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French embassy smoulders in Kinshasa after attack by protesters.
Editorial

Kinshasa should stop destroying itself just for clout

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Captured fighters from DR Congo government coalition in Goma. M23’s entry into Goma, despite the futile efforts of the UN, SADC, and around 1,500 European mercenaries, has triggered a media and diplomatic firestorm. 

The Rubicon has been crossed, the only way is forward for the M23

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Congolese refugees from Kigeme refugee camp, march during a peaceful demonstration to call for action against the ongoing atrocities against Tutsi in eastern DR Congo on March 8, 2024. Olivier Mugwiza

Falsification of history as a weapon to deny citizenship to the Congolese Tutsi

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Due to bombshells from DR Congo, shops near the Rwanda-DR Congo border were closed on Monday, January 27. Germain Nsanzimana
Editorial

DR Congo’s shelling of Rwanda will only complicate an already bad situation

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Rwandan Law No. 058-2021 of October 13, 2021, on the protection of personal data and privacy (the “Data Protection Act” or “DPA”) came into force. Courtesy

Strengthening Rwanda’s data protection culture: A call to action ahead of privacy week

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The New Times
Editorial

DRC cannot outsource solutions to its crisis, it must own its affairs

Monday, January 27, 2025
Someone is considered to be diabetic if the blood glucosesugar levels are persistently above normal.

Lifestyle control: The key to managing and preventing diabetes

Monday, January 27, 2025
European mercenaries fighting alongside FARDC in eastern Congo. Courtesy

The European Union’s empty words on the DRC crisis

Sunday, January 26, 2025
Between 2005 and 2020, India reduced its emission intensity of GDP by 36%, demonstrating a rare ability to decouple economic growth from greenhouse gas emissions. Courtesy Photo

A Green Planet – India leading the way

Sunday, January 26, 2025
Patrick Muyaya, the Spokesperson of the Congolese government.

Denying citizenship as a weapon of war: DRC’s gamble against M23

Friday, January 24, 2025
President Paul Kagame and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, on Thursday, January 23. Village Urugwiro
Editorial

Kagame’s visit to Türkiye signals renewed cooperation

Friday, January 24, 2025
The New Times

The health dangers lurking in your frozen, ready-to-eat meals

Friday, January 24, 2025
US President Donald Trump delivers his speech at his inauguration on Monday, January 20. Internet

Trump’s inauguration speech: Wrong on some counts, but right on ambition

Thursday, January 23, 2025
The newly sworn-in US president, Donald Trump, signed the order for withdrawing the United States from the World Health Organisation (WHO)
Editorial

Africa must take full charge of its health systems

Thursday, January 23, 2025
The modern workplace is evolving rapidly, and so is the role of Human Resources (HR).

Lessons from hospitality: A blueprint for internal communication

Thursday, January 23, 2025
Minister of Foreign Affairs Olivier Nduhungirehe and DR Congo's at the 7th Ministerial Meeting on peace and security in the Eastern DRC, in Luanda Angola on Saturday, December 14. Courtesy

Reflections on extraordinary abilities of some diplomats

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Bishop Samuel Mugisha Mugiraneza, who recently resigned as the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Shyira, is in detention at Remera RIB station in Kigali. File
Editorial

Clergy should practice what they preach

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
The elections and referendum, like their predecessors, were marred by violence and intimidation. PARMEHUTU supporters and officials targeted UNAR members and Tutsi populations at the local council level. The electoral process in Rwanda in 1961 shows the UN's ineffectiveness.

How the UN proved inconsistent and ineffective in Rwanda's electoral process

Wednesday, January 22, 2025
A view of Nasho solar-powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. File

The path forward: Harnessing technology, innovation in agriculture in Eastern Africa

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Medics during an eye operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Editorial

Latest changes in healthcare are timely

Tuesday, January 21, 2025