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Z listens intently as the trial judges find him guilty of genocide and extermination, ICTR, 18 December 2008. courtesy of UNICTR
Crime

Protais Zigiranyirazo: The rise and fall of ‘Monsieur Z’ - a cautionary tale of greed and power

Friday, June 26, 2026
Providence Umurungi, Rwanda's National Commission for Human Rights Chairperson delivers his remarks at the opening of the Fourth Conference of the African National Preventive Mechanisms Network in Kigali, on Wednesday, June 24.
Women

Experts urge detention reforms to protect women, children

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion at the workshop. Discussions focused on key human rights issues, including civic space and democratic participation, economic security and livelihood protection, access to justice, gender equality, social protection. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Never Again Rwanda forum hails human rights progress, urges action on remaining gaps

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Uganda’s former Chief Justice Benjamin Odoki, who chairs the team of constitutional experts drafting the proposed East African Community Political Confederation Constitution speaks in Rubavu.
Rwanda

Rubavu community calls for free movement across EAC

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Juvenile inmates pose for a group photo before sitting for national examinations at Nyagatare Juvenile Prison. In Rwanda, children aged between 14 and 18 can be held criminally responsible for offences they commit. Courtesy photo.
Society

Child detention to be used as ‘last resort’ in new policy

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Léon Mugesera addresses a gathering in Kabaya in November 1992. His speech is considered among the most notorious examples of pre-genocide hate rhetoric. Courtesy

Weaponising fear and resentment to commit genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
A photograph archived at the Kigali Genocide Memorial showing a list of some of the leading contributors to RTLM (Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines) during the 1990s. File photo

Will the pen that wounded heal?

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Staff and management of KPMG Rwanda observe a moment of silence in honour of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Rebero Genocide Memorial on June 18. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Kwibuka

At Rebero, KPMG Rwanda honours Genocide victims, roots for courage, unity

Tuesday, June 23, 2026
A staff member reviews Gacaca court records at the National Archives facility in Kacyiru, Kigali. (File photo)

The homecoming of genocide convicts and the strength of Rwanda’s reconciliation

Monday, June 22, 2026
The memorial stone established at the Ghanaian military headquarters in recognition of Ghanaian peacekeepers who stayed in Rwanda during the 1994 Gencoide against the Tutsi. Courtesy.
Kwibuka

Genocide memorial set up at Ghana's military headquarters

Saturday, June 20, 2026
Eugène Rwamucyo with his lawyers during his trial in France in October 2024. Rwamucyo played a central role in the atrocities committed in Butare during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.

From Rwanda 1994 to DR Congo Today: How Rwamucyo’s trial exposes the genocidal network behind DR Congo’s 30‑year war

Saturday, June 20, 2026
Organisations of survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi have urged Australia’s Griffith University to disassociate itself from Judi Rever, a Canadian author and journalist known for promoting denialist ideas.
Kwibuka

Genocide survivors urge Australia's Griffith University to disassociate with Judi Rever

Friday, June 19, 2026