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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Francis Kamanzi was appointed by a cabinet meeting as the new CEO of Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and Gas Board (RMB) on Tuesday, February 27.
Politics
Who is Francis Kamanzi, the new Rwanda mines board CEO?
Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year, in Rwanda. On February 21, 2024, the country enacted legislation governing biosafety, aimed at ensuring the safe handling, transfer, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) food in the country.
Agriculture
Six things to know as Rwanda promulgates GMO law
Workers sort new cassava varieties at a RAB station in Huye District. Rwanda, on February 21, published in its Official Gazette a law governing biosafety for genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to ensure they are handled, transferred, and used safely. Photo Courtesy
Law
Rwanda finally passes law on GMOs: What next?
A farmer suspends maize cobs on a wooden structure to sun-dry in Mushikiri Sector, Kirehe District. Rains hindered maize drying efforts of farmers in the current harvest season, leading to adjustments in prices that were set on January 19, 2024 (courtesy)
Agriculture
Unusual rains impact maize prices in Rwanda
Amb Isao Fukushima (centre), Japan’s envoy to Rwanda, and Eric Ruganintwali, the then Quality Assurance and Regulatory Division Manager at NAEB, during a tour of coffee cooperatives supported under a Japan-funded project in Karongi, Kirehe and Ruhango Districts, in March 2023. Photo: Dan Kwizera
Economy
Top 10 countries consuming Rwanda’s coffee
Rwanda Investigation Bureau headquarters in Kimihurura, Gasabo District. RIB has advised Rwandans to shun fraudulent or corrupt acts and other various crimes.
Crime
RIB detains 8 public staff over recruitment exam theft, sale
Rwanda’s Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration and Personnel, Jeanne Chantal Ujeneza, and Inspector General of Police (both on the left), Felix Namuhoranye, receive CAR’s Minister of Interior and Public Security, Michel Nicaise Nassin, and its Director General of the National Gendarmerie, Landry Ulrich Depot (both on the right), as the latter pay a courtesy to IGP Namuhoranye at Rwanda National Police headquarters in Kacyiru, Kigali, on February 22, 2024, (Courtesy).
Africa
Rwanda to train 500 CAR police officers as countries ink new cooperation deal
A nurse at Mayange Health Center in Rwanda uses ultrasound to assess foetal age. According to the Ministry of Health, over 200 foreigners have applied to serve and train general practitioners into gynaecologists. Net photo
Health
Foreign specialists to join Rwandan healthcare system in gynaecology
A RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. Rwanda is stepping up its preparedness to respond to epidemics through approaches including testing waste water from passenger airlines for early disease detection purposes. File photo.
Health
Inside Rwanda’s approach to epidemic preparedness
Minister of Health, Sabin Nsanzimana speaks during the  parliamentary session on February 19. Photo Courtesy
Health
‘Text neck’ wrecks your upper spine area — Health Minister
Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana (C) chats with senators Cyprien Niyomugabo (R), and Adrie Umuhire in the Senate’s plenary hall, soon after the session on Rwanda’s efforts to prevent and deal with epidemics concluded, on February 19, 2024. Dr. Edson Rwagasore, Division Manager of Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response at RBC, is seen in the background (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Health
Centre of excellence for highly infectious diseases under construction
The Executive Secretary of Rwanda Private Medical Facilities Association (RPMFA), Christian Ntakirutimana (net photo).
Health
Private health facilities body appeals for review of medical tariffs
Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture
What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry
Coffee farmer Mutibagirana and his wife harvest their coffee plantation. Farmers’ income is expected to increase by Rwf70 per kilogramme of quality coffee cherries .Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy
New coffee price offers more income to farmers
The new project seeks to deal with climate change and variabilities that influence feed and water availability for cattle. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda
Inside Rwanda’s new $100 million dairy project
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente presenting a progress report on post-Covid economic recovery initiatives to a plenary session of both Chambers of Parliament on Tuesday, February 13. Courtesy
Economy
Over 500,000 jobs created in 3 years as economy recovers – PM Ngirente
Rwandan surgeons together with American surgeons carry out a transplant surgery on a patient at King Faisal Hospital (KFH) (courtesy).
Health
Kidney transplants now covered under Mutuelle de Santé – RSSB
Beatrice Yubahe, a 16-year-old daughter of Beatrice Uwifashije, needs an extended life-saving kidney treatment under Mutuelle de Santé (courtesy).
Health
Mother appeals for extended kidney treatment under medical insurance

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