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Line 1: {{Short description\|English language daily newspaper}} {{Infobox ~~Newspaper~~ newspaper ~~\|name =~~ \| name = \| image = ~~[[File:~~NewTimesCover2007.jpg~~\|220px]]~~ \|caption = Typical ''New Times'' front page.▼ \| image_size = 220px \|type = Daily newspaper ▼ ▲\| caption = Typical ''New Times'' front page. ~~\|format = Newspaper~~ ▲\| type = [[Daily newspaper ]] \|foundation = September 1995 ▼ \| format = \|owners = ▼ ▲\| foundation = September 1995 \|website = http://www.newtimes.co.rw▼ ▲\| owners = = ▲\| website = {{URL\|http://www.newtimes.co.rw}} }} '''''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''.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.newtimes.co.rw/section/read/42318\|title=Izuba Rirashe newspaper launched\|date=December 14, 2007\|website=www.newtimes.co.rw\|access-date=2019-10-10}}</ref> ~~The '''''New Times''''' is a national [[English language]] [[newspaper]] in [[Rwanda]].~~ ~~It was established in 1995 shortly after the end of the 1994 [[Rwanda genocide]].~~ ~~The paper states that it is privately owned, with two shareholders. They also have a Rwandan local language (Kinyarwanda) weekly called Izuba Rirashe{{citation needed\|date=December 2013}}~~ ''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.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14351&t=5\|title=About The New Times\|date=July 28, 2011\|website=newtimes.co.rw\|publisher=The New Times\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927134457/http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14351&t=5\|archive-date=September 27, 2011\|access-date=2010-08-12}}</ref> ''The New Times'' often conveys optimistic stories about events in Rwanda.<ref>{{cite news \|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/jul/16/thenewrwanda ~~It is published in [[Kigali]] from Monday to Saturday with the sister paper the ''Sunday Times'' appearing on Sundays.~~ ~~The ''New Times Online'' was launched in 2006.<ref>{{cite web~~ ~~\|url=http://www.newtimes.co.rw/index.php?issue=14351&t=5~~ ~~\|title=About The New Times~~ ~~\|publisher=The New Times~~ ~~\|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref>~~ ~~The New Times typically conveys optimistic stories about events in Rwanda.<ref>{{cite news~~ ~~\|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2007/jul/16/thenewrwanda~~ \|title=The new Rwanda \|work=[[The Guardian ~~(UK)~~]] \|date=16 July 2007 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2010-08-12 \| location=London \| first=Jennifer \| last=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"."</ref> In May 2009 [[Human Rights Watch]] (HRW) described ~~the~~''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.<ref>{{cite web \|url=~~http~~https://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/18/response-new-times-article-rwandan-genocide▼ ~~The New Times did not publish the HRW rebuttal.<ref>{{cite web~~ ▲ \|url=http://www.hrw.org/en/news/2009/05/18/response-new-times-article-rwandan-genocide \|title=Response to The New Times Article on Rwandan Genocide \|date=May 18, 2009 \|publisher=[[Human Rights Watch]] \|access-date=2010-08-12}}</ref> President [[Paul Kagame]] has said that ~~the~~''The New Times'' has been too servile to him and his party, and has asked the [[Aga Khan]] to launch an alternative.<ref>{{cite web▼ ~~\|accessdate=2010-08-12}}</ref>~~ ▲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.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.economist.com/node/16750119 \|title=President Paul Kagame under scrutiny \|work=[[The Economist]] \|date=Aug 5, 2010 \|~~accessdate~~access-date=2010-08-12}}</ref> == References == Line 47 ⟶ 38: ==External links== {{Portal\|~~Rwanda~~Africa\|Journalism}} * ''[http://www.newtimes.co.rw/ The New Times official website]'' {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:New Times}} [[Category:English-language newspapers published in Africa]] [[Category:~~Publications~~Newspapers established in 1995]] ~~[[Category:Rwandan media]]~~ [[Category:Newspapers published in Rwanda]]