Elias Hakizimana

Camille Ndikumana

Rwanda has officially launched a national competition for Igisoro, a traditional strategy board game, in a bid to preserve and promote cultural heritage among secondary and vocational school students.
Rwanda’s birth registration rate increased to 92.9% in 2025, up by 2.6 percentage points from the previous year, with a total of 356,838 births officially recorded in the civil registration system, according to the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR).
The Minister in charge of Emergency Management, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Albert Murasira, has visited Gisuma hill in Nyabihu District to assess escalating soil erosion that has already destroyed more than eight hectares of land and damaged infrastructure.
Retired General Fred Ibingira has said Rwanda is fortunate to have President Paul Kagame as Head of State, praising his leadership during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and in guiding the country’s post-genocide recovery.
Rwanda’s Chief of Defence Staff, Mubarakh Muganga, on Thursday led the graduation ceremony of 74 senior officers from the Rwanda Defence Force (RDF), Rwanda National Police (RNP), and the Rwanda Correctional Service (RCS), who completed an intensive 22-week advanced leadership programme.
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau (RIB) has arrested Hategekimana Silas, the Executive Secretary of Mageragere Sector in Nyarugenge District, on allegations of bribery and breach of professional secrecy linked to illegal mining activities.
Jeannette Kagame has urged Rwandans to take an active role in upholding and protecting the truth, warning that silence risks allowing it to be distorted by those spreading misinformation.
Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) joined counterparts from Bangladesh, China, Ethiopia, and Nepal in a military ceremony marking the official handover of command at the mission headquarters in Juba.
The initiative, led by the Association of Genocide Survivors in Mayaga (AGSF), aims to strengthen historical documentation and provide a learning space for future generations through preserved testimonies and evidence.