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A view of Lake Kivu in Karongi, where some businesses operating on the shores of the lake, have been identified to be polluting Lake Kivu. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana
Environment

Over 100 offenders penalised for lake pollution, encroachment

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A section of Huye–Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Kigoma sector of Huye district on Monday, January 15. Courtesy
Environment

What next after heavy rain damages Huye-Nyamagabe road?

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A section of Huye-Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Karambi cell, Kigoma sector in Huye district on Monday, January 15. According to Rwanda National Police announcement, the road is temporarily closed to traffic until further notice. Courtesy
Environment

Heavy rain blocks Huye-Nyamagabe road

Monday, January 15, 2024
A section of the Karongi-Nyamasheke road that was damaged by landslides on January 7. Meteo Rwanda has cautioned that the southwestern regions of the country will continue to have higher-than-usual rainfall until January 20. Courtesy
Environment

More havoc looms as heavy rain predicted in next five days

Monday, January 15, 2024
I&M Bank headquarters in Kigali, one of new green buildings in Rwanda. Courtesy
Environment

A peek at Kigali’s green buildings

Monday, January 15, 2024
Norrsken is one of Kigali’s green buildings. Green building is designed to minimise the environmental impact of buildings and enhance the health and well-being of occupants. Courtesy photo
Environment

Explainer: Inside the world of green building

Monday, January 15, 2024
Residents enjoy swimming in the Bugarama hot spring located in the Nyakabuye sector of Rusizi District. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment

Govt mandates permits for hot spring investors

Thursday, January 11, 2024
A landscape view of Karongi port on the shores of Lake Kivu. An investigation by Rwanda Environment Management Authority revealed that construction and agriculture projects, as well as waste discharge, are polluting four major lakes in Rwanda. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Environment

Main polluters of four major lakes revealed: What next?

Thursday, January 11, 2024
A segment of Karongi-Nyamasheke road that was affected by landslides where transport was halted due to heavy rains in Gishyita sector on Sunday January 7. Courtesy
Environment

Landslides: Karongi-Nyamasheke road cleared

Sunday, January 07, 2024
Rwanda National Police's rescue brigade officers rescue people who got stranded at a flooded street in Kigali on February 3, 2020.. FILE
Environment

Govt ready to provide effective response in case of disasters – official

Saturday, January 06, 2024
A flooded wetland where rice plantation was damaged in Kicukiro District in April 2023. Expected rainfall of 30 to 250 millimetres in January could lead to flooding in certain areas of the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Environment

Weather forecaster predicts January flooding threat

Tuesday, January 02, 2024
River Rubyiro burst its banks and damaged a bridge connecting three sectors in Rusizi District.
Environment

Transport halted as River Rubyiro overflows

Friday, December 29, 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. Courtesy
Environment

2023: Inside Rwanda’s climate finance deals

Thursday, December 28, 2023
Environment Minister Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya officiates the launch of Rwanda's Carbon Market Framework, on December 2, 2023, at COP28 in Dubai, UAE. Courtesy
Environment

2023: When Rwanda took bold steps in fight against climate change

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
Daudi Sumba, the Regional director of World Wide Fund for Nature (C) with other panelists at the just concluded Consumer International Congress in Nairobi Kenya.Courtesy
Environment

COMESA, African Consumers movement moot plan to end plastic pollution

Tuesday, December 26, 2023
A view of Busaga natural forest in Muhanga District which is among the leading protected areas. Rwanda Forestry Authority has placed forests covering approximately 1,000 hectares, managed by farmers’ cooperatives. File
Environment

Rwanda: Farmers’ forests put on carbon market

Thursday, December 21, 2023
A segment of Musanze-Rubavu road that was damaged by floods in heavy rains that killed 150 people and destroyed over 6000 houses on May 3. IMF approves $268 million for Rwanda to tackle climate shocks. OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Environment

IMF approves $268 million for Rwanda to tackle climate shocks

Friday, December 15, 2023
A golden monkey in Mukura-Gishwati forest. The animal population in Gishwati-Mukura, the youngest national park in Rwanda, has grown since restoration efforts of the biosphere began in 2014. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Environment

Gishwati-Mukura park witnesses surge in animal population

Tuesday, December 12, 2023
Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore opens the seventh Water and Development Congress of the International Water Asssociattion, in Kigali on Sunday, December 10.
Environment

FEATURED: Climate change takes centre stage at water congress in Kigali

Monday, December 11, 2023
Grace Ineza Umuhoza, a Rwandan eco-feminist and child advocate, has called for increased climate finance to the newly adopted disaster fund known as the “Loss and Damage Fund”. COURTESY
Environment

COP28: Youth call for urgent action on climate finance

Monday, December 11, 2023