanda during the interview with The New Times in Kigali on Thursday, April 23. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
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Spiro expands as soaring fuel prices supercharge Rwanda’s shift to e-mobility

Friday, April 24, 2026
According to Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority, petrol now costs Rwf2,938 per litre, up 48 percent in six weeks. Diesel has been held at Rwf2,205 through deliberate government intervention. FILE
Editorial

Rising oil shocks demand a culture of frugality

Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Authority (RURA) announced that petrol would henceforth be capped at RWF 2,938 per litre, while diesel was kept at RWF 2,205 per litre. Sam Ngendahimana

Fuel prices up twice in 10 days: The Iran war’s hidden tax on Rwandans

Friday, April 17, 2026
A medic administers a Covid-19 vaccine at BK Arena in Kigali on March 6, 2021. File

Why does the world refuse to fund the best security strategy?

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Rwandan author Antoine Mugesera speaks to The New Times in Kigali. Mugesera wrote about the events that marked the end of the colonial period and the turbulent aftermath of the country’s independence. Dushimimana
Kwibuka

Three decades of resilience: Mugesera on Ibuka, memory, and path to unity

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
PHOTO BY OSWALD MUTUYEYEZU

From pump to plate: Navigating the fuel price surge

Saturday, April 04, 2026