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President Paul Kagame attended the installation of the Archbishop of Kigali Antoine Kambanda early this year The more than 30 priests and nuns convicted for their role in 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda will remain serving in the Catholic Church, says Archbishop Filipo Rukamba, head of the Episcopal…

A neutral entity needs to intervene to settle the Rubavu case. Otherwise, if left to brew among the motorists, the issue risks causing internal wrangling, as the moto taxis do not seem to trust their leaders. Moto taxi riders in Rubavu district have been required by their leaders to use…

At 93 years, he looks much younger than his age. In his compound, there is a RAV4 car which he drives to work, visit and shopping. Driving is something he has been doing since the 1960s. Dr Venant Ntabomvura has had a quite eventful life. The Chronicles’ Germain Nsanzimana had…

In the full glare of flashing cameras, NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara was ushered in the room by huge muscular police officers towering over his small body. His journey began when he was expelled from a government university in Rwanda, then reappeared in South Africa as member of the…

President Paul Kagame greets Queen Elizabeth II upon arrival for the CHOGM 2018 Dinner Foreign Affairs and Cooperation Minister Dr Richard Sezibera said Thursday that government was in advanced stages of planning for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020, also known as CHOGM 2020, due in Kigali. Sezibera told…

For many neighborhoods of Kigali, residents have resorted to buying water from cariers on bicycles who sell by 20-litre jerrycans. Each can go as high as Rwf 500 Monday May 6 could not have come with better news. The Prime Minister Dr Edouard Ngirente inaugurated two water treatment plants. The…

Presidents Paul Kagame, Uhuru Kenyatta – Kenya, and Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta Transform – Mali tour the exhibition of Transform Africa Summit 2019 President Paul Kagame has told a major technology summit in Kigali that Africa urgently needs connection points for convenient phone connectivity – wondering why his voice has to…

Education Minister Dr Eugene Mutimura appearing before budget and economy committee of the Lower Chamber of Parliament The Education Ministry told Parliament this Tuesday that it is urgently constructing schools in four districts so that border residents do not have to cross borders. Without mentioning “Uganda” and “Burundi” by name,…

Last year, 20,000 girls were impregnated, a number equal to the population of Rwabicuma sector in Nyanza district. It therefore means, an entire sector was due to be born Campaign groups are stepping up their push for government to review a law that prevents provision of family planning services for…

Public Service and Labour Minister Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa appearing before the Committee this Monday afternoon Public Service and Labour Minister Fanfan Rwanyindo Kayirangwa did not give specific numbers of women working in the public service when questioned about the issue in the Lower Chamber of parliament, instead divulging general percentages.…

Aerial photo of the Gatuna border, which is in the left-hand corner. Rwanda is in background. The foreground is Uganda’s Kabale district. Rwanda temporarily closed Gatuna border to heavy duty traffic, which Kigali said would be diverted to Mirama Hill-Kagitumba, more than 100km away (Photo by TradeMark East Africa) From…

MTN Rwanda CEO Bart Hofker in Huye last year on one of the company’s support programs. He gave Rwf 10m to a community there on this day When President Paul Kagame was in Butaro sector of Burera district on May 8, many people lined up to report their concerns during…

Prosecutor General Jean Bosco Mutangana says as far as he is concerned, former minister and ambassador Protais Mitali is still a wanted man. However, Interpol doesn’t want to talk about this particular case. Mutangana told The Chronicles on Friday that he was not aware whether the global policing agency Interpol…

President Kagame arrived in Rubavu district to thunderous welcome by then tens of thousands of locals President Paul Kagame said Friday that people living in Rubavu district, which borders directly with Goma in DR Congo, have a large market across. Mentioning “Congo” by name, Kagame said relations with Rwanda’s neighbour…

Many of the kids call such drainages home for the day and night Most of the kids you see loitering on the streets of Kigali and other major cities would have actually left their both parents back home, a nationwide study says. The National Commission for Children (NCC), a government…

