CAPTION: Players vie for the ball with Ethiopians during the first leg of the second qualifying round at Kigali Pelé Stadium on Wednesday evening. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza By Peter KamasaThursday, October 08, 2026 Rwanda’s national women’s football team face an uphill battle to reach the 2028 Olympic Games after suffering a narrow 1-0 defeat […]
CAPTION: Some of the caputed members of the FDLR being paraded recently. (File Photo). By Our reporterNEW YORK – Rwanda has demanded accountability over the failure of Kinshasa to fulfil its commitments under the Washington Accords, particularly the neutralisation of the FDLR and the end of cooperation between the militia and Congolese forces.The FDLR is a militia formed […]
CAPTION: Journalists cover African Heads of State and business owners who attended the groundbreaking of the $16 billion Dangote East Africa Oil Refinery in Lamu, Kenya, Wednesday, September 30th, 2026. (Courtesy Photo). By Agency LAMU – East African leaders have joined Africa’s richest billionaire, Aliko Dangote for the groundbreaking of the $16 billion Dangote […]
By Our reporterMOMBASA – The first bulk fuel cargo under a Rwanda Oman government to government deal is set to arrive at Mombasa’s Kipevu Oil Terminal 2, opening a new supply route for the landlocked countryRwanda’s first bulk fuel cargo under a government-to-government (G-to-G) supply deal with the Sultanate of Oman is due at the […]
CAPTION: Belgium’s Maxime (L) with his Rwandan counterpart, Nduhungirehe in New York on Tuesday By AgencyNEW YORK – Belgium and Rwanda have agreed to restore diplomatic relations, 18 months after a dispute over the war in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo led them to expel each other’s diplomats and close their embassies.In a joint statement dated […]
By Phabian MoukNAIROBI – Disclosed private investment deals in East Africa rose 10 percent to 66 in the seven months to July 2026, from 60 a year earlier. Kenya accounted for 43 of them. Uganda had 12.The count comes from I&M Burbidge Capital’s East Africa Financial Review for July 2026, as reported by the […]
By Sam NkurunzizaKIGALI – Rwanda has taken a bigger position in the supply chain of one of the world’s most strategically sensitive minerals, with the government acquiring a 25% stake in a new tungsten venture with US-listed Almonty Industries.Under the agreement signed on September 14, Rwanda will contribute the Shyorongi tungsten exploration concession in Rulindo […]
KINIGI, Rwanda — The mist had settled over the mountains when the names began. One by one, 22 baby mountain gorillas born over the past year were given names Friday at Rwanda’s annual celebration of one of the world’s most remarkable conservation recoveries. They were named Ishakwe, Umukondo, Shikama, Inkera, Rugamba, Umucyo, Ngabonzima, Ndongozi, Ndahiro, Ngoga, […]
By Our reporterKAMPALA – General Muhoozi Kainerugaba challenged Rwanda’s government spokesperson after Kigali publicly condemned his use of ethnic references during a public feud with businessman Odrek Rwabwogo.Uganda’s Chief of Defence Forces, General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, directly challenged the Rwandan government after Kigali publicly condemned his online remarks on ethnicity. Writing on X, Gen Muhoozi asked whether […]