On 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. …
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President Paul Kagame on Thursday delivered one of his most direct and philosophical analyses of Africa’s political instability—addressing the surge of coups, the rise of Gen-Z protest movements, and the …
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A secret program between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Rwandan militia group FDLR has seen the rebel group’s elite forces sent to Kinshasa to …
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In Rwanda, Safe and Happy: Wife of Killed FDLR Commander Col. Ruhinda Reappears After “Missing” for Months
After nearly a year of speculation and social media uproar over her supposed abduction in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Claudine Mukamana, the widow of slain FDLR commander Colonel Protogène …
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When Agathe Habyarimana Sought Life Insurance Payment From SONARWA For Husband’s Death
President Juvénal Habyarimana, who ruled Rwanda until early 1994, died when his plane was shot down as it approached Kanombe Airport on the night of April 6, 1994. He …
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KIGALI — Rwanda’s National Counter Terrorism Committee (NCTC) has officially published the country’s Domestic List of Terrorists and Terrorism Financiers, naming twenty-five individuals accused of involvement in acts of terrorism …