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The suspects appearing at a previous session The terrorism case in which 10 suspects are accused of being members of Rwandan armed groups in DR Congo reopened Thursday at the High Court Chamber of International Crimes based in Nyanza district, southern province. The suspects, arrested seperately back in 2017, are…

President Paul Kagame (C) attends the installation of the Archbishop of Kigali Antoine Kambanda in January. The strong comments made by the Health Minister Dr Diane Gashumba accusing the Catholic Church of undermining government’s family planning programs are not government policy, according to minutes of a major meeting. On June…

An inmate listens at an event commemorating the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi Some inmates from Mageragere prison located in Kavumu cell, Mageragere sector, Nyarugenge district here in Kigali have yet to be accounted for following an incident that erupted at around 2am on Monday July 8 to Tuesday, according…

The Kimihuru area of Kigali The law governing Kigali City is currently under review in parliament with the objective of what officials say will improve service delivery and make coordination and planning more effective. But some opposition members of parliament say the new law will undermine decentralization and make Kigali…

Above L-R: Yasmin Amri Sued (South Korea), Maj Gen Charles Karamba (Tanzania) and Dr Aissa Kirabo Kakyira (Ghana) Below: L-R: Vincent Karega (DR Congo), Marie Chantal Rwakazina (Geneva) and Lt Gen Charles Kayonga (Recalled) On Monday night, President Paul Kagame made changes to his diplomatic team – sending one of…

Lt Joel Mutabazi during the first original military trial. He was always handcuffed, one of the grounds he has raised in his appeal to demonstrate that he didn’t get a fair trial. Lt Joel Mutabazi, whose case contributed to current Rwanda-Uganda standoff, continues to raise more concerns in the ongoing…

Finance Minister Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana at Parliament on June 13. He did not put any money into sports talent development For the current financial year, government has allocated less money than the previous years for the Ministry of Culture and Sports (MINISPOC) – a ministry charged with overseeing the country’s…

The leaders during the second formal session, which came after one where they met alone with translators A seemingly tense summit hosted by Angolan President João Lourenço in Luanda affirmed Friday that the region is peaceful – even as war ranges in some parts and open cold war continues in…

Some of the affected students were studying at campuses of Uganda Christian University and had already paid tuition but cannot go back due to the Rwanda government travel advisory The High Education Council (HEC) did not secure university admission promised to students from Uganda as it had committed. As a…

Clockwise: Powerless DR Cong President Félix Tshisekedi; Host Angola President João Lourenço In a fight: President Paul Kagame of Rwanda Accused: Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni Angola’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced late Wednesday on social media that the country’s President João Lourenço will this Friday host the Presidents of DR…

This house belongs to a genocide survivor located in Rugarama village, Mugobore cell of Simbi sector, Huye district. There are hundreds of other houses in other regions with worse conditions The Auditor General has discovered that a government-aided fund set up to support genocide survivors has millions of Francs in…

Thousands of people descended on the Kigali International Conference Center on June 25 for a so called “Wealth Conference”, at which they were allegedly conned Three Kenyan nationals were on Tuesday charged before a court in Kigali in connection with a controversial event held two weeks ago where thousands of…

Finance Economic Planning Minister Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana at Parliament last month to present the 2019-2020 budget Rwanda has allocated nearly as much money for agriculture as it has for repaying debts. In the budget read mid last month, Finance and Economic Planning Minister Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana set aside Rwf 128.5billion…

Dr Naledi Pandor (L) meets with Dr Richard Sezibera Rwanda’s foreign affairs minister Dr Richard Sezibera has held talks with South Africa’s minister for international relations and cooperation Dr Naledi Pandor. Rwanda and South African governments have a rather odd relationship. There is a visa ban on Rwandan citizens in…

Admiral Jacques Lanxade was Chief of Staff of French Special Forces from April 1989 to April 1991, when he was elevated to full military chief of the French army. It suggests, he had the Rwanda dossiers on his desk first hand. France provided arms to government of Juvenal Habyarimana to…

