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Under new regulations issued by CMA,Companies covered by Rwanda’s capital market corporate governance rules will have to separate the roles of board chairperson and chief executive officer.
Economy

New capital market rules tighten board oversight, disclosure

Sunday, October 04, 2026
Dafroza Mukarumongi Gauthier, a prominent campaigner for justice for victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, who died in France on Saturday, October 3. Courtesy
Rwanda

Tributes pour in for justice campaigner Dafroza Gauthier

Sunday, October 04, 2026
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Africa

FDLR continues killings, forced disappearances in eastern DR Congo, UN says

Saturday, October 03, 2026
Rwanda Patriotic Army during the liberation war. October 1, 2026, marks 36 years since young Rwandans in exile took up arms and crossed from Uganda into Rwanda to begin the liberation struggle. Courtesy
Security

Patriotism Day: 36 years after liberation struggle began, youth reflect on key lessons, RPA sacrifice

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Dr Vincent Bajinya, a Rwandan national was charged with one offence of conduct ancillary to genocide and six offences of conduct ancillary to murder as a crime against humanity. Courtesy

Bajinya’s UK Prosecution: A step towards justice, an unfinished obligation

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Panelists at the opening of the fifth Africa HealthTech Summit in Kigali on September 30. Photo by Elvis Ndateba
Health

Why govt is changing how health data reaches frontline workers

Thursday, October 01, 2026
Major General Sylvain Ekenge was reappointed as spokesperson of the Congolese armed forces (FARDC).
Africa

Banyamulenge group petitions Tshisekedi, UN boss over Ekenge’s return as FARDC spokesperson

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Trekking to the source of Nile. COURTESY: Sheelagh Antrobus King.
Environment

135 years of disputes over the Nile: How we got here

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Rwanda's Permanent Representative to the UN, Ambassador Martin Ngoga, addresses the United Nations Security Council on Tuesday, September 29.
Africa

Ngoga: Ethnic violence against Banyamulenge 'too obvious to be concealed'

Wednesday, September 30, 2026
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Economy

Dangote launches US$1.6bn refinery IPO for Zimbabwean investors

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Voters queuing for casting their votes at Groupe Scolaire Kimihurura in 2003. Rwandans who lived through the constitutional process of 2002–2003 may remember the circumstances that shaped the 2003 Constitution.

When political choices begin to shake our constitutional foundations

Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Participants use sign language during the 3rd Sub-Regional Convening, in Kigali on Friday, September 25. The two-day meeting brought together women from Rwanda, Malawi, Kenya and Ethiopia. Courtesy
Women

Women with disabilities face violence, exclusion from leadership – study

Tuesday, September 29, 2026