President Paul Kagame is welcomed today morning by thousands of locals in the border district of Burera, which borders Uganda directly President Paul Kagame on Wednesday repeated his warning against “neighbors” who support the country’s enemies. He did not explicitly name names. However, although the Head of State did not…

In this photo from March 2017, local pastor Bishop Rugagi Innocent claims to have performed miracle on this man allowing him to heal from major accident. In September last year, he shared photos with his followers of him at the U.S Museum of Flight with a message that he was…

The Central Bank’s Financial Stability Committee led by Governor John Rwangombwa published its quarterly report today in Kigali The hike in motor insurance premiums introduced in January 2018 are beginning to pay off as profits for the insurance industry flood in. In its latest report, the National Bank of Rwanda’s…

President Paul Kagame campaigns in Gicumbi district on August 1 2017 during the presidential polls President Paul Kagame is starting a tour of six districts starting Tuesday including one where a group calling itself National Liberation Front (FLN) claims to have occupied part of it. Village Urugwiro sent media update…

Maj Gen Mubarak Muganga speaking on Saturday A normal human being cannot celebrate killing ordinary villagers like what captured rebel leader Nsabimana Calixte aka Maj Sankara Calixte had been doing, says one of RDF’s most decorated Generals. Maj Gen Mubarak Muganga, Commader of RDF Forces in Kigali and Eastern Province…

Prime Minister Dr Edouard Ngirente (Center) admitted government had more work to do, to make rural areas attractive to live Even when a vast majority of rural Rwandans are engaged in agriculture, they prefer to send their produce to the market leaving them with very little for consumption, says a…

REMA head Eng. Coletta Ruhamya (LEFT), Mayor Rwakazina Chantal (Right) and her deputy Busabizwa Parfait Kigali, during the tour of wetlands where thousands of families and businesses have been relocated The Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2020 or CHOGM 2020 is coming to Kigali with thousands of delegates – and…

Rayon Sports fans are perhaps the most passionate about their team and are even funding part of its needs Districts across the country are cutting back on how much money they allocate to local football teams – a situation affecting the clubs, many of which do not have any other…

Umuseke, Ukwezi, Bwiza and Umuryango have merged to form Ubumwe Media Group Four major news websites announced last week that they were merging to operate as a single company in a move that has shaken the local news industry – bringing back a long standing debate as to whether Rwanda’s…

There was widespread jubilation last week, when President Paul Kagame came out on April 12 to assert that although he respected the ruling, he did not agree with the Supreme Court’s decision to maintain Article 236 of the Penal Code. Article 236 reads: “Any person who insults or defames the…

Earning peanuts, thousands of these women and men you see with brooms on Kigali’s streets every day, seven days – all year, are the ones who have made it get global accolades. They work from 6am to 5pm. Fifty-five year old Mujawamariya has been sweeping Kigali’s streets for 22 years,…

NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara when he was still in South Africa and member of RNC led by Gen Kayumba Nyamwasa NSABIMANA Callixte a.k.a Maj Callixte Sankara, the man who has been making media statements taking responsibility for attacks in Nyungwe forest national park and areas of south-western Rwanda,…

Tanzania will build its SGR to Isaka, and the Rwanda will come onboard to push the line to its border, and then finance it alone to Kigali and other towns in Rwanda. At least that is the plan The on–and-off switch of the planned 2,935km Standard Gauge Railway (SGR) line…

Dady de Maximo at different times of his life including in the fashion world When the date April 25 is approaching, and on this exact date, “I feel rage against all men and women” – is how renowned Rwandan designer Dady de Maximo Mwicira Mitali – fondly known as ‘Dady…

The Ministry of Culture and Sports yesterday paid the full amount of money owed to a sacked football coach in respect of an order by global governing body FIFA. A spokesperson of the Ministry Karambizi Olivier Oleg, confirmed in statement to media houses that the $217,195 (Rwf 196m) had been…