President Paul Kagame inspects the Guard of Honor mounted by the Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) and Rwanda National Police In his liberation speech today, President Paul Kagame paid tribute to the liberation forces, both the living and the departed, saying that 25 years after, the country is governed according to…

This photo and many others are published on a Facebook page of FDLR militia of depicting “refugees” who it says its protecting in DR Congo forests Repatriating and resettling ‘Rwandan refugees’ is the sixth point on the original eight-point program of the Rwandese Patriotic Front (RPF) and “Elimination of all…

Soraya Hakuziyaremye, the Minister of Trade and Industry, admires gold being processed at the new refinery in Kigali, June 19. The airports in Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi are the only route for gold smuggled out of DR congo to reach international markets in the middle east, says a UN Group…

Like hundreds of thousands in 1959, the toddler was grabbed by his parents as they fled colonial-administration instigated ethnic violence. They ended up in camps in south-western Uganda. That is the humble beginning of Mr. Ndoli James, the founder of the now popular “Ndoli Supermarket”. Before his return home, Ndoli…

A worker tries to retrieve whatever he could from the intense fire on Saturday evening Members of two cooperatives are counting huge losses after a fire, for the second time, gutted their timber businesses – leaving them with nothing. Gisozi Agakiriro, is one of the business centers dotted across Rwanda,…

President Paul Kagame (R) meets with Fund Managing Director Christine Lagarde on the sidelines of the World Bank/IMF annual meeting in Washington, October 3, 2017 The International Monetary Fund yesterday approved Rwanda as latest member of its so called “Policy Coordination Instrument (PCI). The new tool to support governments in…

In the meeting, the faces told it all, as APR FC management decided to fire more than half its players Struggling football league team APR FC has dismissed more than half of its players in move that has shocked and excited the sports world in equal measure. After missing out…

Businessman Paul Muvunyi relaxes with his Rayon Sports players RDF firm Horizon-Sopyrwa SARL and its former managing director businessman Paul Muvunyi have been ordered by the Supreme Court to hire an independent auditor in a case where he could pay more than Rwf 8.2billion. The two sides have to agree…

This was the situation inside the facility on June 10 when we first reported The magnificent Cross Border Market in Rubavu district meant to be a one-stop-center for Rwandan and DR Congo traders must be operational next week. Local Government Minister Prof Anastase Shyaka was guest of the district on…

Multi-million dollar Peat power plant under construction in rural Gisagara district, southern Rwanda to produce 80MW. It is expected to be complete in March next year at a cost of Rwf 289 billion Companies in Rwanda said they incurred the least losses of business whenever power went off, says a…

They came from all corners of Rwanda. They were predominantly young people. Many borrowed money hoping to win quick returns, which turned out to be too good to be true. Some estimates say more than 6,000 people have been conned by an unknown group with a promise of winning $197…

Tibor Nagy, the US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs speaking at the Carnegie Mellow University Africa, in Kigali-Rwanda, on March 11, 2019 African countries piling up debt they won’t be able to pay back, including to China, should not expect to be bailed out by western-sponsored debt relief,…

Finance and Economic Planning Minister Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana, speaking at a previous event In attempt to widen the tax base, experts had hoped Finance and Economic Planning Minister Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana would announce an amnesty so that those hiding can come out. A tax amnesty is when government offers incentives…

Part of Kigali city skyline in the CBD. The last national census in 2012 found Kigali’s population at slightly above 1m. Next year, the city will have more than 1.9m people. As more commercial buildings rise over the Kigali skyline, new research shows that many of them especially those in…

Local Government Minister Prof Anastase Shyaka is the brain behind the changes, and Kigali’s Mayor Marie Chantal Rwakazina has been the backup act. Top football league clubs based in the capital Kigali have started a process to form a single team – as government begins phasing out districts which previously…