The New Times (Rwanda)

Newspaper in Rwanda

Typical New Times front page

Type| Daily newspaper
Founded| September 1995
Website| www.newtimes.co.rw

The New Times is a national English-language newspaper in Rwanda. It was established in 1995 shortly after the genocide against the Tutsi. A Kinyarwanda-language weekly called Izuba Rirashe was previously published.[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] In 2010, president Paul Kagame said that The New Times has been too servile to him and his party, and asked the Aga Khan to launch an alternative.[5]

## References

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1. ^ "Izuba Rirashe newspaper launched". www.newtimes.co.rw. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
2. ^ "About The New Times". newtimes.co.rw. The New Times. 28 July 2011. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
3. ^ Brea, Jennifer (16 July 2007). "The new Rwanda". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 12 August 2010. "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. ^ "Response to The New Times Article on Rwandan Genocide". Human Rights Watch. 18 May 2009. Retrieved 12 August 2010.
5. ^ "President Paul Kagame under scrutiny". The Economist. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 12 August 2010.

## External links

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* Africa portal
* Journalism portal

* The New Times official website