Politics

Nyagatare district mayor Mushabe David Claudian said to be using his power to help out people, possibly his friends, to grab land from Rusanganwa Nathan, who has lost over Rwf 50m in the process An elderly man Rusanganwa Nathan has been forced off his land by Nyagatare district mayor Mushabe…

Sheikh Musa Fazil Harerimana One of the Rwandan students studying in Sudan who disappeared in 2016 is son of former Internal Security Minister Sheikh Musa Fazil Harerimana, it has emerged. In wide ranging interview with a local publication, Harerimana, currently deputy speaker of Chamber of Deputies in charge of finance…

The day Nsabimana Callixte alias Major Sankara was paraded before the media after he was captured from Comoros and handed to Rwanda On the night of June 19, 2018, armed gang attacked Nyabimata sector in Nyaruguru district. A year later, the government official who was injured and his car torched,…

Ex-President Juvenal Habyarimana with ex-First Lady Agathe Kanziga, who lives in France. July 3 will mean Habyarimana’s ghost continues to haunt Rwanda or goes to sleep, at least for now Liberation Day July 4 is by far the biggest national celebration in Rwanda, but a court decision due on July…

Following The Chronicles story on an offer of $200,000 by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi to buy 200 cows for a village in Bugesera district, the Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) has issued the following statement. Clarification on the story published by The Chronicles: The $200,000 equivalent to 200 cows donated…

Gen James Kabarebe speaking on Thursday at closing of Itorero for teachers of history from schools countrywide. To his right is Education Minister Dr Eugene Mutimura Ever wondered why ex-Defense Minister Gen James Kabarebe usually just claps when everyone else is singing their hearts out during morale boosting sessions? A…

Lt Col (Rtd) Rose Kabuye (L), who had been arrested in Europe over the Habyarimana case, listens as lawyer Bernard Maingain speaks in 2008. At the time, Kabuye was Chief Government Protocol, and was always travelling with President Paul Kagame Bernard Maingain, the Belgian attorney who has been representing 7…

René Rutagungira (R) in a military court martial in Uganda, alongside another suspect. This photo was shared today by state media group New Vision, unclear if it was taken today during the session in which the charges were withdrawn against Rutagungira and 6 other Rwandans On the night of August…

A cooperative spent over Rwf 9.2m on these rentals, but a court-instructed valuation found the are worth Rwf 500,000. The cooperative was fleeced in broad day light A cooperative in Gicumbi district has lost over Rwf 15m from a failed project courtesy of a man so powerful even the office…

CP Jean Bosco Kabera addressed the media on Friday The National Police has dismissed accusations its officers are deliberately shooting suspects dead. Police Spokesman CP Jean Bosco Kabera said rules of engagement under which police officers operate do not allow them to shoot unless confronted with a very serious situation.…

This was the model class that is supposed to be in each school across the country A multimillion dollar project to have all primary and secondary schools end the use of paper books and chalkboards, is behind schedule but the “journey continues”, the education ministry says. In early 2017, government…

Trainees at IWAWA, most of them former street children and drug addicts. However, in recent years parents are also sending there their indisciplined children At the IWAWA Vocational Training Centre, government is taking tough measures against trainers conniving with trainees to torture others in the name of discipline. The latest…

Monseigneur Celestin Hakizimana admitted the Catholic Church has to do things differently as others like ADEPR do Catholic Church is working on ways to bring back followers who have joined other expanding groups like the Pentecostals (known here as ADEPR), says Monseigneur Hakizimana Celestin, the Bishop of Cyangungu and Gikongoro…

The medical team arrived in Minembwe over the weekend and began work on Monday A medical from Rwanda has arrived in Minembwe, an area in DR Congo’s Uvira territory of south Kivu where bitter ethnic conflict and displacement have been taking place for over a year now. The mission is…

The RDF has maintained it reputation as one of the most admired institutions in the country The Rwanda Defense Forces (RDF) has put out a call for cadet training – in which it gives more attractive incentive to scientists. In a statement issued on December 6, but published today, it…

