Thank you for reading this, especially today of all days, as we mark ‘International Thank You Day.’ Yes, now you know, there is such a day. You may say it,…
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An end, a beginning, and continuity, it was all there in the city of Kigali’s Mayoral press conference, to the end the year, and begin the new. It was on…
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It is that time of year again, the Christmas period, old customs are reprised, new ones begun. At Urugwiro Village, Rwanda’s state house, an annual invasion of the little…
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More used to welcoming besuited dignitaries, to debate and discuss matters of global import, last Friday, the Kigali Convention Centre (KCC), felt more like a music festival, if a particularly…
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The terms, milestone, game changer, are so often overused, they at times lose their meaning. So too can the words partnership, cooperation. In describing the launch of the BioNTech SE’s…
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Perhaps the most fitting compliment to give to Friday’s Saddleback Church, Rwanda Prayer breakfast, led by the Church’s founder Rich Warren, and his designated successor, Andy Wood, is that even…
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Special Reports
“The Horror, The Horror” Life Imitates Art, As DRC Reenacts Conrad’s Heart of Darkness
It is one of the most disturbing images on the internet, like something out of an especially horror film, except that it is very much real. If anything encapsulates the…
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It is a case of out with the new and in with the much older, in the Liberian Presidential election, as 78 year old Joseph Boakai, polls better in the…
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The Rwanda Governance Scorecard (RGS), 2023 is out for its 10th outing. The scorecard is arguably as good a metric for the state of the nation’s governance, as any the…
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National
Rwanda’s Elections Will Be Free And Fair, But Will They Be Free From Self-Appointed Saviours?
And so, it begins. With the announcement of incumbent President Kagame’s candidature for next year’s Presidential elections, the flood gates were flung open for the torrent of opinion from the…
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Special Reports
“Joyless Rwanda”? Depends On Which Rwanda You Visit, The Real One, Or The One With Which You Arrive
A beautiful, clean, joyless country, haunted by the “ghosts of genocide”, the verdict of travel writer Bridget Hilton-Barber, and her travelling companion, Hugh Fraser, who we assume may or may…
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National
“Ten Years Of Enduring Friendship”, Chinese Embassy Marks A Decade Of Partnership With Imbuto Foundation
It is ten years, since the Embassy of the Republic of China in Rwanda, put their broad shoulders to the wheel of Imbuto Foundation’s “Edified Generation” project, the two partners…