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The retreat of the African Union Commission delegates in Kigali on June 8. Africa’s Agenda 2063, a strategic framework adopted by the African Union, aims to transform the continent into a peaceful, prosperous, and inclusive entity by 206 File photo.

Money and research: The heart of Aspiration 5 of Africa’s agenda 2063

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
RGB CEO Usta Kaitesi speaks to journalists at the closure of an engagement meeting between RGB and national NGOs on June 27, 2023 in Kigali (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Rwanda

40% of NGOs don't pay social security for staff

Wednesday, June 28, 2023
The government has proposed a new bill to amend the current law on offences and penalties, specifically addressing acts of public indecency, including the exposure of nudity. Internet
Crime

Public indecency acts clarified in new penal code bill

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
A group of suspects that are paraded at Rwanda Investigation Bureau on February 5, 2020. The first six months of 2023 have registered the highest crime rate compared to the previous five years. Sam Ngendahimana
Crime

2023 has highest crime rate in five years – Minister

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Workers sort some e-waste at National E-Waste Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Rwanda’s total mercury releases into air, water, oil, by-products, and impurities, land and general waste stood at 19,558.85 kilogrammes. File
Environment

Report identifies gaps in curbing adverse effects of mercury pollution

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Prisoners arrive at the Supreme Court for a hearing session during FLN trial on September 20, 2021. Sam Ngendahimana
Law

What are the four key proposed changes to Rwanda’s penal law?

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Renewable energy sources of solar and biomass have a huge potential which remain largely untapped. File

Rwanda youths in renewable energy

Monday, June 26, 2023
An estimated 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, the highest number on record since the Global Report on Food Crises began reporting data in 2017.

A human-rights approach to the global food crisis

Monday, June 26, 2023
Multitalented artiste Lambert Twizeyimana. Courtesy photo
Music

Multitalented singer on his music and expanding creative ventures

Monday, June 26, 2023
The singer during an interview with The New Times
Music

Going global: ‘Rumuri' album to redefine Alyn Sano

Friday, June 23, 2023
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Cinema

Five women share movies that resonate with them

Friday, June 23, 2023
Participants pose for a photo during the celebration of Next Einstein Forum's Africa Science Week at Agahozo Shalom Youth Village.
Featured

Next Einstein Forum’s Science Week celebrates girls in STEM

Thursday, June 22, 2023