KIGALI — The phrase “Never Again” echoes across memorial sites, in speeches, and on global platforms—especially during the commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. But for Adele Kibasumba, …
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KIGALI — Speaking via Google Meet from her base in the United States, Congolese activist Adele Kibasumba leans into the camera with a message for a generation she believes is …
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Martyrs of Reason: The Legacies of Prof. Rumiya and Andrea Kameya—The Men Who Defied the Genocide Ideology
KIGALI – Professor Jean Gualbert Rumiya and journalist Andrea Kameya are among the political figures laid to rest at the Rebero Genocide Memorial—men remembered not only for how they died, …
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Kagame: Tshisekedi Using Habyarimana Family to Build Support for FDLR in France, Globally [FULL INTERVIEW]
Four months after the signing of a peace agreement presented as historic, war continues in eastern DRC. In a interview with French magazine JeuneAfrique, the President Paul Kagame defends an …
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KIGALI — In a typical classroom on the outskirts of Kigali, more than 70 children squeeze onto wooden benches, sharing a handful of textbooks as a teacher moves quickly from …
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How Rwanda’s Banks Are Powering Chinese Electric Vehicle Boom
by Fred Mwasaby Fred MwasaOn the drive through Kigali — from Kimihurura to Remera, from busy roundabouts to the entrances of shopping centers — it is becoming harder to miss them. Sleek electric cars …
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KIGALI — The Forces Démocratiques de Libération du Rwanda (FDLR) is no longer an obscure remnant of the perpetrators of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, but a deeply embedded …
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Egide Ruhashya Knew the Habyarimana Family Up Close — And Says Jean-Luc Has Found Home in Kinshasa
In the years when Rwanda was transitioning into a republic, many young men stepped forward eager to serve their country. Among them were Ruhashya Epimaque and Juvénal Habyarimana. Each followed …
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When AFC-M23 Is On Offensive “It Is Attacking Civilians”; When Being Attacked and Retreating “It Is Wazalendo”
In the hills and forests of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, the war is being fought not only with rifles, mortars and drones. It is also fought with language. …
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With Profits Threatened, Bus Companies Are Fiercely Opposed to New Provincial Operations System
KIGALI, Rwanda — On a rain-slicked morning in Nyabarongo main bus park, Kigali, passengers clutching plastic bags and small suitcases face a familiar chaos: dozens of buses from competing companies …
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Muramba 1997 – Tracing Another Girls’ School Attacked by Abacengezi Insurgents in Western Rwanda
In April 1997, at the Collège de l’Immaculée Conception de Muramba in Ngororero District, a group of schoolgirls faced a deadly test. Armed insurgents, at the time known as “Abacengezi” …
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For more than two decades, regional and international partners have invested immense diplomatic effort to stabilize eastern DR Congo, yet the cycle of agreements, commitments, and renewed conflict has persisted. …