Rwanda advances cancer control with focus on cervical cancer and health workforce development

Rwanda has taken important steps to tackle preventable cancers nation-wide, a recent international assessment has found. This includes measures to improve cancer services, develop key governance documents and train oncology professionals. However,... Read more »

Rwandan female Peacekeepers and local women in CAR celebrate the International Women’s Day

On 8th March 2025, female Peacekeepers from the Rwandan Battalion (RWABG VII) serving under MINUSCA with local women in Bria Town, Haute-Koto prefecture, CAR, celebrated the International Women’s Day. The event strengthened... Read more »

DR Congo crisis leaves mothers with newborns fleeing to Burundi 

The aid response in Burundi to the crisis in neighbouring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) “is literally buckling”, the UN refugee agency, UNHCR, warned on Friday, as it relayed dramatic testimonies... Read more »

Dallas in USA arrested the former organizer of Miss Rwanda competition 

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrested Dieudonné Ishimwe, alias Prince Kid (photo) 38, a Rwandan foreign fugitive wanted for rape, in Fort Worth, in Dallas, on March 3, 2025. Ishimwe was served... Read more »

Rwandan peacekeepers under MINUSCA conduct community work in Bangui city

Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) joined local leaders and residents along with the Minister of Planning, Economy, and International Cooperation,... Read more »

BasiGo to deliver 28 electric buses to Rwanda

African electric bus provider BasiGo has announced plans to begin delivering 28 new electric buses in Kigali, Rwanda next month. The company will also install the corresponding infrastructure to charge 25 buses... Read more »

Les efforts d’aide se heurtent à un afflux record de réfugiés congolais au Burundi

Des réfugiés fuyant la RDC arrivent dans un centre d’accueil au Burundi © UNHCR/Charity Nzomo Alors que le conflit dans l’est de la République démocratique du Congo (RDC) se poursuit, des milliers... Read more »

Conflit en RDC: la diaspora rwandaise appelle les dirigeants belges à un sursaut de lucidité

La Diaspora rwandaise de Belgique a adressé une lettre ouverte aux responsables politiques belges concernant une lecture biaisée du conflit dans l’Est de la RDC dont voici le contenu.  Lettre ouverte de... Read more »

Central African Republic enrols 438 new soldiers trained by RDF

The Central African Republic Armed Forces (FACA) has graduated 438 new soldiers, including 38 women, after successfully completing six months of rigorous military training. The training was conducted by the Rwanda Defence... Read more »

Meet Consolée, a young refugee woman pursuing her dream in mechanics and advocating for more support for refugee education

 Consolée, a Congolese refugee in Nyabiheke refugee camp. © UNHCR/Eric Didier Karinganire By Eric Didier Karinganire After completing secondary school last year, Consolée, 21, has been helping her parents with housework in... Read more »