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The New Times is a national English language newspaper in Rwanda. It was established in 1995 shortly after the Rwandan genocide. They also used to have a Kinyarwanda-language weekly called Izuba Rirashe. The New Times is published in Kigali from Monday to Saturday, with its sister paper the Sunday Times, appearing on Sundays.
The New Times is the largest English-language and the oldest in Rwanda. It also owns a newspaper joint in the local language Kinyarwanda, called Izuba Rirashe. The newspaper has been criticized for being "too servile" to the ruling party of Rwanda, and being "excessively optimistic".
Paul Rusesabagina. Paul Rusesabagina ( Kinyarwanda: [ɾusesɑβaɟinɑ]; [3] [4] born 15 June 1954) is a Rwandan human rights activist. He worked as the manager of the Hôtel des Mille Collines in Kigali, during a period in which it housed 1,268 Hutu and Tutsi refugees fleeing the Interahamwe militia during the Rwandan genocide. [5]
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwanda is preparing to mark the 30th anniversary of the East African nation's most horrific period in history — the genocide against its minority Tutsi. To this day, new ...
April 7, 2024 at 5:40 AM. By Philbert Girinema. KIGALI (Reuters) - Rwanda's president on Sunday led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people ...
The culture of Rwanda is varied. Unlike many other countries in Africa, Rwanda has been a unified state since precolonial times, populated by the Banyarwanda people who share a single language and cultural heritage. [1] Eleven regular national holidays are observed throughout the year, with others occasionally inserted by the government.
Several Rwandan and Congolese civilians wounded. In 2022, heavy tensions broke out between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda, which have led to several alleged attacks by Congolese and Rwandan forces on each other's territory. Rwandan forces have been caught crossing into the DRC multiple times, usually fighting alongside ...
Fred Gisa Rwigema (also sometimes spelled Rwigyema; born Emmanuel Gisa; 10 April 1957 – 2 October 1990) was a Rwandan politician and military officer.He was the founder of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a political and military force formed by Rwandan Tutsi exile descendants of those forced to leave the country after the 1959 Hutu Revolution.