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Emmanuel Ugirashebuja, the Minister of Justice, delivers a keynote speech at the launch event for ILPD intellectual property course. Courtesy photo
Rwanda

Rwanda opens Sub-Saharan Africa's first intellectual property course

Friday, October 31, 2025
The debates grew heated as lawyers discussed the influence of culture and religion on legal interpretation, highlighting the challenges of balancing traditional beliefs with the requirements of the new law.
Rwanda

Lawyers convene over new law regulating healthcare services

Thursday, October 30, 2025
A French court upheld the sentence for Sosthene Munenyana, a Rwandan doctor convicted of genocide. Courtesy
Crime

'Historic day' as France upholds Munyemana’s Genocide conviction

Friday, October 24, 2025
Marie-Immaculée Ingabire , the former chairperson of Transparency International Rwanda Chapter passed away on Thursday, October 9. Courtesy

Marie-Immaculée Ingabire: The fearless champion of justice

Friday, October 10, 2025
Gen Sultan Makenga briefing new fighters during a passout event. The AFCM23 movement has written an open letter to the United Nations Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres.
Africa

AFC/M23 writes to UN Secretary-General over atrocities in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Members of Banyamulenge community in Rwanda during the commemoration of Gatumba massacre in 2004, at Dove Hotel in Kigali on Wednesday, August 13. Courtesy Courtesy
Africa

What hope remains for Banyamulenge pursuing justice for Gatumba victims?

Thursday, August 14, 2025
A judge has denied bail to Sean Diddy Combs after a jury convicted the hip-hop mogul of transportation to engage in prostitution.
International

Diddy denied bail after acquittal on major charges, faces up to 20 years

Thursday, July 03, 2025
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Law

Should adultery, concubinage, and marital desertion be criminal offenses?

Thursday, May 15, 2025
Global Afrobeats superstar David ‘Davido’ Adeleke speaks at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on Tuesday, May 13. Courtesy
International

Africa CEO Forum: Davido calls for investment in Africa’s entertainment facilities

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Béatrice Munyenyezi was convicted by the Huye Intermediate Court on April 12 last year on four counts. murder as a crime of genocide, complicity in genocide, incitement to commit genocide, and complicity in rape.
Crime

Genocide convict Béatrice Munyenyezi’s appeal trial to resume in May

Friday, April 18, 2025
Justice Anita Mugeni, an accomplished Rwandan lawyer who is currently serving as Vice President of the EACJ, a role she assumed on June 20, 2023. She joined the regional court in 2021 when she was appointed as a judge to the EACJ Appellate Division. Courtesy
Career

Lady Justice Anita Mugeni: Pioneering change in East African jurisprudence

Monday, March 17, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025