Special Reports
School Girl Advocates For Mother Against Abusive Father, Becomes Parliamentary Speaker, Women’s Advocate
Fifty-nine years ago, a baby girl was born in a family of sixteen children in former Masango Commune, current Ruhango District – Southern Province in an era when polygamy…
Raphael Lemkin, Holding A Mirror To Humanity’s Worst Side
This year, as every year since 1994, for 100 days, Rwanda commemorates the more than a million men, women, and children, murdered in the genocide against Tutsi. Whenever we define…
The Day They Killed Us! A Survivor’s Tale of Persecution
“None ever sent believers to kill the Tutsi during the Genocide in the name of the church. Churches preached tolerance and love of the neighbor, not hatred,” is always an…
Do Not Disturb, Less About the RPF, More About Rewriting History
A shorter version of this article was published in the African report Between the Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF) and its mostly Western detractors, we should have no hesitation in believing…
Meet the Youth Who Volunteer to Stand Between Us and COVID-19
“I volunteer from the heart. Being indefatigable (Inkotanyi) runs in my blood. I shall work for my country for as long as I have the energy, until the youth after…
Rwanda’s Story of Tracking Genocide Suspects By a Man Who Witnessed A Humble Beginning
An eye witness narrates that in the wake of the 1994 Genocide committed against Tutsi – 27 years ago, even hills were informed that something awful had befallen the country…
In The Minds of Genocide Deniers
Genocide deniers intend to re-write history in order to demonize victims and rehabilitate the perpetrators. In their effort to rehabilitate perpetrators deny that the Genocide actually happened, question and…
Rusesabagina Arrest And Trial, Scant Truth In Media Coverage
A minister of justice who combines ministerial responsibilities with those of Attorney-General, is interviewed on a current affairs programme about what has become a high profile case. Interviewees rarely…
Life In Inyarurembo ‘Village’, Rwanda’s Commercial Hub
Kigali keeps growing, semi retailers from across the country continue to flock into the capital city to shop for their home towns according to demand in new fashions, equipment, industrial…
The Battle Of Adwa, African Victory In The Age Of Empire
The 1st of March is in many ways Independence Day for Ethiopia. It is the only occasion European colonial forces were decisively defeated by an African army, leaving Ethiopia, the…
Row Over Staff Savings Scheme Rocks UNILAK
As schools were reopening in Kigali, February 23, the University Of Lay Adventists Of Kigali (UNILAK) convened a meeting where staff gathered at their respective campuses of Nyanza, Rwamagana, and…
Happy Valentine’s Day. Or Is It Lupercalia For You?
From saccharine-sweet sentimentality to life long lovers renewing their commitment to each other, all triggered by a date on a calendar, and named after an event that may never…
