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Rehema Kampire, a resident of Rubavu district in Western Rwanda, holds her daughter inside a hospital room. The baby was prematurely born at six months and a half, weighing just 1.3 kilograms. Photo by UNICEF Rwanda

Rwanda can be a country where no woman dies giving life

Friday, May 10, 2024
Eric Ishimwe serves coffee to a customer at Turambe Shoppe, a coffee shop in Gasabo District, Kigali, on May 4, 2024. Courtesy
Health

Breaking barriers: Empowering individuals with Down syndrome through inclusion

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Visitors tour an exhibition organized by Rwanda NGOs forum in Kigali.

Shedding light on the ‘NGOs bill’: Why it matters to understand the substance

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Management and staff of five companies involved in the construction of the proposed Bugesera airport observe a moment of silence in honour of the victims at the Gashora Genocide Memorial on May 8. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Kwibuka

Companies constructing proposed airport in Bugesera honour victims of 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi

Thursday, May 09, 2024
Genocide survivor Irma Ihumure has become increasingly open about her own story, providing a platform for women survivors to share their experiences in “Voices of Hope”, a 30-part series. Photos by Christianne Murengerantwari
Kwibuka

Genocide survivor Irma Ihumure on healing power of storytelling

Thursday, May 09, 2024
A flooded city in Brazil where disasters continue to cause many losses. Social injustice, mass extinction, and climate change are just a few of the problems facing humanity today.

The myth of a perfect world and its contemporary significance

Thursday, May 09, 2024
L-R: State Secretary to the Prime Minister, Johan Jakobsson; Eugene Bushayija, a member of the Rwandan Community; Petra Mårselius, Director of the Living History Forum; Ambassador Diane Gashumba; Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman, Lars Arrhenius; Ambassador Jenny Ohlsson, Swedish Ambassador to Eritrea, and Ibuka-Sweden President Josine Kanamugire.
Kwibuka

Sweden’s Equality Ombudsman releases book on childhood in Rwanda, discrimination that led to 1994 Genocide against Tutsi

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Rose Mukankomeje, the Director of Higher Education Council (2nd Left) speaks among panelists during the 1st International Conference on re-shaping education for Sustainable Development in Kigali on March 30,2023.
Featured

FEATURED: UR to host 2nd global conference on education innovation, sustainable development

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Wesley Ruzibiza during an interview with The New Times. He is a choreographer, director, performer, and actor with experience in Rwanda, Senegal, France, among others. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza.
Art

VIDEO: Choreographer Ruzibiza explores art's role in national commemoration

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
Bruce Melodie during his performance at BK Arena in Kigali on on November 6, 2021. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Music

Can Rwanda turn the tide on music royalties?

Wednesday, May 08, 2024
A view of a collapsed building in South Africa
Africa

6 dead, 48 still missing in building collapse in South Africa

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
A visitor touring the Fierce Femmes exhibition in Geneva, Switzerland. Courtesy
Art

Inside Fierce Femmes exhibition

Tuesday, May 07, 2024