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Mourners during a Walk to Remember as CIMERWA held a commemoration event to honour the 58 lives lost in CIMERWA on April 16. Courtesy
Kwibuka

CIMERWA honours employees killed during Genocide against Tutsi

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Some of the hundreds of eastern European mercenaries who deployed to DR Congo in 2022 to train the country's armed forces in the fight against the M23 rebels. Reports say that up to 2,000 mercenaries from eastern Europe are in the region to help the Congolese army coalition in fighting the M23 rebels.
Africa

Secret financial audit exposes high-level corruption fueling eastern DR Congo conflict

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja speaking during a commemoration event at Harvard University, on Tuesday, April 16. The private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 16, held a commemoration event to honor the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 30: Harvard University holds Genocide commemoration event

Thursday, April 18, 2024
Gospel rapper Gentil Rukundo
Music

Gospel rapper releases new song about reconciliation

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Bella Murekatete played in the Women's All-College Game on April 6, and the training contract with Phoenix Mercury could make her the first Rwandan player to ever play in WNBA.
Basketball

Rwanda’s Murekatete signs training deal with WNBA side Phoenix

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
Mourners during a dignified burial of over 120 victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Ntarama Genocide Memorial in Bugesera District on Tuesday, April 16. A former catholic church, Ntarama Memorial is the resting place for about 5,000 Genocide victims. Photo: Courtesy
Kwibuka

Ibuka renews call to reveal whereabouts of Genocide victims

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Hundreds of Rwandans, Friends of Rwanda, Diplomatic Corps attended the 30th Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 30: Hundreds commemorate 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Geneva

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The New Times

Kagame’s Kwibuka 30 address: A worthwhile reflection for African leaders

Wednesday, April 17, 2024
The New Times
Art

Fierce Femmes art exhibition to be inaugurated in Geneva

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Claudette Irere, the State Minister at MINEDUC pays tribute to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi
Kwibuka

Ministry of Education honors former employees, students, teachers killed in Genocide

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
The Rwandan community and friends of Rwanda gathered at the Capitol Hill in Washington D.C to honor the over one million innocent civilians killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 30: American lawmaker calls on US govt to adopt correct name of Genocide against the Tutsi

Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Artist Jean Jules Irakoze is a renowned contemporary dancer who has excelled as a theatre actor, playwright and director. Courtesy
Art

Meet Jules Irakoze, the choreographer behind ‘The Inherited Sorrow’

Tuesday, April 16, 2024