Society

For some time now, Kigalians have been qualified as forgetful at such a point that most of them never think about returning to their country homes. The same critics suggest …

Young girls have responded massively to the Miss Rwanda contest where the winner is awarded with a brand new car, a juicy salary for one year, travel allowances, on top …

It’s a Monday afternoon in Kigali at one of the local bars in Nyarutarama suburb. A greenish coloured Shisha bottle hangs on strategic spot high on the wall where clients can see …

About 35 years ago, Kayitesi Immaculée was among students sitting for National exams at Ecole Technique Feminine de Nyanza, a high school in Southern Rwanda. Due to the discriminatory policy against …

In 2009, Mukeshimana Liberata was a desperate house wife raising her five children. Her husband the family bread winner was earning from carpentry. According to Mukeshimana, her family could not get …

Parfaite Mugisha was born a normal baby, but at the age of 10 suffered from measles, and didn’t get treatment which resulted in inability to walk. Mugisha 26 years old, …

For two weeks in November 2011, twelve editors from some of the biggest media in the United States crisscrossed Rwanda. My employer at the time charged me with the task …

Father Ubald Rugirangonga, a Catholic Church priest known in Rwanda for  reconciliation and healing messages has launched a documentary film narrating how his community achieved forgiveness after the 1994 Genocide …

Odette Karanguza and Alice Kabagire Cyusa have been childhood friends, studied in the same school but also suffered and defeated a similar deadly disease – Cancer. In 1987, both Karanguza …

Starting tomorrow Gisimba memorial centre, an orphanage that consoled many while they were in need before, during and after the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi will change its mandate, but will …

The old English adage ‘age is just a number’ may not hold any meaning until you meet Senator Tito Rutaremara, a Rwandan senior citizen who has served Rwanda in numerous …

At 72 years many people would be thinking about retirement. But Linda Bootherstone-Bick, a British national will next week celebrate her anniversary while planning to board a motorbike and ride …