Rwanda is stepping up efforts to expand its horticultural exports to the United Kingdom, which has emerged this year as the country’s leading export market for fresh produce.

Rwandans and their friends living in the Jutland and Funen regions of Denmark have celebrated Umuganura, an occasion to honour the fruits of their achievements and share Rwandan culture through traditional dance and music.

At 26, Rwandan youth Kevin Ishimwe is using skills gained while studying in Poland to help make public transport in Kigali easier to navigate.

For years, Christian Bizumuremyi helped put Rwandan products in the hands of consumers in Belgium. But the experience eventually made him ask a bigger question: what if, instead of simply taking products from Rwanda to Europe, he could return home and build a business that adds value to what Rwandan farmers produce?

GIRINZU has completed construction of Umutuzo Village, a model residential development comprising 90 homes, and has started work on another estate that will feature 114 homes.

Rwandans living in different parts of the United Kingdom gathered in Oxford to celebrate Umuganura, Rwanda’s harvest festival, for 2026.

Rwandans living in Copenhagen showcased Rwanda’s culture, tourism, coffee and locally made products at Gladsaxe Day 2026, a major community festival that brought together more than 10,000 people in the Municipality of Gladsaxe, Denmark, on Saturday, August 22.

Pitchou Shomongo, president of Diaspora Plurielle and a member of the International Social Body for Human Rights in Congo, has called for greater international attention to the situation of the Banyamulenge in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC).

Banyamulenge representatives turned to the International Criminal Court (ICC) after years of attempts to seek justice through the Democratic Republic of Congo’s judicial system failed to produce a meaningful response, lawyer Bernard Maingain has said.

Representatives of the Banyamulenge community from Minembwe in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, calling for an investigation into serious crimes committed against members of their community.