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Emmanuel Ntirenganya
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A new proposed bill by the government aims to make it obligatory for residents seeking to harvest forests or trees for various purposes to obtain permits from competent authorities. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment
Rwanda’s ‘tougher’ forest bill stirs public debate
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Senator William Ntidendereza has passed on at the age of 72. Courtesy
Politics
Senator William Ntidendereza dies at 72
Monday, September 04, 2023
The best performer-students in a test prepared by ADEPR Church for its schools pose for a photo with officials, after being awarded with school materials and fees for the next academic year. (ADEPR)
Featured
FEATURED: Over 28,000 needy students get scholarships from ADEPR
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The policy and legal coordinator at Transparency International Rwanda, Colette Ndabarushimana, speaks to The New Times on July 5, 2023, in Kigali Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Law
Watchdog calls for 'safe spaces' for whistleblowers
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Officials unveil AGRA’s new five-year Rwanda Strategic Plan, on August 14. All photos: Courtesy.
Featured
AGRA’s Rwanda strategy offers agribusiness opportunities for youth
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Workers on duty at Inyange Industries in Kigali. The firm is among the 35 companies listed in the Gazette that can import sugar duty-free this year. File
Business
Why 35 Rwandan firms can import sugar duty-free this year
Monday, August 14, 2023
AGRA’s Regional Head, East and Southern Africa, Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, during an interview with The New Times, on August 12, 2023, ahead of the launch of a new five-year country strategy in Rwanda (Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture
AGRA to double investment in Rwanda’s agric sector under new strategy
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta and his counterpart Jin Park, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea after signing the MoU in Kigali on Saturday, August 12. Courtesy
Rwanda
Rwanda, South Korea sign cooperation pacts
Saturday, August 12, 2023
A member of RDF medical personnel and that of US armed force personnel examine a medical condition affecting a child in Bugesera District (courtesy)
Health
Photos: RDF, US medics treat 2,000 Rwandan patients
Friday, August 11, 2023
Automatic cars may soon be considered in driving tests. PHOTO BY PLAISIR MUZOGEYE
Law
Law Reform Commission to complete review of road traffic bill by August 18
Friday, August 11, 2023
Patients wait for medical services in Burera District. The number of vulnerable households eligible for support by the government was slashed by 74.4 per cent from 450,000 to 115,000 in fiscal year. File
Health
Vulnerable households eligible for Mutuelle de Santé support drop by 74%
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Some of the old buses of ONATRACOM and the brand new bus of RITCO during the handover ceremony after the privatization of the former public institution on February 6, 2017. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Law
Rwanda reviews 27-year-old privatisation law: what’s new?
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta announcing the decision to have a diplomatic presence in Amman, on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, looks on. Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwanda to open diplomatic mission in Jordan
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, sign three agreements including a visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports, in Amman, on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwandans can now go to Jordan visa-free
Wednesday, August 09, 2023
Some children during the launch of ADEPR's gospel through football national u13 children camp on August 7, 2023, at Muhanga Stadium, in Southern Province (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Featured
FEATURED: ADEPR’s Gospel Through Football initiative benefits school children
Tuesday, August 08, 2023
The New Times
Finance
Why extending deposit guarantee fund mandate matters
Monday, August 07, 2023
The New Times
Environment
New bill proposes mandatory permits for tree harvesting
Monday, August 07, 2023
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya explains to journalists how a new bill governing forests and trees could help Rwanda to utilise carbon market, on August 2, 2023, in Kigali. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Environment
Rwanda counts on new forest bill to tap global carbon market
Saturday, August 05, 2023

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