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Rwanda Investigation Bureau personnel during a general assembly. The case, initially presented to the Supreme Court in May of this year by lawyer Edward Murangwa. Courtesy
Law

RIB’s "unconstitutional searches" case set for retrial

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Representative in Rwanda, Kwabena Asante-Ntiamoah, during the African and Asian Parliamentarians’ Dialogue towards International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD30) and the Addis Ababa Declaration on Population and Development (AADPD10).
Economy

Africa’s youthful population can be leveraged for socio-economic transformation - UNFPA representative

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Martha Koome , Kenya's Chief Justice. A new bill proposed by the Kenyan judiciary, if passed, will decriminalise sex work by both males and females in the country. Internet
Africa

Kenya’s judiciary seeks to decriminalise prostitution

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Thousands of Congolese refugees at Kigeme Refugee Camp in Nyamagabe district protest against the genocidal violence committed against Congolese Tutsi in eastern DR Congo, on December 12.2022. Willy Mucyo
Editorial

Hate speech is a monster we must confront head on

Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Minister of Defence Juvenal Marizamunda delivers remarks at the opening of the preparatory conference for the 2023 Peacekeeping Ministerial on Protection of Civilians and Strategic Communications. PHOTOS BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Security

Rwanda urges UN to confront misinformation, hate speech

Monday, October 23, 2023
I&M Bank staff with UN coordinator pose for a group photo at the Umuganda tree-planting event to commemorate this year’s United Nations Day in Bugesera on October 21. Photos by Ctraish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: I&M Bank, UN Rwanda mark UN Day with special Umuganda tree-planting in Bugesera

Monday, October 23, 2023
The Cabinet appointed Providence Umurungi as chairperson of the National Commission for Human Rights, replacing Marie-Claire Mukasine, on October 20. Courtesy
Rwanda

Law scholar to head Rwanda rights body

Saturday, October 21, 2023
Leopold Munyakazi, one of the key ideologues of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi who started disseminating hate speech targeting the Tutsi in 1990, had evaded justice for 12 years before he was deported from the USA in 2016. In 2018, he was convicted for Genocide revisionism. HRW used Munyakazi's case in their latest report to argue that Rwanda restricts freedom of expression for its citizens. File

Without a leg to stand on, Human Rights Watch still insists on punching down on Rwanda

Saturday, October 21, 2023
Ernest Rwamucyo has been appointed as the Proposed Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the United Nations, replacing Claver Gatete.
Rwanda

Rwanda picks new UN envoy as nation's rights body gets new boss

Saturday, October 21, 2023
EAPC Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of the Media Council of Kenya, David Omwoyo speaks during the launch of the East Africa Press Council in Arusha, Tanzania on Thursday, October 19. Courtesy
Africa

East African Press Council launched for free, stronger media

Thursday, October 19, 2023
The New Times

Would DR Congo’s Kinyarwanda-speaking communities be better off with a homeland of their own?

Thursday, October 19, 2023
Airtel Rwanda, Min Yuan, the Deputy Representative of United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Rwanda looks how children use computers. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Airtel Rwanda, UNICEF, Education Ministry inaugurate digital learning in schools

Wednesday, October 18, 2023