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Residents meet social affairs officials to correct their names during the national launch of the Civil Registration Week in Muganza Sector, Nyaruguru District on August 12, 2025. Courtesy
Law

Want to change your name? What you need to know about new rules

Friday, June 05, 2026
Tito Rutaremara, the Chairperson of  Rwanda Elders Advisory Forum during an interview. File.
Rwanda

What solutions do elders suggest to issues affecting Rwandan families?

Sunday, May 17, 2026
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Rwanda

Officials urge family dialogue to address root causes of conflicts

Saturday, May 16, 2026
Students during a Kinyarwanda lesson while learning about Rwandan culture. File
Rwanda

‘You stop expecting some privileges’: A single father on raising five children

Saturday, May 16, 2026
Women in Rwanda continue to spend more time than men on unpaid care and household work. Courtesy
Women

What's being done to ease unpaid care burden on women

Thursday, April 30, 2026
Couples during a civil wedding ceremony in Gicumbi. Figures show that marriages involving people aged under 21 increased more than sixteenfold, rising from 55 cases in 2024 to 921 in 2025.
Rwanda

Under-21 marriages surge 16-fold in 2025

Thursday, April 16, 2026
A Genocide suspect stands before the committee of Inyangamugayo judges as members of the community look on during a Gacaca trial. The community-based courts tried nearly two million Genocide cases before they were closed in 2012. File
Rwanda

How Gacaca courts still shape justice 32 years after Genocide

Sunday, April 12, 2026
PL cadres from various levels across the country convened in Kigali on Sunday, 29 March. Photos by Michel Nkurunziza
Politics

PL party supports proposed 'family council' to help reduce divorce cases

Monday, March 30, 2026
A child undergoes e-Indangamuntu registration process in Remera. Kellya Keza
People

Digital ID: How children's info will be updated until age 16

Wednesday, March 25, 2026
Residents undergo e-Indangamuntu registration process at a digital national ID registration site at ADEPR Church Remera in Nyabisindu in Kigali. Photos by Kellya Keza
Technology

Digital IDs: How registration is progressing so far

Monday, March 16, 2026
A sign language interpreter helpS a person with disability during a recent meeting. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

Deaf Rwandans push for right to drive

Saturday, March 07, 2026
A French soldier walks alongside Interahamwe militiamen during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.

Genocide and the bureaucracy of hatred

Saturday, February 07, 2026