Hailing From a Community that Wiped-out Akagera Lions, Mutangana is Now Conservation Boss
Akagera National park is said to have harbored about 300 lions, but there were no lions left a few years after the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. It’s only…
At 53, First Tour du Rwanda Female Champion Still Harbors Cycling Dreams
When Gender discrimination was at its highest, a young woman Marie Jeanne Mukankwaya 53 now defied the odds to become the first female to compete with men in the cycling…
Churches Sabotaging Family Planning Efforts – Senate
Rwanda has presented plan to revisit agreements with churches in family planning support following senate report which pointed a finger to the churches as sabotaging existing policies. A senate report…
Court To Decide on Case Involving Woman Who has Been in Coma For a Year
The Kacyiru primary court in Gasabo district will on November 28 rule on a case involving a Kibagabaga hospital doctor who is alleged to have mishandled a birth case which…
Kwa Rwahama: Famously Known as a Bus Stop, Meet The Man Behind The Name
There are fifteen bus stops between Kigali downtown bus park and Kimironko, one of the busiest suburbs of the city, but all of them are just stages until you are…
First Lady Dismisses the ‘More Children, More Wealth’ Mentality
Rwanda’s First Lady, Jeannette Kagame has told participants at the International Conference on Family Planning that it is high time for all societies to overcome the old mentality…
Beyond Hospital, You are the Doctor of Incurable Diseases
Dr Christian Ntirizima, a specialist in palliative care has been working with patients of incurable diseases for the last 10 years, but a case he experienced in 2014 has…
Charity at Hospital: Meet Rwanda’s Unsung Philanthropists
In 2006, Felix Nshimyumuremyi went to Kigali University Teaching Hospital (CHUK) to visit a relative who was involved in an accident, but when he arrived he found out that the…
La Gardienne Samosas: The Snack Keeping Kigali Families Together
In the immediate aftermath of the 1994 genocide against Tutsis in Rwanda, Florence Kayihura opened a small shop selling a range of items in Kiyovu – an upscale suburb of Kigali…
Mock Exams: It’s All about Putting Students in Mood
National exams countdown: 11 days are left before Primary six students show what they do best at the Primary Leaving Examinations (PLE). The Ordinary Level (O level) and the A…
American Author Raises $400,000 to Build ‘Gisimba House’ in Rwanda, Uganda
Brandon Stanton – an American author, photographer, and blogger who tours the world to tell stories of particular communities has already raised about $ 400,000 in three days in a fundraising…
Rwandans Win Top Prize for Debate Against Genocide
A Rwandan Debate Team has won the Rollins Cup at the conclusion of a debate against the Rollins College Debate Team. The Rollins Cup is a prestigious trophy awarded to…
