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]
 Typical New Times front page. | |
| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Founded | September 1995 |
| Website | www |
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]
References
edit- ^ "Izuba Rirashe newspaper launched". www.newtimes.co.rw. December 14, 2007. Retrieved 2019-10-10.
- ^ "About The New Times". newtimes.co.rw. The New Times. July 28, 2011. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ Brea, Jennifer (16 July 2007). "The new Rwanda". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 2010-08-12. "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"."
- ^ "Response to The New Times Article on Rwandan Genocide". Human Rights Watch. May 18, 2009. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
- ^ "President Paul Kagame under scrutiny". The Economist. Aug 5, 2010. Retrieved 2010-08-12.
