Politics

Election rally of Tanzania’s dominant ruling party CCM during previous election Tanzania’s dominant ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi party has opened direct talks with main opposition CHADEMA party in effort to ease tensions that have threatened to tire down the country. The two sides have been at war every election cycle.…

Six months have passed since eight people acquitted or released by the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) were transferred by the UN to Niger, supposedly to live freely and permanently. But they are still without papers and without freedom, confined to a house in Niamey guarded by police and…

Irrigation process going on at Ndego Soya farm. L. Nasho can be seen in the background (Photo: Nkurunziza Faustina) The Eastern part of Rwanda had been a vacant land for decades before the government found a use, turning it into the country’s breadbasket through irrigation. Farmers have traditionally irrigated rice…

Woman fetches water from a well in eastern Rwanda In eastern Rwanda, where temperatures have been in the upper highs for many decades, there is very little water on the surface in the form of natural wells, streams, rivers, and lakes. While government-led interventions such as massive afforestation have improved…

A Chinese volunteer teaches Chinese to students from the Confucius Institute of the University of Rwanda. [Photo: China Plus] China has overtaken the US as the foreign power seen as having the biggest positive influence in Africa by young people, according to a survey released on Monday. A survey conducted…

The trial of Félicien Kabuga, octogenarian alleged mastermind of the 1994 Rwandan genocide, was initially announced for the end of 2021, but it has not begun and no one can say when it might start. The health of the former businessman, who has been at odds with his lawyer for…

Suspects arrive for a case hearing. Usually, they will have all details about their case in IECMS platform before their hearings are scheduled. As small error or lapse automatically leads to postponement, which frustrates those involved An American developer completed the setup of online system that manages court cases in…

Yes “Everything Rises and Falls on Leadership” Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame chairs the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union, Kigali, 21 March 2018 John Maxwell was right; “Everything rises and falls on leadership.” And at the peak of Africa’s mountainous range of predicaments, is the almost numbing reality of…

Mironko François Xavier A court action in which industrialist Mironko François Xavier has been seeking back payment owed to him by the government of Rwanda, may have finally come to an end. Mironko is a known brand name in Rwanda, owing to his plastics factory. He is the first Rwandan…

Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame reacts as Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba cuts the birthday cake with his parents, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and First Lady Janet Museveni at State House, Entebbe, Uganda, Sunday April 24, 2022 Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame is safely back home from a two-day private visit in Uganda. The…

Jean Bosco Nkusi Jean Bosco Nkusi, in charge of Recritement and Mobilisation in a political organisation founded by Dr Kayumba Christopher, has been handed a lengthy jail term. The Gasabo Intermediate Court in Kigali ruled in a verdict put in the court filing system that Nkusi and four co-accused are…

FDLR top commander confiscated Eugene Nkusi’s phone for two weeks on suspicion he could be a double agent of the Rwandan government. It was hoped “someone” would call, which would have resulted into automatic death for Nkusi. The Chronicles traces the life of a man who spent over two decades…

In January 2009, a major joint Rwanda-DRC military offensive codenamed Umoja Wetu (Our unity), was launched against negative forces in DRC’s vast eastern region. The militia landscape changed completely, as they were no longer able to cause havoc in Congolese villages with impunity. For Hakizimana Uzziel alias Lt Col Uzziel…

Following one of the numerous deadly attacks by Rwandan rebels, ‘Abacengezi’, in northwestern Rwanda in 1997, 18-year-old Barakamfitiye Providence went with them as they retreated back to their jungle hideouts in eastern Congo. Since giving birth to first child in 2005, Premier sergeant-major Barakamfitiye has spent all years looking after…

In the different neighborhoods where she lived in east DR Congo city of Goma, Premier sergeant-major Kanyere Rosette blended in as a student, a desperately poor mother selling charcoal and above all; a Congolese. What her classmates and neighbours had no idea about, is that they were living with a…

Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba on his visit to Rwanda Since January 16, Lt. Gen. Muhoozi Keinerugaba, 47, the son of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been shaping perception of relations between Rwanda and Uganda. Kigali and Kampala have been at near-war since around 2017. The mariage broke down complete in…

President Paul Kagame (R) holds impromptu bilateral meet with deceased former Burundi President Pierre Nkurunziza in Huye district back in 2015. It the last meeting between Rwanda-Burundi leaders. Under new President Evariste Ndayishimiye, relations are reemerging Arusha – With the East African Community (EAC) bloc aiming to become self- sufficient in…

Innocent Bahati Police said Tuesday that it had “taken interest” into Rwandan Poet whose case has come to prominence with letter to President Paul Kagame by international authors. In letter published Tuesday by the Guardian, over 100 authors led by PEN International president Burhan Sönmez asked President Kagame to help…

A UN court has ruled that the eight Rwandans convicted of genocide who had been relocated to Niger, be relocated back to Arusha, Tanzania. It was where they were convicted in the first place. The case which has gripped the world, began in December last year. It appears they are…

Inside the EALA chamber in the Tanzanian city of Arusha. It is also where the Secretariat is located. The silence of the East African legislative assembly (EALA) in resolving regional issues has led many to question its ability to deliver on its mandates. In 1999 when the EALA was formed…

When he appeared in highly publicised court proceedings, and in interview with The Chronicles, Nsabimana Callixte alias Major Callixte Sankara is full of disappointment. Nsabimana comes out as a victim of a high-level game he thought he knew how to play, but instead may have been played: if at all…

Angelina Mukandutiye during the previous trial The woman whose identity, as a convicted genocide fugitive, was discovered after military operations conducted in eastern DR Congo, still maintains her innocence. Angelina Mukandutiye, 71, is the elderly woman, who is co-accused together with ‘Hotel Rwanda’ movie personality Paul Rusesabagina. In total, they…

There will no longer be requirement to wear face mask British Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced the end of COVID-19 measures including mandatory face masks in England as he looks to live with the virus after a peak in cases caused by the rapid spread of the Omicron variant. Johnson’s…

Jin Joseph, the convicted South Korean Remember Kanyandekwe Pascal, the man who allegedly offered a million dollars to South African Police to release him? He has resurfaced in a different case, this time in Rwanda. Kanyandekwe dragged a South Korean business partner to a Rwandan court. However, the case has…

Nsabimana Callixte alias Major Sankara Callixte in his usual gesturing as we had interview with him When you mention name “Sankara” in any African country, it has become synonymous with revolution, modesty and doing good. But for Rwandans, in and outside the country, the same name has gained additional tags;…

World Health Organization experts warned Tuesday that repeating booster doses of the original Covid vaccines is not a viable strategy against emerging variants and called for new jabs that better protect against transmission. An expert group created by the World Health Organization to assess the performance of Covid-19 vaccines said…

OPINION – Isn’t the challenge of a hero’s long life not only the possibility of completing their mission, but also that they may live long enough to see its consequences? Sometimes a hero’s short life may exempt them from seeing the impact of their actions, whereas those who live long…

It was all party when this Police Station built by local residents, was unveiled in Rutsiro district Two communities, one in western and another in Kigali, collected money to construct Police stations. Their explanation was that they needed cops close by so that when an incident happened, the law enforcers…

Rwanda’s Education Minister Dr Valentine Uwamariya after signing the MoU at a virtual ceremony in Kigali while the Zimbabweans were in Harare Governments of Rwanda and Zimbabwe yesterday concluded deal under which Zimbabwean teachers will come to start teaching when the academic year opens in January. Immediately, 273 teachers will…

Immunisation center in Rwanda The risk of needing to stay in hospital for patients with the Omicron variant of COVID-19 is 40% to 45% lower than for patients with the Delta variant, according to research by London’s Imperial College published on Wednesday. “Overall, we find evidence of a reduction in…