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Youth unemployment, widening economic inequalities should keep Kagame awake
Gahigi Moses  |  Jul 28, 2024

In the new term, his government will have to prioritise the creation of meaningful jobs for the bulging youth population and implement economic polici...

Ruto congratulates Kagame after landslide win in Rwanda's presidential poll
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Jul 17, 2024

President Ruto affirmed that he was looking forward to continue strengthening the bilateral ties between Kenya and Rwanda.

Provisional results show Rwanda's Kagame winning election with 7m votes
Amina Wako  |  Jul 15, 2024

Kagame won the election with 7,099,810 votes which translates to 99 per cent of total votes cast. 

President Kagame optimistic about Rwanda’s future leadership
Amina Wako  |  Jul 14, 2024

Kagame conveyed his thoughts on Rwanda’s future leadership and dismissed the notion of grooming his own successor.

Kagame faces familiar rivals as Rwanda gears up for presidential election
Amina Wako  |  Jul 13, 2024

His rivals include Frank Habineza of the opposition's Democratic Green Party of Rwanda (DGPR) and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana, the same c...

EAC appoints former CJ Maraga to lead election observation mission in Rwanda
Amina Wako  |  Jul 13, 2024

The mission, consisting of observers from EAC partner states, will be in Rwanda for the better part of this week and next week. 

Kagame expected to cruise to fourth term in Rwanda election
Reuters  |  Jul 11, 2024

Kagame, 66, helped lead the rebel movement that ended the 1994 genocide in Rwanda and has served as president since 2000.

Democracy is all about political and historical contexts, not standards
Bojana Coulibaly  |  Jul 05, 2024

The dubious profiling of Rwanda has been a common feature of Western reporting on Africa for the past 60 years.

Rwanda kicks off campaigns ahead of July general elections
Amina Wako  |  Jun 22, 2024

The campaigns will run until July 13, just one day before Rwandans in the diaspora vote for the head of state and 53 members of parliament. Rwandans i...

Regional journalists speak out after foreign colleagues criticise Kagame's leadership of Rwanda
Amina Wako  |  Jun 01, 2024

Operating under the project title "Rwanda Classified," these journalists, predominantly from European media outlets, have begun publishing a series of...

Kagame presents re-election bid as Rwanda prepares for July election
Bashir Mohammed  |  May 18, 2024

The ruling Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF-Inkotanyi) nominated Kagame, 66, as its candidate during its congress in March, paving the way for his re-elec...

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