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Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
Jean Marie Vianney Kagenza, Team Leader of the Green Gicumbi project.
Featured
FEATURED: GCF-funded ‘Green Gicumbi’ to strengthen district’s climate resilience
Monday, June 26, 2023
Gikondo wetland after factories and businesses in the former industrial park were relocated to the Special Economic Zone to pave way for the restoration of the wetland. Sam Ngendahimana
Kigali’s wetlands repair to save 220,000 people prone to flood risks
Monday, June 26, 2023
The Minister of Agriculture, Ildephonse Musafiri and the Director General of Imbuto Foundation, Sandrine Umutoni award one group during the awarding ceremony of the 15 young agripreneurs in Bugesera on Friday, June 23. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture
PHOTOS: Imbuto awards 15 young agripreneurs
Friday, June 23, 2023
Minister of Finance and Economic planning Dr Uzziel Ndagijimana and Chrysoula Zacharopoulou, Secretary of State for Development, Francophonie and International Partnerships sign the MoU in Paris. Courtesy
Economy
Rwanda, France sign double taxation avoidance agreement
Friday, June 23, 2023
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana signs for a new initiative for mobilizing €300 million for climate resilience in Rwanda, at the Paris Summit for a New Global Financing Pact on Thursday June 22.
Environment
Plan to mobilise €300m for Rwanda’s climate resilience unveiled at Paris summit
Thursday, June 22, 2023
New apartments for vulnerable residents in the environs of Mpazi drainage in Gitega and Kimisagara sectors in Nyarugenge District, constructed as part of City of Kigali's efforts to upgrade inform settlement. Bahizi
Housing
Projects in pipeline to build 15,000 affordable houses within six years
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Mourners visit Bisesero Genocide Memorial in Karongi District (Sam Ngendahimana)
Rwanda
Genocide: Paris Court okays inquiry into French troops’ complicity in Bisesero massacres
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Environment
Rwanda to take part in Paris summit on global green financing
Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana addresses journalists while releasing Gross Domestic Product (GDP) figures for the first quarter of 2023, on Monday, June 19. Courtesy
Agriculture
Rwf14bn to be invested in grain strategic reserve
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Richard Tusabe, Minister of State in Charge of the National Treasury at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning addresses members of Parliament on June 8. Courtesy
Rwanda
Govt moves to tax land sale transactions
Tuesday, June 20, 2023
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana speaks during a press briefing on Monday, June 19. Courtesy
Economy
Rwanda's economy grows by 9.2% despite drop in food crop production
Monday, June 19, 2023
Minister for Local Government, Jean-Claude Musabyimana revealed that the government has also established para-social workers for assisting residents in their journey out of poverty.
Rwanda
Govt to list households in extreme poverty for support
Monday, June 19, 2023
The campaign was launched on Friday, June 16, during an event that brought together at least 150 human reresource professionals in Kigali. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured
Bank of Kigali takes affordable housing mortgage loans scheme to workers
Saturday, June 17, 2023
The workshop organized by AIMS gathered researchers from across Africa to discuss about climate change ,resilient development in Africa.
Featured
AIMS on why Africa must unlock climate research
Friday, June 16, 2023
International Day of the African Child is celebrated every June 16. Courtesy
Featured
[FEATURED] International Day of the African Child: Dallaire Institute makes case on involvement of children in decisions that affect them
Friday, June 16, 2023
A woman dries coffee at a collection centre. The Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources issued new instructions repealing Rwanda's coffee zoning policy, which was first implemented in 2016. Dan Gatsinzi
Agriculture
Govt repeals coffee zoning policy
Friday, June 16, 2023
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana, has announced that import duty on cooking oil has been reduced from 35 per cent to 25 per cent. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy
BUDGET: Import tax on cooking oil cut by 10%
Thursday, June 15, 2023
Some of the inmates at Nyarugenge Prison. More than 22,000 genocide convicts of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi who are set to be reintegrated into society after serving their sentences . Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Genocide: convicts seek reintegration, forgiveness after decades in jail
Wednesday, June 14, 2023

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