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The three-day meeting brought together senior officers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) 2nd and 5th Divisions and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) 2nd Infantry Division, deployed along the shared border.
Security

Musanze: UPDF, RDF officers conclude proximity commander’s meeting

Friday, February 20, 2026
Vehicles at Gishushu junction in Kigali. About 10,000 pending vehicle ownership transfers at the Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA) are facing complications ranging from missing documentation to hard-to-trace sellers. Sam
Law

RRA flags over 10,000 problematic vehicle ownership transfers 

Thursday, January 29, 2026
Rwanda Revenue Authority has warned vehicle owners of penalties if they fail to complete vehicle ownership transfer registration by the end of February 2026. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Infrastructure

RRA gives 30-day window to complete vehicle ownership transfers

Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Some European mercenaries who surrendered to M23 rebels after the capture of Goma in North Kivu on January 29, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana.

The elephant in the room: Who benefits from a chaotic DR Congo?

Tuesday, January 13, 2026
The fuel levy shifted from a fixed charge of Rwf115 per litre to 15 per cent of CIF value to support road maintenance. Craish BAHIZI
Economy

How tax reforms in 2025 raised over Rwf130bn in six months

Monday, January 05, 2026
The Rwf450 million commercial building owned by former street vendors in Rubavu town, developed under the Unama Ukore Gisenyi Cooperative. Photo: Germain Nsanzimana
Business

Former hawkers complete Rwf450m building in Rubavu

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
RRA collected more than Rwf 3.2 trillion in tax and non-tax revenues during the 202425 fiscal year. Courtesy
Economy

How RRA achieved a record Rwf3.2 trillion in revenue

Thursday, December 11, 2025
A miner in protective gear works deep underground, manually breaking and sorting ore inside a narrow tunnel at the Nyakabingo Mining site on December 4. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Kagame talks Rwanda's mineral wealth, questions baseless narratives

Monday, December 08, 2025
Alex Mwangi (L), Acting Commissioner for Business Strategy, Technology and Enterprise Modernization at the Kenya Revenue Authority; and Diana Kisaka, Assistant Commissioner for Finance at the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) and Chairperson of East African Revenue Authorities Technical Committee (EARATC) during an interview at the meeting. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Economy

EAC tax chiefs mull ways to curb fraud, inefficiencies

Friday, November 14, 2025
Rwanda Investigation Bureau's Antoine Ngarambe, Head of the INTERPOL National Central Bureau Kigali and International Cooperation Department, hands over the stolen cars to the South African Police Service representative Lt. Col. Brian Butana Mashingo, Group Commander for International Vehicle Crime Investigations, in Kigali on Saturday, October 25. Courtesy
Security

Inside Rwanda’s quiet war on cross-border vehicle theft

Monday, October 27, 2025
Police operations carried out between June and August, in collaboration with communities, intercepted nearly 300 kilogrammes of cannabis.
Crime

Police operations intercept 300kg of smuggled cannabis in three months

Friday, October 24, 2025
Superintendent of Police (SP) Sylvestre Twajamahoro, the Police Spokesperson for the Western Province. Courtesy
Security

Western Province: Police step up efforts to curb illicit brew from DR Congo

Wednesday, October 15, 2025