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President Paul Kagame and First Lady pay tribute to Rwandan heroes on Wednesday, February 1. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza

Heroes Day is a reminder of our ability to stand up for what is right – Kagame

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

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Heroes Day: Rwandans have their say

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Late Maj Gen Fred Rwigema's tomb that is painted in white on the right at the upper part of the mausoleum at Remera. Photo by Craish Bahizi

What can youth pick from Rwanda’s heroes?

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

King Mutara III Rudahigwa is feted among Rwandan heroes. File

A closer look at heroism before, during and after colonialism

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Xaverine Uwimana, National Coordinator of Réseau des Femmes Oeuvrant pour le Développement Rural with other leaders who gave talks during the event.

Security organs, community policing groups in Gasabo urged to fight GBV

Wednesday, February 01, 2023

Students with portraits of heroes of Nyange during a commemoration event at Ecole Secondaire de Nyange in Ngororero District . Students were killed on 18 March 1997, when infiltrators attacked the school, killed a watchman and opened fire indiscriminately, then six students died on the spot and about 40 others sustained injuries. File

Rwanda marks Heroes Day

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

President Kagame awards the National Liberation Medal to Roger Winter during the Liberation Day Ceremony at Amahoro National Stadium on July 4, 2010. Roger Winter was a recipient of two national heroes’ medals, namely the National Liberation Medal (Uruti) and Rwanda’s Campaign Against Genocide Medal (Umurinzi) in 2010. Photo by Ted Dagne

Roger Winter, recipient of Rwandan heroes’ medals, dies at 80

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

The mausoleum is open and free of charge to all Rwandans and foreigners who wish to visit. All photos by Craish Bahizi

PHOTOS: Inside Rwanda’s national heroes’ mausoleum

Tuesday, January 31, 2023

President Paul Kagame during an interview with Jeune Afrique’s François Soudan, vows that there will never be genocide again in Rwanda. Photo by Village Urugwiro.

There will never be genocide again in Rwanda - Kagame vows

Monday, January 30, 2023

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HEROES DAY: A king’s legacy that will forever live on

Monday, January 30, 2023

A monument that depicts Rwanda's unknown soldier during the Liberation struggle. / Photo by Craish Bahizi

To live, love, die for a cause – eulogy for Rwanda’s Unknown Soldier

Monday, January 30, 2023

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Youth urged to embrace heroic values

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Prof Jean Bosco Harelimana was removed from his duties as Director General of Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA), owing to managerial failure. File

PM Ngirente drops RCA boss

Sunday, January 29, 2023

The celebrated Rwandan heroine, Félicité Niyitegeka, a member of Auxiliaries of the Apostolate, better known as ‘Abakobwa ba Musenyeri’ in the Roman Catholic Church.

HEROES DAY: Celebrating Félicité Niyitegeka’s life as a selfless martyr

Sunday, January 29, 2023

Amb. Ron Adam, Israel’s Ambassador to Rwanda, speaks during the 78th commemoration of the International Holocaust Memorial Day at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Friday, January 27. Courtesy

PHOTOS: Israeli envoy reflects on pain of Holocaust, urges justice for Genocide victims

Friday, January 27, 2023

Local researchers are in a race to restore the “pygmy Rwandan water lily,” a species originally found exclusively in Rwanda, before going extinct in the country. Courtesy

Researchers want to restore Rwanda’s unique water lily

Friday, January 27, 2023

The Inspector General of Police Dan Munyuza and Marcello Fantoni, Kent State University Vice President for Global Education after signing the agreement in Kigali on Thursday, January 26. Courtesy

RNP, Kent State University sign cooperation agreement

Friday, January 27, 2023

Every year on February 1, Rwanda celebrates National Heroes Day.

Rwanda's leading lights who exemplified heroism

Thursday, January 26, 2023

A view of a traffic jam at Cyamitsingi in Remera. Since Rwanda adjusted school and official working hours at the beginning of 2023, traffic jams especially during peak hours has increased. Dan Kwizera

Dreading Kigali’s morning traffic jam? Here’s how you can beat it

Thursday, January 26, 2023

Members of Senatorial standing Committee on Political Affairs and Governance during upcountry tour to assess public involvement in activities in which citizens are beneficiaries in Rubavu on January 24. Germain Nsanzimana

Senators assess citizen involvement in national programmes

Thursday, January 26, 2023