Special Reports
Self Styled Human Rights Activist, Convicted Thief, Will The Real Mugenzi Stand Up?
Like that of Paul Rusesabagina, the conviction of Rene Mugenzi for the theft of Church funds, may begin a tortuously slow end of a pantomime, fuelled by a perverse need…
Rwanda 74 Years Later: The Story of a Country Dedicated to Christ the King
It was a good Sunday of October 27 during a celebration King Mutara III Rudahigwa had been looking forward to. During the Mass service at Nyanza Roman Catholic Church – Southern…
Black Holes, Dynamite And Poetry. The Wonder Of The Nobel Prize
What, in no particular order, do Louise Gluck, Jennifer Doudna, Emmanuelle Charpentier, the World Food Programme, and dynamite have in common? If you said food, it is an argument you…
Top 15 Fugitives That Were Sent to Rwanda to Face the Law
The impending trial of terror suspect Paul Rusesabagina, who is facing 13 terrorism-related charges has elicited a lot of debate, with sections of western media and rights groups claiming…
WEEKEND READ: The 1st of October -A Mirror For A Nation Renewed, A People Reunited
Every 1st October Rwandans all but fall in love once again, with the Rwanda Patriotic Front/Inkotanyi (RPF/Inkotanyi). Deeply, heartfelt gratitude for the sacrifice of the then liberation movement…
Know Your Cat Family: A Leopard Is Mourned, But A Serval Cat Died
It caught the imagination of many, a family trapped indoors, staying clear of an uninvited visitor, believed to have been a Leopard. But not all spotted cats are Leopards. It…
God Slows The Setting of The Sun For Garima and Time Travel To 2013
It cast a deadly pall on the Chinese ‘Chunjie’ or Lunar New Year, to say the least, and nine months later, Ethiopians had to project their voices through face masks…
Paul Rusesabagina At Home and Face To Face With His True Self
There is a yawning chasm between the oft repeated assertions about Rwanda, and the country as it really is. Few events could have been better designed to expose this distance…
Genocide Denial for 21st Century: Kambanda’s Attempts to Rewrite History
Should a man serving a life sentence for inciting and leading the mass murder of over a million men, women and children be allowed to publish a book in which…
Left To Deliver, Murdered in Cold Blood: The Story of One of Genocide Victims In Kivugiza Mass Graves
During the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi, Kampogo Beltilde, a genocide survivor and resident of Kivugiza, Nyamirambo sector in Kigali was living in Gisenyi, current Rubavu district where her husband was…
Covid-19, Rwandans Have Learnt to Forego ‘Hobe’, Can They Learn To Queue?
Last Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting, took the decision to tighten the measures against SARS-COV-2, following the initial relaxation, which included ending lockdown. The need to increase strictness…
Rwanda in 2050: 70% of Rwandans Will Be Living in Urban Centres
“Quality of Life” is the first item among the five pillars of Rwanda’s vision 2050 which started this year to usher the country to a middle income economy status…
