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Rwanda has four official languages; Kinyarwanda, English, French and Swahili. Stephanie Aglietti/AFP via Getty Images

June 23, 2022

Kinyafranglais: how Rwanda became a melting pot of official languages

Colonisation, genocide and changes in official languages have resulted in the hybridisation of languages. A mix of Kinyarwanda, French and English is dubbed kinyafranglais.

A Commonwealth summit in Kigali enables Kagame to position himself at the centre of international diplomatic networks. Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images

May 24, 2022

Commonwealth in Kigali: another chance for Rwanda’s Kagame to project soft power

Keith Gottschalk, University of the Western Cape

Summit provides opportunity to showcase modernity of Kigali and government achievements.

A church-goer attends an inclusive church for the LGBTI community in Rwanda. SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images

May 16, 2022

Rwanda: LGBT rights are protected on paper, but discrimination and homophobia persist

Emmy Kageha Igonya, African Population and Health Research Center

A significant number of Rwanda’s LGBT community experience hostility. This includes at work and when trying to access health services.

A red marks the face of Felicien Kabuga, one of the last key suspects in the 1994 Rwandan genocide, on a wanted poster at the Genocide Fugitive Tracking Unit office in Kigali, Rwanda. Photo by SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images

May 21, 2020

Rwandans will want Félicien Kabuga tried at home. Why this won’t happen

Jonathan Beloff, SOAS, University of London

Though genocide survivors would ideally want Kabuga to be prosecuted in Rwanda, it won’t be possible, for legal or political reasons.

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