Kigali, Rwanda – After nearly four decades without a comprehensive overhaul, Rwanda’s Parliament recently approved a new road traffic law that promises a decisive shift in how road safety is enforced and how driver behaviour is regulated. Officially, the law is framed as a life-saving intervention, designed to curb reckless driving, reduce fatalities, and modernize […]
When policing the world is a privilege reserved for one flag
Kigali, Rwanda – The recently reported capture of Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces has been celebrated in some Western capitals as decisive leadership and denounced elsewhere as a naked assault on international law. The applause is loud, the outrage selective, and the logic dangerously elastic where once again, Washington has discovered an old […]
Remembering Ingabire Marie Immaculée, Rwanda’s unwavering anti-corruption champion
Rwandans woke up to sad news of the passing Ingabire Marie Immaculée, a name synonymous with integrity, courage, and an unyielding commitment to justice. Ingabire Marie Immaculée, Chairperson of Transparency International Rwanda, has left an irreplaceable void in the ongoing fight against corruption and for good governance. Her departure is not just a loss for […]
The 2025 UCI World Championship arrives in Africa
When the peloton rolls through Kigali this Sunday, on September 21, 2025, and throughout September 28, 2025, to be precise, the wheels of history will turn not only for cycling but for Africa as a whole. For the first time since its founding in the 1920s, the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Road World Championships will […]
How Rwanda steps into the future of mobility
When President Paul Kagame stood at the Kigali Convention Centre – the venue for the Aviation Summit last week, all eyes were fixed on a sleek, futuristic machine that rose silently into the skies above Rwanda’s capital. It was Africa’s first-ever self-flying air car—a symbol of human ingenuity and a bold reminder that the future […]
Rwanda Revenue Authority unveils new tax reforms
Kigali, Rwanda – If you run a business in Rwanda, chances are you have had at least one frustrating encounter with tax paperwork, long queues, or confusion over new rules. You are not alone. For years, many taxpayers—both large and small—have raised concerns about how complicated the system can be. Well, the Rwanda Revenue Authority […]
President Kagame meets Arsenal legend Mathieu Flamini
Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame has received Mathieu Flamini, the former Arsenal midfielder and co-founder of GFBiochemicals, who visited Rwanda to take part in the 20th edition of the Kwita Izina Gorilla Naming Ceremony. Flamini, best known for his football career with Arsenal, AC Milan, and the French national team, has in recent years established himself […]
In Kinigi, the spirit of nature breathes: Rwanda’s 20th Kwita Izina welcomes 40 Gorilla infants
The dawn mist lifted gently off the volcanoes in Rwanda’s Musanze district in Northern province, as though the mountains themselves were exhaling. Karisimbi’s snow-dusted shoulders shimmered, Bisoke stood tall, and Sabyinyo stretched into the sky, their outlines softened by the silver light of morning. Along the winding roads toward Kinigi, schoolchildren in neatly pressed sweaters […]
How Habyarimana turned violence into political strategy and the ruin it brought Rwanda
Looking back at Rwanda’s turbulent early 1990s, one cannot escape the grim reality that violence was not merely a symptom of political crisis, but a deliberate tool of governance under President Juvénal Habyarimana. What unfolded in those years was not the accidental chaos of a fragile state, but the calculated weaponization of fear to maintain […]
The beauty and burden of a mortgage loan
Buying or building a house is one of the biggest dreams for many families. For most people, however, turning that dream into reality requires more money than they can save at once. This is where a mortgage loan comes in, a convenient financial tool that can open the doors of homeownership but also requires careful […]