At the corridors of the Africa CEO Forum 2026 in Kigali, where presidents, investors, bankers and industrialists spent two days discussing Africa’s economic future, two absences quietly stood out. There …
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At a side session of the Africa CEO Forum 2026 focused on one of African business’s most persistent complaints — the high cost of borrowing — Dr Diane Karusisi argued …
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The money the government keeps readily available to pay for key day-to-day expenses such as civil service benefits, debt obligations, supplier payments, and unexpected emergencies has risen to more than …
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KIGALI — Government has committed fresh funding toward the continued expansion of the New Kigali International Airport and expanded operational support for RwandAir, signaling that aviation remains at the center …
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International
With History of MONUSCO, UNAMIR — Rwanda Wants UN Peacekeeping Funding Tied to Results on Ground
United Nations, New York — As the UN General Assembly’s Fifth Committee debates a proposed $5.23 billion peacekeeping budget for 2026–27, Rwanda is pressing for a clearer link between funding …
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Economy
If You Use Google Ads, Netflix, Web Hosting, Online Education — All Are Now Taxable in Rwanda
For years, the digital economy has occupied a kind of tax no-man’s-land. A Rwandan business could buy Google ads. A family could stream Netflix. A startup could host its website …
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GOMA — A consortium of Congolese human rights groups has accused government forces of carrying out a wave of drone and aerial attacks against ethnic Banyamulenge civilians in the highlands …
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Chantilly, France — President Paul Kagame on Friday warned against what he called a culture of “making excuses,” saying it prevents countries from addressing the structural causes of underdevelopment, even …
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One key plank often used by genocide revisionists and deniers is that the Genocide against the Tutsi was triggered by the downing of genocidal regime ruler Juvenal Habyarimana and his …
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Rwanda’s latest vital statistics report reads from the National Institute of Statistics (NISR), at first glance, like a technical document—dense with rates, ratios and administrative benchmarks. But beneath the numbers …
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In April 1994, ten Belgian peacekeepers were brutally murdered in Rwanda by an extremist Hutu regime intent on carrying out the genocide of the Tutsi. They were ambushed, disarmed, and …
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As a student of history, I recall very well that in 1965, there were killings and discrimination targeting Congolese Banyarwanda in North Kivu. As I am writing this piece, Congolese …