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Renowned Pastor Ezra Mpyisi died on Saturday, January 27. File.

Ezra Mpyisi, Rwanda’s oldest pastor, passes on

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Israel’s Ambassador to Rwanda, Einat Weiss lighting a candle during a commemoration event of the victims of the Holocaust in Kigali, on January 25. Emmanuel Dushimimana

Call to combat antisemitism as world marks Holocaust Remembrance Day

Saturday, January 27, 2024

A section of Lake Mugesera in Eastern Province in which a tragic incident occurred when the overloaded wooden boat sank, drowning 40 passengers on board by midday on January 26. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Several people die as overloaded boat capsizes in Rwamagana

Saturday, January 27, 2024

Mourners observe a moment of silence to pay tribute to victims of the Holocaust in Kigali, on January 25. The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 is the ‘Fragility of Freedom’. Photos Emmanuel Dushimimana

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024: The fragility of freedom

Saturday, January 27, 2024

President Kagame is on Thursday, January 25, chaired the first cabinet meeting of 2024, at Village Urugwiro. Photo by Village Urugwiro

PHOTOS: Kagame chairs first cabinet meeting of 2024

Thursday, January 25, 2024

RIB is conducting investigations to determine if there was any human error, or negligence, that led to the death of a 16-year-old student of Lycee Notre Dame de Citeaux (LNDC), on January 21. Courtesy

RIB launches probe into death of 16-year old student at Kigali-based school

Thursday, January 25, 2024

Residents searching for bodies of the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi in Huye. Courtesy

Probe launched after discovery of remains of over 100 Genocide victims in Huye

Thursday, January 25, 2024

(TOP, L-R) Sheikh Mussa Fazil Harerimana, Chair, PDI; Dr Joseph Ryarasa, Chairperson, Rwanda Civil Society Platform and Executive Director of Never Again Rwanda; Mary Barikungeri, Founder and Director of Rwanda Women’s Network; (BOTTOM, L-R) Protais Musoni, Chairperson, Pan-African Movement Rwanda Chapter; and Christine Mukabunani, Chairperson, PS-Imberakuri, and Dr Alvera Mukabaramba, Chairperson, PPC.

Party, civil society leaders hail Kagame’s ‘inspirational’ speech

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The Minister of Youth and Arts, Dr Abdallah Utumatwishima speaks during a panel discussion on January 24. PHOTO BY DAN GATSINZI

Youth and Arts Minister calls for more artistes' participation in social events

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Minister of Youth and Arts, Abdallah Utumatwishima speaks at a panel discussion on the second and final day of the 19th National Dialogue Council - Umushyikirano

Rwandan youth urged to tap into opportunities for development

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

President Kagame. PHOTOS BY VILLAGE URUGWIRO

We cannot allow to make ourselves a charity case – Kagame

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Jean-Damascène Bizimana.

Umushyikirano: Minister Bizimana rallies youth to fight divisionism

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

PHOTOS BY DAN GATSINZI

Umushyikirano enters Day II with focus on youth, national unity

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente presenting key achievements registered under Rwanda’s seven-year government programme during Umushyikirano on Tuesday, January 23. Courtesy

NST1: How has Rwanda fared in achieving seven-year plan?

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Xavier Niyonsenga, a beneficiary of the Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP), feeds his cow in a cowshed at his home in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, on March 3,2022. Rwanda targets to lift 315,000 households out of poverty and extreme poverty within two years. File

Govt plans to lift 300,000 families out of poverty in two years

Wednesday, January 17, 2024

Nadine Umutoni Gatsinzi, the Chief Gender Monitor at GMO delivers remarks during the launch on Monday, January 16. Courtesy

Initiative transforming taxation for a gender-inclusive future launched

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Workers searching for victims after a wall collapsed at a construction site in Nyamasheke District on Tuesday, January 16. Courtesy

Construction site collapse kills one, injures three in Nyamasheke

Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Xavela Gisubizo uses a smart metre at a water point she runs in Kayonza. Courtesy photos

Eastern Province: Public concern grows over ongoing water leaks

Sunday, January 14, 2024

Rwanda-Burundi border in Bugesera District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Rwanda regrets border closure by Burundi

Thursday, January 11, 2024

Miners at one of sites based in Rulindo District. Communities hosting mining activities have benefited from infrastructure and various other projects worth up to Rwf2 billion. Courtesy

Rwf2bn disbursed to communities through mining revenue sharing scheme

Wednesday, January 10, 2024