April 04, 2022
Africa: 28 Years Later, the African Union Remembers Rwanda
April 7 marks the start of Kwibuka, the commemoration period of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a cataclysmic event which saw one million killed in barely 100 days. Read more »
November 18, 2021
Africa: Let's Use the Covid-19 Wakeup Call to Help Women Rise From the Nightmare of Cervical Cancer
Four African First Ladies and Tedros of WHO issue urgent appeal for health equity Read more »
August 19, 2021
Mozambique: How Rwandan Troops Notched Up Early Successes in Cabo Delgado - Report
Rwandan troops have notched up "remarkable" early successes against insurgents in the Cabo Delgado region of northern Mozambique, reports a civil society observer group. The group… Read more »
March 26, 2021
Rwanda: Call to Action from the Advocacy Network on Africa
Following is a statement from the Advocacy Network on Africa (AdNA) Rwanda Working Group Read more »
April 06, 2021
Africa: Drawing The Line On Malaria
A recent survey conducted by the RBM Partnership to End Malaria and Gallup International shows that African youth are determined to end malaria. Conducted across six countries -… Read more »
March 08, 2021
Africa: African Nation Still Leads the World With Woman MPs
Rwanda still leads the world with the number of women in a lower chamber of parliament, says the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU). Sixty-one percent of members of the country's… Read more »
March 04, 2021
Africa: Key Actors Commit to Smart Nutrition, Ensuring Faster Progress to Ending Malnutrition
In the world, 1 in 9 people are hungry or undernourished, and 1 in 3 adults are overweight or obese. Progress towards nutrition target is too slow, progress in Eastern and Southern… Read more »
January 22, 2021
Rwanda: Govt Continues to Target Critics, Flout Human Rights - Report
An excerpt on Rwanda from the annual Human Rights Watch publication, World Report 2021: Read more »
November 14, 2020
Rwanda: Small Batches of Rwandan Coffee Pack Big Punch in World Market
They may be from the smallest country in eastern Africa, but coffee farmers in Rwanda can still compete in the international market with giant coffee exporters like Colombia,… Read more »
September 08, 2020
Rwanda: Yes, America, This Govt Takes Positive Covid-19 Tests Seriously!
"I tested positive and literally the fucking government showed up at my place, and came and dragged me away from everybody I was with, and I don't speak the language, and they… Read more »
July 14, 2020
Africa: Greatest Global Challenge is Cooperation - Not COVID-19
Pandemics come and go. The tragic effect of plague in the Middle Ages reminds us that Covid-19 wasn't the first, and it is clear that it won't be the last. Read more »
June 11, 2020
Africa: From Shame to Pride - Repositioning Agriculture for Africa's Youth
The COVID-19 pandemic has set off the first recession in Sub-Saharan Africa in 25 years; the economy is predicted to contract by between -2.1 and -5.1 percent in 2020—with a… Read more »
March 26, 2020
Rwanda: Police Reportedly Shot Dead 2 For 'Defying COVID-19 Lockdown Orders'
Police shot and killed two people for defying lockdown orders imposed by the government to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, according to Bloomberg. Read more »
February 17, 2020
Rwanda: Singer Kizito Mihigo Dead - Report
Kizito Mihigo has allegedly died by suicide, according to a tweet from Rwanda Times. Read more »
February 11, 2020
Africa: From London to Kigali - We Must Embrace Change to Beat NTDs
True watershed moments are rare. Personally and professionally, our lives changed when we became Minister of Health for Rwanda and Director of Neglected Tropical Diseases for the… Read more »
August 30, 2019
Rwanda: Bringing Peace and Healing to Rwandans Through Community-Based Sociotheraphy
AllAfrica speaks to a senior researcher for Community Based Sociotherapy in Rwanda and a lecturer at the University of Rwanda, Dr Chantal Ingabire. Ingabire has done extensive and… Read more »
September 19, 2019
Africa: Rwanda's Lessons on Universal Health Coverage
Rwanda, the land of a thousand hills, is clean, orderly and blessed with great weather. It also has achieved universal health coverage. During a recent visit there as part of my… Read more »
August 29, 2019
Rwanda: Gospel Singer Comes Out of the Closet
Singer Albert Nabonibo has caused a stir on social media after revealing that he is gay. Read more »
August 23, 2019
East Africa: Two Days After Burying Hatchet, Rwanda and Uganda at it Again
The soured diplomatic relations between Uganda and Rwanda have now sucked in media houses - with each country blocking what they regard as the other government's mouthpiece media… Read more »
August 09, 2019
Rwanda: Giancarlo Esposito Would be 'Amazing' as Rwandan Version of X-Men Villain - Screenwriter
Could Breaking Bad star Giancarlo Esposito portray a reimagined, Rwandan version of infamous X-Men villain Magneto in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU)? Screenwriter Zack Stentz… Read more »
July 23, 2019
Rwanda: Diane Shima Rwigara Accuses Kagame of Condoning Political Murders
Former presidential candidate Diane Shima Rwigara has penned an emotional open letter to President Paul Kagame accusing him of condoning political murders. Read more »
July 02, 2019
Rwanda: 25 Years After Liberation, Kagame Speaks on Leadership, Foreign Aid and African Unity
This year, Rwanda celebrates the 57th golden jubilee of independence and the 25th anniversary of liberation. Held under the theme "Together We Prosper," this year's celebration is… Read more »
June 25, 2019
Rwanda: EU Human Rights Report is 'Ridiculous', 'Rubbish' - Kagame
Rwandan President Paul Kagame has described criticism of his country's human rights record as "rubbish" and "ridiculous" in an interview with France24's Catherine Nicholson on the… Read more »
June 20, 2019
Africa: MyHydro Energy Venture Launched As Trump Initiative for Africa is Unveiled
This week, at the biennial U.S.-Africa Business Summit organized by the Corporate Council on Africa in Maputo, a number of African Heads of State as well as other senior government… Read more »
March 02, 2019
Rwanda: Symbion Sells Stake in Rift Valley Power Projects
Extraction of methane gas could reduce deadly danger to lakeside populations as well as fuel development. Read more »