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16 Sep 2020 5 minute read

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‘Young people in our country need care and support to thrive’

Flavia Mutamutega, Rwanda’s sole agony aunt for adolescent girls, tells...

15 May 2019 4 minute read

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Forgiving the perpetrators of genocide

Hyppolite Ntigurirwa was seven years old when his father, friends and relatives were killed in the Rwandan...

16 Apr 2019 7 minute read

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The global coffee trade’s role in the Rwandan Genocide

Twenty-five years after the ‘fastest and most efficient murder campaign of the twentieth century’, Katie McQue...

Marie-Josee, 78, has been a potter all her life. Despite being visually impaired, she has a permanent twinkle in her eye. At the mention of kunyaza, Marie-Josee’s eyes shine even brighter and she roars with laughter. Photo by Thomas Lewton

16 Dec 2017 10 minute read

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The joy of kunyaza: women’s pleasure comes first in Rwanda

Rwanda tops global gender equality tables. Can a traditional sexual practice help explain why? Alice McCool...

8 Mar 2017 5 minute read

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What political dynamics lead to domestic violence legislation being implemented?

Women’s movements must continue their struggle to improve enforcement, writes Dr Eleni Sifaki.

18 Mar 2016 4 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

A new beginning for economic transformation in Africa?

Chris Matthews hears arguments for African-led growth at a forum in Rwanda.

1 Mar 2016 3 minute read

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A word with Anjan Sundaram

The author and reporter talks to Graeme Green about self-expression, dictatorship and the importance of a...

4 Nov 2014 5 minute read

This article is more than eight years old.

Rwanda’s ‘demigod’ president and the quest for truth

Twenty years after the genocide, Cécile Kidiaba explains the controversy surrounding the recent BBC...

2 Jul 2014 3 minute read

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Autocracy or brave solution? Rwanda country profile

Ben Shepherd compares two starkly contrasting visions of Rwanda 20 years after the genocide.

8 Apr 2014 3 minute read

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Death then, life now: ‘We are all Rwandans’

A photography exhibition encourages the visitor to see the complexity of the country’s past and present, says Lydia...

1 Aug 2013 3 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Change-makers: women of the African diaspora

A long tradition of positive social action sets international standards, writes Minna Salami.

From the mouths of ex-soldiers onto the stage

26 Mar 2013 3 minute read

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From the mouths of ex-soldiers onto the stage

Ailin Conant recalls her inspiration for a moving new play of traumatic homecomings.

13 Jul 2012 4 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Is the UN doing enough to keep peace in the Congo?

In the second of a three-part series from DRC, Erin Byrnes looks at the role of the UN mission in the region...

15 Jun 2012 5 minute read

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Rwanda’s Gacaca courts: a mixed legacy

The community courts set up to bring justice after the Rwandan genocide close this month. But how will they be remembered?...

1 Jun 2011 8 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Holidays in Rwanda

Ten years after fleeing his home country, *Jean Kayigamba* makes an emotional return.

1 May 2010 9 minute read

This article is almost 13 years old.

Murderers, you are welcome!

*Jean Baptiste Kayigamba*, who lost most of his family in the Rwandan genocide, wonders why Britain and France are harbouring...

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