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Electric motorbike firm Spiro has announced to train all users of their brand. Dan Gatsinzi
Business

After safety concerns, Spiro adopts ‘train all’ approach

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Female and male gender-based violence (GBV) survivors in Nyabihu District receive soft-skills training and tea-plucking skills. Photo: Courtesy
Crime

Nyabihu sees increase in GBV reports amid awareness campaigns

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Bruce Melodie and The Ben share a podium during a press conference on Monday, December 15. Courtesy
Featured

Bruce Melodie and The Ben turn ‘healthy rivalry’ into BK-backed New Year showdown

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Mansour bin Ali Fahad Al-Shahwani Al-Hajri, the new Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Rwanda, presents copie of his Letters of Credence to Olivier Jean-Patrick Nduhungirehe, Minister of Foreign Affairs
Rwanda

New Qatari envoy to Kigali presents credentials

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Parents accompanied their children at the event at Polaris School, the former Ecole Belge de Kigali.
Featured

Polaris School showcases student innovation in rapid IB transformation

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Nyabihu residents watch how heavy rains destroy a bridge on May 7, 2020. File
Infrastructure

Upcountry roads face growing environmental damage - new report

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Officials and award winners pose for a group photo at the 10th edition of the Annual Reproductive Health Journalism Awards, organised by the Health Development Initiative (HDI) on December 12. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Journalists honored for shaping public dialogue on sexual and reproductive health

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
The AFC/M23 movement senior officials pose for a photo during a past event in eastern DR Congo. File
Africa

AFC/M23 says will withdraw from city of Uvira

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Prof. Didas Kayihura Muganga, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Rwanda speaks during an engagement meeting on December 13. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Featured

UR, NCST in drive to attract private sector in funding commercialisation of homegrown innovations

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Workers sort newly developed cassava varieties that were multiplied at the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board's Rubona station in Huye. Courtesy.
Agriculture

New biotech hub to drive disease-resistant crops

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Karera is the author of Forsaken for a Sake
Rwanda

“It ends with me”: How Mireille Karera turned private wounds into a pan-African healing movement

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Some oth the 500 Burundian refugees who were facilitated by M23 rebels to return in their country. Courtesy
Africa

AFC/M23 facilitates safe return of Burundian refugees, urges reciprocity

Monday, December 15, 2025
President Paul Kagame meets with Mohamed Ali Janah, Group Chairman of Hotels and Resorts Investment Maldives and Chairman of JIH Global Investments on Monday, December 15. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Business

Kagame talks hospitality, real estate opportunities with Middle Eastern investors

Monday, December 15, 2025
A view of village that was burned by the FDLR militia in Walikale territory in eastern DR Congo
Africa

DR Congo: FDLR razes village in Walikale, killing four

Monday, December 15, 2025
Passengers board RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport in 2020.
Tourism

Rwanda maintains top spot in Africa’s visa openness rankings

Monday, December 15, 2025
Education

Are students with hearing impairment slowly getting better access to higher learning?

Monday, December 15, 2025
Senior officials of the Association of Pentecostal Churches in Rwanda (ADEPR) address journalists ahead of the church's 85 years anniversary. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

ADEPR marks 85 years of faith, education and social transformation

Monday, December 15, 2025
Participants during the launch of the Play the Full Deck campaign, launched by the National Union of Disability Organisations in Rwanda (NUDOR) under the regional We Can Work programme.
Featured

‘Play the Full Deck’ campaign urges employers to embrace on-job inclusion

Monday, December 15, 2025
Officials pose for a photo at the launch of the Equity Ikimina Account in Huye District on Friday, December 12
Featured

How Equity Ikimina Account is formalising collective saving for inclusive growth

Monday, December 15, 2025
CanalBox now offers new payment options through MTN Mobile Money (18224#) and Airtel Money (182436#)
Featured

Canalbox announces new ways to pay subscription

Monday, December 15, 2025