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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
National Electoral Commission (NEC) Chairperson Oda Gasinzigwa, on Tuesday, April 30, warned independent candidates against forging signatures as they seek to fulfill essential criteria. Parliamentary and presidential elections are scheduled for July 14 to July 16. Courtesy
Politics
Presidential aspirants warned against forging endorsement signatures
This toolkit will assist parents, teachers, and guardians in educating children and youth on sexual and reproductive health to address teen pregnancies.
Health
Rwanda to use UNESCO model to reduce teenage pregnancies
A section of Kigali-Muhanga road in Nkoto Cell, Rugarika Sector, Kamonyi District, that was destroyed by heavy rains on Monday, April 29. Courtesy
Environment
Weather forecaster warns of heavy floods, rainstorms, landslides in first week of May
A scene of the tragedy  where heavy reains caused houses to collapse  in Ngara Cell, in Bumbogo Sector, Gasabo District. Courtesy
Environment
Kigali: High risk zone dwellers warned to relocate as heavy rains kill mother, child in Kigali
Officials and participants pose for a group photo after the meeting on Kungahara project in Rulindo District, on April 23. The new project aims to strengthen resilient food systems and nutrition security in Rwanda. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured
FEATURED: European Union, CARE, DUHAMIC-ADRI launch  ‘Kungahara’ project in three districts of Rwanda
Workers packaging avocadoes for exports at NAEB packhouse in Gikondo. Rwanda’s fruit, vegetable and flower exports generated $46 million from July in 2023 to February in 2024. File
Economy
Rwanda’s horticulture exports generate $46m in 8 months
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Featured
FEATURED: EPD, partners launch campaign for solar energy in commercial, industrial sectors
Ambassador of Rwanda in Poland Anastase Shyaka(R) leads other officials to light candles to honour victims during the  commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Poland,  on April 26.
Kwibuka
Kwibuka 30: ‘Rwanda from despair to hope' film projected in Poland
Some of the over 6,000 homes that were wrecked by disasters on May 3, 2023, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. The government has identified ‘disaster hotspots’ prone to floods and landslides nationwide. File
Environment
Rwanda identifies 326 disaster hotspots amid regional flood crisis
 Delegates during the 2024 Annual Dialogue Meeting on April 24, 2024.The dialogue aims to assess UR-Sweden Programme implementation for the period from July 2023 to June 2024 and the work plan for the period from 2024 to 2025. All photos by Craish Bahizi.
Featured
How University of Rwanda, Swedish universities partnership is bearing fruits
University of Rwanda and Swedish researchers pose for a group photo with Genocide survivors and perpetrators who live peacefully in the same village
in Mayange Sector, Bugesera District, on Monday, April 22. Photo: Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Featured
FEATURED - Bugesera: UR, Swedish researchers visit reconciliation village
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Kwibuka
Ruhango: Over 1,000 houses for vulnerable Genocide survivors need renovation
AOS management and staff lay wreaths to pay tribute to victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at  Kigali Genocide Memorial on Friday, April 19, 2024. Courtesy
Kwibuka
Genocide: AOS pays tribute to victims, emphasises importance of memorials
The governor said that illegal mines are in different districts of the province but most of them are located in Muhanga and Kamonyi districts. File
Rwanda
Southern Province officials want illegal mining sites put to good use
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Politics
Huye, Rusizi, Gatsibo by-elections set for May 8
Judith Uwizeye, Minister in the Office of the President, addresses MPs during a parliamentary session on April 18. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda
Rwanda wants 80% of NGOs’ budget to ‘directly’ reach vulnerable people
Mourners during a Walk to Remember as CIMERWA held a commemoration event to honour the 58 lives lost in CIMERWA on April 16. Courtesy
Kwibuka
CIMERWA honours employees killed during Genocide against Tutsi
Minister of Justice Emmanuel Ugirashebuja speaking during a commemoration event at Harvard University, on Tuesday, April 16. The private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on April 16, held a commemoration event to honor the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda.
Kwibuka
Kwibuka 30: Harvard University holds Genocide commemoration event

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