Politics

A Rwanda Defense Force soldier calls in a 9-line report to request a medical evacuation, while Army Sgt. Jonathan Lopez, 1st Battalion, 124th Infantry Regiment medic, observes during a medical exercise Sept. 9, 2016, at the Rwanda Military Academy, Rwanda. The exercise, part of a two-week medical course, tested the…

Dr Charles Murigande (PhD) and Brig General Emmanuel Ndahiro, are currently out of the limelight as Paul Rusesabagina appeared in a Kigali court On February 2, 2006, US envoy in Kigali at the time Michael Arietti met with Col. Dr Emmanuel Ndahiro, the Director of the National Security Service (NSS).…

The new yet unnamed ADEPR hotel in Gicumbi district (above) and the troubled Dove Hotel in Kigali The Pentecostal Church of Rwanda or better known in Rwanda as ADEPR is at it again. Already, its leaders stole more than Rwf 3.3b from their followers, a matter local courts have failed…

One of the controversial measures is that people found without a mask or wearing it badly, are taken to nearby stadium where they spend night. Also, people found still on the roads after curfew hour, are also taken to sleep in stadium A group of thirteen NGOs has written to…

8-year-old Jonathan Tuganijuru miraculously survived a shell fired from a conflict he will understand when he becomes an adult, that’s if God grants him more years to live An eight-year-old boy in Rubavu district bordering DR Congo has miraculously spent the better part of his very short life with bomb…

The countries of the region For the last few years the African political landscape has been dominated by high profile changes of leaders and governments. But have the changes of leaders and governments generated more democratic and responsive governments? The University of Birmingham’s Bertelsmann Transformation Index Africa Report 2020 (BTI),…

Most of the property up for sale is located in Kigali city center Government body charged with keeping property said to be abandoned, has put up notice intending to sell some of them located in Kigali. The Kigali branch of the Commission in charge of Abandoned Property, in a notice…

The Education Ministry has had to withdraw another book for early primary school level after it was heavily shamed on social media. The latest controversy over Kinyarwanda books comes in the wake a new surprising change of government’s language policy. In less than a year, government has announced a change…

Daughter of moneyed businessman Nkubili Alfred (LEFT), Mucyo Apollo with his Dad former PM Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi with mother, and Shadari and her sister Elizabeth with their Dad Brig Gen (Rtd) Frank Rusagara November 7 last year, the global audience was treated to a rare tirade over a court…

Inside the Lower Chamber of Deputies. MPs have passed their own amendments to the health insurance act An amendment brought by the Finance and Economic Planning Ministry seeking to introduced heavy fines on people who delay to make their mandatory health insurance contributions, did not pass through Parliament. On July…

With permanent structures unlike other refugee camps, the Mahama camp for Burundians in eastern Rwanda, was put in place for the long term Government of Rwanda issued a statement late Monday evening in reaction to viral letter by Burundian refugees seeking to return home – after more than five years…

CLOCKWISE: Nadia Kabalira, Dr Jean Damascene Bizimana, Oliver Nduhungirehe and Tom Ndahiro The executive secretary of Rwanda’s anti-genocide commission and a former minister are among a group of 19 individuals facing prosecution in Belgium in case filed by Rwandan exiles. The exiles, under the umbrella platform JAMBO asbl, which the…

Nyirangaruye Clarisse sits helpless amidst a gang of men who were battering her. She has since developed mental issues A woman whose traumatic beating by group of local officials and security personnel in northern Rwanda which caused national outrage, will have to wait much longer for justice. In May, a…

Millions were spent on putting up this infrastructure with machines inside to turn garbage into briquettes. Nearly a decade later, project never got underway. There are countless such projects across Rwanda In 2010, a local government development agency sent contractors to a small town in eastern Rwanda to set up…

Italian charities MLFM and AVSI both partnered for multimillion water project in a deeply rural region of Gicumbi district. When the NGOs left, the local company that took over the project ran it down completely Thousands of homes in several sectors in Northern Rwanda have not had clean water for…

