Heavy rains destroyed many house roofs in Kigarama sector, Kirehe district in eastern province on 9th April. In the afternoon at 1pm, it rained so heavily that nine house roofs, maize barn and the seventh day Adventist church were destroyed. Murangira Celestin, executive secretary of Cyana sector says that it wasn’t due to the faulty […]

Every Year during the Genocide commemoration week, Ngarambe Zenock a genocide survivor resident at Ngoma district has to come to terms with one of the worst torments. Ngarambe told IGIHE that unknown people during this commemoration period, attack his home by smearing his house with urine and human faeces. This 6th April the same was […]

Youths from different families including youths from genocide convicts, are ready to give out their testimonies meant to testify exactly what took place during the 1994 Genocide against Tutsis. This was announced by Nzamukwereka Albert, executive director of NEVER GAIN, noting that once Genocide survivors know what really happened to their killed relatives, they will […]

About 200 households at Rusumo Border have been connected to electricity. Rusumo border connects Rwanda and Tanzania. Previously residents in the area used solar power and diesel powered generators. This was carried out by a Tunisian electricity and gas company STEG in partnership with EWASA. Ngizwenayo Dieudonne in charge of the water and electrification project […]

New Houses have been constructed to accommodate poor families in Rubavu district, Western province. 31 houses were built in Kanama sector, 10 houses in Nyundo sector and one house in Rugerero sector. The remaining 111 families were also assisted by providing them with construction materials so that they can build new houses, out of the […]

Court has today rejected three of the four requests made by Leo Mugesera including the request to have his trial conducted in French language. Among the prerequisites he requested for were: to be temporarily released, tried in French language and be given an additional time of one month to get preferable lawyers. In all those […]

About Frw 80 Billion has been injected into rice farming in Rwanda for the past five years. Nobert Sendege, the Director General of Crop Production at MINAGRI says currently the country’s rice production is 71,000 tons of rice annually. Sendege adds that 2400 more hectares of land will be available for rice growing in the […]

Rwandas Foreign Affairs Minister Louise Mushikiwabo has told a meeting of Friends of Syria that “Though there is a vast distance to cover between Damascus and Kigali, Rwanda and Syria share the same experiences, and therefore Rwandese understand the plight Syria is facing’’. Minister Mushikiwabo represented Rwanda at the second conference of friends of Syrian […]

Leon Mugesera, a genocide suspect deported from Canada pleaded French language should be used in his trial process since the constitution permits it. He made his second appearance before the intermediate court of Nyarugenge. This resulted into a hot debate on both sides of the suspect and the prosecutor. “Leon Mugesera used Kinyarwanda in his […]

YOGA is an ancient system of health and fitness that originated in India improves physical well being. "Yoga is an excellent activity for people who haven't exercised in years or those who aren't very strong," says Dr. Suzie Bertisch, an instructor in medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Bertisch has studied the benefits of yoga […]