Nothing demonstrates the yawning gulf between outsiders’ depiction of Rwanda, and the reality of the country, more than the annual Umushyikirano, or the National Dialogue Council. After a three year…
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The Roman emperor Nero, apocryphally fiddled while Rome literally burned. That, were it true, would be as nothing, compared to Democratic Republic of Congo President, Felix Tshisekedi, who albeit figuratively,…
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EconomyNational
Heat Remains Intense But Fiscal Monetary Policies Hold Parasol Over Rwanda’s Economy
It is just five days ago, give or take, since the Rwanda Central Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), released its latest quarterly statement, after its meeting convened on 14th February…
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Special Reports
“Travesty of HRW On Rwanda” Continues, As Driver Pleads Guilty to Involuntary Manslaughter of Journalist
The verdict in the fatal accident during which journalist John Ntwali died, will almost certainly understandably, disappoint his friends and family, but they are likely to accept that it is…
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In the digital age, where being accurate is all too often relegated to a distant second, to begin with this story, it can be difficult for public authorities to be…
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Special Reports
Might Rwanda Detractors Finally Allow Journalist’s Friends And Family Peace To Grieve
A week after his death in a road accident, journalist John William Ntwali’s family, friends and colleagues, can now have the privacy to grieve for him. Everything had had to…
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A young father of one, tragically dies in a road accident, sadly a common occurrence that is rarely the news it might be. Except that is, when it is in…
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From your doctor, the judge in a court of law, to even philosophers, the process is always the same. If you want to solve a problem, you first look at…
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A head of state makes a speech, it is a statement of some import, for the peace and stability of a region. No sooner has he closed the folder with…
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Like him or not, no one can ever accuse President Kagame, of lack of clarity. He was at his most forthright, in his New Year’s address to the nation, or…
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Former Pope Benedict XVI, who has died at the age of 95, was a complex figure, and the fact that one can accurately, say, “former Pope”, is perhaps indicative of…
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Occasionally, mortals in ancient Greece, would be granted apotheosis, the process of being deified, joining the pantheon of the gods. It is almost certain, that had he lived in ancient…