A court in Kigali has found Dr Kayumba Christopher guilty on one of the two charges – agreeing with prosecution’s narrative about a bizarre incident that took place at the Kigali International Airport. In a brief court session 3pm this Wednesday held at the Nyamirambo Intermediate Court, none of the…

On June 30, the selection committee in charge of submitting candidates for the most important job at the International Criminal Court – the Prosecutor – has released a short-list of four names. None of the “big shots” are among them. It caused shock, surprise, concern, hope, and all sorts of…

Dr Kayumba Christopher, co-founder of The Chronicles and Senior Lecturer at School of Journalism and Communication, University of Rwanda In a virtual court session this Friday, prosecution sought for the maximum possible jail sentence for Dr Christopher Kayumba in a case where he denied all the charges. Kayumba, co-founder of…

Local reporters struggle for the best spot at an outdoor media briefing Two government bodies that oversee the media sector in Rwanda have been allocated a combined Rwf 338.8m in the new budget to fulfill that mandate. The agencies are the Rwanda Governance Board (RGB) and the Media High Council…

Reclusive industrialist Mironko François Xavier Industrialist Mironko Francois Xavier is fed up, at least going by his unusual public outburst – alleging a plot involving government agencies to destroy him. For starters, Mironko is a well-known household name in Rwanda. He owns Mironko Plastics Industries, maker of most of the…

A graduation at the University of Rwanda. Parents will no longer be worried their children won’t go to university Cabinet has approved a comprehensive review of the social economic categories that made it impossible for children from supposed “rich” families to access government university scholarships. Known as “Ubudehe”, they were…

The map of Rwanda showing the flow of Nyabarongo River from the west to north, down south to Lake Rweru There is a standard for drinking water in Rwanda recommended by the Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RSB). However, chemicals being pumped into Rwanda’s single biggest river, Nyabarongo, may be slowly…

President Paul Kagame is welcomed by Queen Elizabeth II for the CHOGM dinner in London during the 2018 CHOGM. Is at this summit that Rwanda was selected to host CHOGM 2020 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson came through with his campaign pledge to merge the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO)…

Moscow: In December 2018, Rwanda’s Infrastructure Minister Claver Gatete signed nuclear deal with Alexey Likhachev, the director general of Russia’s ROSATOM. It is from this deal that the Center is going to be established in Rwanda The Lower Chamber of Parliament on Monday unanimously voted to ratify a deal allowing…

President Paul Kagame addresses the UN General Assembly last year. With COVID-19, world leaders may address the summit via recorded video from the home capitals The president of the U.N. General Assembly announced on Monday that world leaders will not be traveling to New York for their annual gathering in…

Inside the 80-member Chamber of Deputies, the lower House of Parliament. Both Houses will be observers in how the executive manages some key affairs Parliament will no longer have any role in the establishment or disbandment of government agencies, once a new amendment bill becomes law. Both the Chamber of…

On May 23, Police paraded 20 men and women who were found in a sauna against the COVID-19 measures barring being in such places Since March 15, cabinet imposed nationwide total lockdown, which was later modified to night curfew and a host of other measures. While all questions around the…

Despite Burundi and Rwanda having unusually close bond dating back centuries, the current leaders President Paul Kagame and his outgoing Burundi counterpart Pierre Nkurunziza last met on April 13, 2015. Here was Nkurunziza paying courtesy call on Kagame in Huye district, Rwanda, near the Burundi border Rwanda, through the Foreign…

Two judges and a court registrar in southern Rwanda have been jailed for up to eight years after rendering favorable rulings for people who had given them bribes. Those jailed are Muhanga district intermediate court judges Mubabotwaza Munyeshyaka and Mushimiyiryo Pacifique, and court registrar Banashenge Victoire. In the charge sheet,…

This building located in Musanze town, Musanze district, northern Rwanda, was auctioned last week as a result of a genocide verdict now at the center of RIB investe The Rwanda Investigations Bureau (RIB) has arrested at least two people alleged to have been part of a network that fabricated a…