Reporting from the Hobe News archive
As international tourism rebounds post-COVID, governments across the world are responding to the pressures of mass travel, housing shortages, and national security by introducing sweeping changes that directly affect…
On April 15, Nyanza District announced that its district council held an extraordinary meeting and decided to suspend Erasme Ntazinda from his role as Mayor, citing his failure to effectively fulfill his…
An aircraft crash claimed the life of a pilot in the northwestern part of Australia’s state of New South Wales (NSW) on Tuesday morning. Police were called to the airstrip on White Cliffs Aerodrome Road, White Cliffs —…
Two Rwandan Officer Cadets, Blaine Mugisha and Cesar Yuhi, have completed their training at the UK Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, during a graduation ceremony held on Friday, April 11. Rwanda’s High Commissioner to…
Rwanda registered investment commitments totaling USD 3.2 billion (approximately Rwf 4.48 trillion) in 2024, surpassing the USD 2.4 billion recorded in 2023. This reflects a growth of 32.4%, according to the Rwanda…
In 2024, Rwanda’s tourism revenue grew by 4.3% to$647 million, driven by a 27% increase in gorilla tourism income and an 11% rise in air travel, according to the Rwanda Development Board (RDB) Annual Report. The report…
The Chief of the General Staff of the Ethiopian National Defence Force (ENDF), Field Marshal Birhanu Jula, is in Rwanda for a working visit from 13 to 16 April 2025, and was today received by the Chief of Defence Staff…
Heavy rainfall that hit Kigali City between April 10 and 13, 2025, claimed two lives and destroyed 27 houses. This followed an alert issued by the Rwanda Meteorology Agency on the evening of April 11, warning of…
Gabon’s military leader, General Brice Oligui Nguema—who led the 2023 coup that ended nearly 60 years of Bongo family rule—has won the country’s presidential election with more than 90% of the vote, according to…
Rwanda Security Forces in Mozambique along with Mozambique Security organs and friends of Rwanda commemorated the 31st anniversary of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda. The commemoration event was held in…
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Friday, April 11, met with Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, to discuss further strengthening…
Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Amb. Olivier Nduhungirehe, on Friday, April 11, met with Somali State Minister for Foreign Affairs, Ali Mohamed Omar for dicussions on ways to…
Alain Bernard Mukuralinda, Rwanda’s former Deputy Government Spokesperson, who passed away in early April 2025 following complications from a heart attack, was laid to rest in his home district of Rulindo, Northern…
In February 2025, industrial output increased by 7.1% compared to February 2024, against an annual average increase of 9.4%, according to the latest Index of Industrial Production released by the National Institute of…
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Army Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, on Wednesday, April 9, met with the Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF), Maj Gen William Agyapong. Maj Gen Nyakarundi…
The U.S. Senior Advisor for Africa, Massad Boulos, and his delegation visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Wednesday, April 9, where they paid their respects to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in…
Rwandans living in the United Kingdom, in collaboration with the Rwandan Embassy, joined together with local leaders and friends of Rwanda to commemorate the 31st anniversary of the Genocide against the Tutsi in 1994,…
On the evening of 8 April, Rwanda’s Bilateral Force in the Central African Republic (CAR), together with Rwandan peacekeepers serving under the United Nations Mission (MINUSCA), the Rwandan community, and friends of…
The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF) Army Chief of Staff, Maj Gen Vincent Nyakarundi, is attending the African Land Forces Summit from April 7 through 102025, in Accra, Ghana. According to RDF, the summit was jointly…
The High Commission of Rwanda in Singapore, on April 7, marked the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Joining this year’s commemoration in the Southeast Asian country were over 250 attendees,…
On 7thApril 2025, the Embassy of of Rwanda in the People’s Republic of China was joined by friends of Rwanda for the 31st Commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda (Kwibuka 31). The event was…
Germany has once again stood in solidarity with Rwanda, honoring the memory of more than one million lives lost during the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. In a solemn commemoration event, the focus was not only on…
Rwandan contingents in UN peacekeeping missions in South Sudan and Central African Republic along with Rwandan community and friends of Rwanda on Monday, April 7, commemorated the 31st Anniversary of the 1994 Genocide…
President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame today joined Rwandans at the Kigali Genocide Memorial and across the world as they mark the start of the 31st commemoration of the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi.…