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Bisesero Genocide Memorial. Accounts from the Bisesero resistance highlight the overwhelming imbalance between the number of killers and the victims, as well as the efforts by the Tutsi to resist. Sam Ngenda

Surrounded and outnumbered: Why resistance failed during the genocide

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
On April 8, 1994, an interim government was installed, headed by Théodore Sindikubwabo, with Jean Kambanda from MDR Hutu Power as prime minister. The cabinet consisted of ministers from extremist factions supporting the genocidal plot.

The role of Rwanda’s interim government in Genocide

Saturday, February 14, 2026
AFC M23's Erasto Bahati Musanga, the governor of North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo during a recent interview. Courtesy
Africa

We’re doing what Tshisekedi couldn’t do in 8 years: North Kivu governor

Friday, February 06, 2026
Rwanda National Police announced on Wednesday, November 5, the arrest of five men for allegedly stealing and vandalizing electricity cables in Gasabo District.
Crime

Gasabo: Five arrested over vandalising electric cables

Wednesday, November 05, 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
Former President of Rwanda General Juvenal Habyarimana

How Habyarimana controlled his network of killers

Friday, September 19, 2025
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Self-defence skill, Krav Maga, debuts at Fitnesspoint

Tuesday, August 12, 2025
The Government has issued new regulations imposing strict control over the ownership, importation, and use of non-lethal guns and related accessories. Internet
Law

Want to own a non-lethal gun in Rwanda? Here’s what you should know

Tuesday, July 01, 2025
President Paul Kagame visits the Rwanda Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation (REMCO) stand during the exhibition at the inaugural International Security Conference on Africa (ISCA), which kicked off in Kigali on Monday, May 19. Photo by Village Urugwiro

PHOTOS: Rwanda showcases locally manufactured weapons

Monday, May 19, 2025
On May 1, 1994, perpetrators intensified efforts to hunt down and kill Tutsi who had managed to survive the initial weeks of slaughter.
Kwibuka

May 1, 1994: Interahamwe hunt down Tutsi in Karama, Nyundo hills

Thursday, May 01, 2025
On April 30, 1994, a large number of Tutsi were massacred in a swamp known as “CND,” located between Ntarama, Rulindo, and Mugina in the former Gitarama prefecture
Kwibuka

April 30, 1994: A day of coordinated massacres of Tutsi in Ntarama, Gisenyi, Rusizi, and Huye

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
On April 28, 1994, in Paris, France, Jérôme Bicamumpaka, then Minister of Foreign Affairs in the genocidal regime, held a press conference as the Genocide against the Tutsi continued in Rwanda.
Kwibuka

April 28, 1994: Foreign Minister Bicamumpaka downplays genocide outcries as killings continue

Monday, April 28, 2025