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Former Bourgmestre of Nyakizu Commune Ladislas Ntaganzwa and his lawyers in court on July 4, 2019 . / file
Rwanda

Court to rule on Ntaganzwa Genocide case next week

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
A Brussels Airlines flight at Kigali International Airport in 2017. / file
Rwanda

Brussels Airlines to start Kigali flights in July

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
An 8.5MW solar power plant in Rwamagana District. Rwanda has become the first African country to announce an ambitious $11 billion climate blueprint, key to the countryu2019s implementation of the Paris Agreement. The climate action plan, known officially as the Nationally Determined Contributions, includes aggressive investment in renewable energy. / File.
Rwanda

Rwanda unveils $11bn climate action plan

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
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Rwanda

The antidote for COVID-19 is looking out for one another, Kagame tells Africans

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
CNLG Executive Secretary Jean Damascene Bizimana addresses media in Kigali. / Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

CNLG cautions on new crop of youthful Genocide deniers

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
A taxi-moto rider carries a passenger on March 17, 2020. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

No plans to modify taxi-motos, RURA says

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
The New Times
Rwanda

Over 10,000 remains of Genocide victims could not be buried due to COVID-19

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Vendors at Kimisagara market in Kigali. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Why potato, bean production dropped

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
Uwishema. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

How Rwandan medical student is helping bridge COVID-19 information gap

Tuesday, May 26, 2020
The New Times
Rwanda

Governors Gasana, Gatabazi suspended

Monday, May 25, 2020
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Rwanda

Rwandans in France want Genocidaire Kabuga's accomplices identified, brought to book

Saturday, May 23, 2020
Passengers in a departure lounge at Kigali International Airport on June 18, 2019. / File
Rwanda

Kigali International Airport expansion underway

Saturday, May 23, 2020
Minister for Finance and Economic Planning Uzziel Ndagijimana addresses Lower Chamber. /Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Rwf2 billion saved into informal sector pension scheme

Saturday, May 23, 2020
Some of the Genocide suspects previously indicted by the former International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda. With a few of them already captured or dead, the Residual Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals - which has since replaced ICTR - is still pursuing six of these fugitives. / Net photo.
Rwanda

After Kabuga’s arrest, which other Genocide fugitives are roaming freely in France?

Friday, May 22, 2020
Passengers board a RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport on June 19, 2019. The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has issued a series of recommendations which could help the aviation sector as it plans to re-start passenger flights amid the COVID-19 crisis. / Photo: File
Rwanda

IATA issues guidelines for resumption of international travel

Thursday, May 21, 2020
Engineers prepare to send into orbit Rwandau2019s first-ever satellite from a spaceport on the Atlantic coast of French Guiana last year. The main purpose of the satellite, nicknamed u2018Icyerekezou2019 by students from Nkombo Island, is to connect remote schools to the internet. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Rwanda Space Agency to be operational in July

Thursday, May 21, 2020
Chinese Ambassador to Rwanda Rao Hongwei (Right) and Didier Shema Maboko Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Sports deliver food supplies to one the Kungfu players. / Courtesy.
Rwanda

Chinese embassy donates food supplies to Rwandan Kungfu community

Thursday, May 21, 2020
Government officials unveil five high-tech robots to support in the fight against COVID-19. The robots can perform a number of tasks related to COVID-19 management, including mass temperature screening, delivering food and medication to patients, capturing data, detecting people who are not wearing masks, among others. / Photo: Gad Nshimiyimana.
Rwanda

Rwanda deploys robots in COVID-19 fight

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
Serge Brammertz. / Net photo
Rwanda

We’ll get you all: UN prosecutor tells Genocide suspects still at large

Wednesday, May 20, 2020
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Rwanda

Civil weddings permitted but taxi-motos, upcountry travel still banned for 15 days

Tuesday, May 19, 2020