THEY are probably the most popular social events across the globe. And in Rwanda it's not any different. Beauty pageants are top on the local social calendar. As the search for Miss Rwanda 2014 ...

Rwanda's ministry of youth and culture has suspended the Miss Rwanda pageant. Pageant organiser Dieudonn Ishimwe faces charges of of rape, soliciting or offering sexual favours, and harassment. Last ...

The Miss Rwanda beauty pageant has been suspended over allegations that contestants were sexually abused, the ministry of youth and culture said, following the arrest of the event’s organiser last ...

The organiser of the Miss Rwanda beauty pageant was sentenced Friday to five years in prison for rape and soliciting sexual favours -- 10 months after being cleared of the charges. Dieudonne Ishimwe, ...

A beauty queen in Rwanda has been arrested for drink-driving and driving without a licence. Police said Divine Muheto, who won the most recent Miss Rwanda beauty pageant, had damaged "infrastructure" ...

Kigali — On October 3, 2007 the first ever Europe-wide Rwanda Investment conference and exhibition will take place at the Royal Institute of British Architects in central London. The event is ...

Beauty of Rwanda is a company that helps impoverished women, who lost their families and so much more during the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, get back on their feet. The firm is working to restore ...

Rwandan prosecutors are requesting 16 years in prison for Dieudonné Kagame Ishimwe, the Rwanda beauty pageant organiser accused of sexual abuse, local media report. His trial started on Wednesday, but ...

Mt. Muhavura on Rwanda/Uganda/DR Congo borders just across Lake Ruhondo with a chicken cat walking. Photo by Anne-Cathrin Darcis A visit to Rwanda is always punctuated by a strange question, “I hear ...

Editor, This letter is with reference to your article, “Genocide survivor partners with 530 farmers to export organic fruits” (The New Times, January 4). Your regular stories about the 1994 Genocide ...