PARIS — President Paul Kagame is in Paris for the first International Space Summit, hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron as countries seek new rules and partnerships for an increasingly …
Stephen Kamanzi
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NAIROBI — A Kenyan crackdown on foreign traders has taken an unexpected turn, with Rwanda now being drawn into a dispute that began as a domestic fight over jobs and …
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National
Government: “Urgent Need to Increase Water Storage More Than Eightfold by 2034 to Meet Irrigation Demand”
KIGALI — Rwanda needs to increase its water-storage capacity more than eightfold over the next eight years if it is to have enough water to support projected irrigation demand, highlighting …
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KIGALI, Rwanda — The African Development Bank plans to put more than $400 million into Rwanda’s agriculture sector over the next three years, as it seeks to shift some of …
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KIGALI — Rwanda can use government spending to help build its local artificial intelligence industry, the World Bank says in its latest global study on AI adoption. The Bank points …
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Special Reports
At a Military Base in Rwanda, Young Patriots Are Forged — Then Sent Home to Their Parents
GATSIBO DISTRICT, Rwanda — For 40 days, the young men and women at Gabiro lived by a rhythm far removed from ordinary civilian life. They trained together, marched in formation, …
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KIGALI – The Rwanda Institute for Conservation Agriculture (RICA) has appointed Senegalese academic Dr. Momar Dieng as its new Vice Chancellor, effective November 1, 2026. Dr. Dieng succeeds Dr. Olusegun …
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KINSHASA — DR Congo President Félix Tshisekedi is crafting a political roadmap that could keep him in power beyond the end of his constitutionally mandated second and final term in …
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Rwanda’s football governing body, FERWAFA, could receive up to US$40 million (about Rwf60 billion) between 2027 and 2030 under a proposed overhaul of FIFA’s global football development funding. The proposal, …
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The Democratic Republic of the Congo made a clear commitment before regional and international partners: the FDLR would be neutralized. That commitment was not made behind closed doors or based …
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KIGALI — Women have crossed an important threshold in Rwanda’s cities and towns. A new national census shows they now manage more urban business enterprises than men, a quiet but …
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KIGALI — President Paul Kagame and Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, took to the basketball court during a weekend meeting in Kigali, offering a relaxed display of …