2015: A Year With Rwanda’s First Lady
It is July 3, 2015 on a sunny Friday and villagers of Nyanza district are eagerly waiting for First Lady Jeannette Kagame. Women are dressed in colourful traditional outfits (imishanana). Excitement...
Waiter Dreams of Business after Hitting Jack pot
A Kimisagara waiter has become the latest winner of the Airtel Rwanda’s Nikirengaa promotion.
Francois Mugiraneza, a waiter in Kimisagara a suburban area of city of Kigali was announced the lucky winner...
The World Bank in a Drive to improve Rwanda’s hillside farming productivity
The World Bank’s Board of Executive Directors on Thursday penned a document earmarking funds to scale up Rwanda’s sustainable farming practices and irrigation infrastructure for the hillside agriculture – a move...
Donald Kaberuka condemns violence against women
The President of the African Development Bank, Donald Kaberuka, has said that violence against women is an issue that concerns everyone and not women alone.
Kaberuka made the remarks in his statement...
Why Telephone Calls are Grave Mistakes When Driving
It has been noted in recent days that car drivers, riders of motorcycles have a deadly speed when on transit, a habit which contributes to most road accidents in Kigali and...
A FRIEND IN NEED: A Traditional Healer Sula Karuhimbi Saved Lives
A few kilometres from Gitarama town in Central Rwanda lives 87 year-old Sula Karuhimbi, or Mama Domitila , a local healer .
During the 1994 genocide, b y force of personality and...
A Friend in Need : A Mason Freduald Karuhije Saved Lives
Ntongwe district in Gitarama is a quiet rural area where people farm the land and graze their cattle. But in April 1994, it was a dangerous and hostile place for Tutsis...
A FRIEND IN NEED: The Importance of Remembering Our Heroes
The stories of those who saved others during the genocide are profiled in a book called Tribute to Courage, published by African Rights. But the book highlights only seventeen cases. Why...
From Warriors to Peace Makers: The Women of ‘NDABAGA’
During the civil war in Rwanda in 1994, military units on both sides of the conflict included women among their ranks. The number of women in combat was 339. They had...
My Heart is My Prison
Therese Mukarwego is a friendly, jolly woman who enjoys a good laugh. But life hasn't been kind. Her husband and three children were killed during the genocide. Therese' neighbour Andrea Uwimana...
