Exclusive

Rwanda on Thursday received 403 citizens who returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), entering through the La Corniche One Stop Border Post in Rubavu District.
The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) has reported an increase in the production of key food crops during the 2026 A agricultural season, with bananas, potatoes, and sweet potatoes all posting gains compared to the same season in 2025.
President Paul Kagame is set to attend the inauguration ceremony of President Denis Sassou Nguesso in Brazzaville, following his re-election in the Republic of Congo.
Arikiyepiskopi wa Kigali, Antoine Cardinal Kambanda, who is also the President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops in Rwanda, has travelled to Cameroon to join local faithful in welcoming Pope Leo XIV on his pastoral visit to Africa.
On April 15, 1994, some of the most brutal and coordinated massacres of the Genocide against the Tutsi unfolded across the country, with thousands of victims killed in places they had sought refuge, including churches, schools, and administrative centres.
Jean Damascène Bizimana is a historian, legal scholar, and public servant whose career spans academia, research, and national leadership, where he currently serves as Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement.
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana, has highlighted that several Rwandan politicians had already warned against ethnic-based governance under former President Juvénal Habyarimana, cautioning that Rwanda would not accept leadership founded on division.
Residents, local leaders, and genocide survivors on Monday gathered in Kansi Sector of Gisagara District to commemorate victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, with particular focus on those killed and dumped in the Cyamwakizi pond.
Senior government officials, political party representatives, diplomats and families of politicians killed during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi on April 13, 2026, gathered at the Rebero Genocide Memorial to conclude the Genocide commemoration week.
Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Dr Jean Damascène Bizimana, has said that Rwanda’s national unity cannot be effectively built without first understanding the historical roots of its destruction and those who played a role in it.