The New Times (Rwanda) Explained

Type:	Daily newspaper
Foundation:	September 1995

The New Times is a national English language newspaper in Rwanda. It was established in 1995 shortly after the Rwandan genocide. They also used to have a Kinyarwanda-language weekly called Izuba Rirashe.^[1]

The New Times is published in Kigali from Monday to Saturday, with its sister paper the Sunday Times, appearing on Sundays. The New Times Online was launched in 2006.^[2] The New Times often conveys optimistic stories about events in Rwanda.^[3]

In May 2009 Human Rights Watch (HRW) described The New Times as a state-owned newspaper in a rebuttal to an editorial article that accused HRW of sanitizing people who were attempting to negate the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The New Times did not publish the HRW rebuttal.^[4] President Paul Kagame has said that The New Times has been too servile to him and his party, and has asked the Aga Khan to launch an alternative.^[5]

External links

• The New Times official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Izuba Rirashe newspaper launched. December 14, 2007. www.newtimes.co.rw. 2019-10-10.
2. Web site: About The New Times. July 28, 2011. newtimes.co.rw. The New Times. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927134457/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14351&t=5. September 27, 2011. 2010-08-12.
3. News: The new Rwanda . . 16 July 2007 . 2010-08-12. London. Jennifer. Brea. "The headlines in a typical issue of New Times, the daily English-language newspaper, convey the optimism: "No more power shortage", "Promote women", "Population growth controllable", "Malaria no more"."
4. Web site: Response to The New Times Article on Rwandan Genocide . May 18, 2009 . . 2010-08-12.
5. Web site: President Paul Kagame under scrutiny . . Aug 5, 2010 . 2010-08-12.