Inside a secondary school class in Rwanda. History teachers are going for Itorero before the school year begins (Photo by Andrea Signori/AVSI) The ministry of education has taken history teachers from secondary schools for Itorero training – amid longstanding concern over genocide ideology in schools. A total of 1,800 teachers…

Col Tom Byabagamba (C) with his co-accused and brother-in-law Brig Gen Frank Rusagara. Their lawyer is planning appeal to the African court in Tanzania Former commander of the Presidential Guard Col Tom Byabagamba and his brother-in-law Brig Gen (Rtd) Frank Rusagara’s legal fortunes are now over. The Court of Appeal…

This photo was shared by blog linked to Twagiramungu and Rusesabagina as showing smoke rising from attacks by FADRC aided by Rwandan troops in camp for “Rwandan Hutu refugees” in Kalehe territory. But as you can see, the people in photo are heavily armed. The photo also raises plenty of…

General Mubarak Muganga speaking at the youth gathering in Ngoma district, Eastern Province RDF key military officer Maj Gen Mubarak Muganga has said Rwanda did Africa an forgettable service by leading military campaign that removed former DR Congo dictator Mobutu Sese Seko from power. Rwandan forces in October 1996 matched…

A new school taking shape in a rural area of Gicumbi district, one of more than 3,000 classrooms constructed in past few months across the country. With President Kagame latest directive, efforts out in the project will have to be more than doubled The Prime Minister Dr Edouard Ngirente and…

A graduation of the University of Rwanda in which up to 7,000 emerge in a single release. These may have had trouble with internet and accessing social media on campus, the issue is no more Students at University of Rwanda’s Huye Campus, home to nearly 40% of total population, are…

The demolitions are still ongoing since last Saturday The Green Party has expressed outrage over house demolitions ongoing in Kigali since last weekend that have resulted into over 1000 families sleeping in the cold. Party leader and lawmaker Dr Frank Habineza has gone on a media offensive appearing on various…

Surrounded by the new executive committee elected this Sunday, Nkubana Alphonse (C) is the new President of PSP party, a small political group that has always opted to be in coalition with the dominant RPF party of President Paul Kagame (Photo by UMUSEKE) Women Member of Parliament for Kigali, Kanyange…

One of the people currently housed at 12 different sites including schools after they were moved out of their homes which are said to be in high risk zones Since December 10, some 198 families in different locations around Nyarugenge district were forced to leave immediately without warning. They were…

At the Doha Forum, Kagame had a Q&A with former Aljazeera TV anchor Ghida Fakhry President Paul Kagame says he will “most likely” not seek a 4th term – a question that keeps coming up even when he is barely halfway in the current 7yr term. Speaking at the annual…

In November 2005, President George W. Bush presented Paul Rusesabagina with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, at the White House in Washington, D.C. Rusesabagina received the award for reportedly sheltering people at the Hotel Milles Collines, hotel which he managed during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi. DR Congo President…

Ivan Lewis, on Thursday late night, at a vote counting center in his Bury South Constituency. He went on to lose the seat he has held for many years Ivan Lewis, one of a group of British MPs who last month called for release of two former powerful military officers…

Gen Jean Bosco Kazura was appointed Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) by Commander-in-Chief President Paul Kagame on November 5 The Chief of Defence Staff Gen Jean Bosco Kazura has told local leaders in the southern province that their actions are helping drive local residents to rebels as they feel neglected.…

Monsignor Phillipe (Fillipo Rukamba), the man of God at the heart of Catholic Church’s power in Rwanda Monsignor Phillippe (Fillipo) Rukamba, the Bishop of Butare Diocese, in southern Rwanda, has been reelected to continue as the chair of the Episcopal Conference of the Catholic Church in Rwanda. Mgr Rukamba was…

Dr Charles Murigande Following The Chronicles report about social media being blocked on University of Rwanda campuses, the university administration has given official explanation for the situation. Dr Charles Murigande, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor in charge of Institutional Advancement has responded with the following response. He explains why YouTube is blocked,…