Rwanda

Rwanda has put a curfew on all “non-essential services” in order to combat “noise pollution,” a move that has enraged nightclub owners, who claim it would harm their company. “For effective regulation of night-time entertainment and...

Fans and fellow musicians paid tribute to Yvan Buravan, a prominent R&B singer from Rwanda who passed away at the age of 27 from pancreatic cancer. They praised his talent and “genuinely positive vibe.” Buravan passed...

French President Emmanuel Macron has asked Rwandans to forgive France for its role in the 1994 Rwandan genocide in which about 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and moderate Hutus died, reports BSS. Speaking at the genocide memorial in...

Gratitude to Rwanda’s vision and progressive-thinking laws and regulations, the country converted into one of the early adopters of the Bonn Challenge to make this world greener again. Bonn Challenge is a global effort to bring...

Rwanda began a week of solemn ceremonies on Sunday to commemorate the lives of 800,000 Tutsi and moderate Hutus murdered during the Rwandan genocide, a three-month-killing spree that began 25 years ago, reports Reuters. President Paul...

Rwandan director Joel Karekezi’s “The Mercy of the Jungle” on Saturday scooped best film at Africa’s top film festival, following a fierce debate about gender equality and sexual aggression in the continent’s movie industry. The film...

Rwandan Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente has called for continued investment in family planning at the opening of the International Conference on Family Planning (ICFP) convening in Rwanda from 12-15 November. During his keynote address, the Right...

Voting has begun in Rwanda’s parliamentary elections, which are expected to cement the ruling Rwanda Patriotic Front’s (RPF) absolute majority. The voting, which started on Sunday, will take place over the next three days at 2,500...

News Hour: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) are launching smallholder farmer financing programs with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to improve food security among vulnerable...

News Hour: Rwandan university students on Sunday joined a Chinese proficiency competition for foreign college students in the capital city of Kigali. The competition, hosted by the Confucius Institute Headquarters in China, is the Rwanda regional...