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A teacher conducts a lesson in one of Nyamasheke primary school. Emmanuel Kwizera
Rwanda

Over 3,000 new classrooms to be constructed

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Some of the youth in a group photo. Courtesy.
Rwanda

African youth leaders in Kigali for leadership, entrepreneurship training

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Dr William Namanya, Director General of Kibungo Referral Hospital. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Ngoma: Locals warned against seeking treatment from traditional healers

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
The National Electoral Commissionu2019s chairperson Prof. Kalisa Mbanda (left) consults with Charles Munyaneza, the Commissionu2019s Executive Secretary during a news briefing yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

NEC: Supreme Court will rule on eligibility of senators for re-election

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addresses the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday. Net.
Rwanda

UN prosecutor: We have intelligence on whereabouts of key Genocide fugitives

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Exhibitors put up final touches to their stalls in preparation of the 22nd Rwanda International Trade Fair scheduled to open on July 22 at Gikondo showgrounds. Over 450 exhibitors from 25 countries are expected. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Expo 2019: Visitors to buy tickets using Mobile Money

Thursday, July 18, 2019
JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka (second left) together with his assistants holds a conversation with graduates of ABE Initiative at Telecom House in Kigali. (Photo by Julius Bizimungu).
Rwanda

JICA President begins three-day visit to Rwanda

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Health workers in protective gear at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Eastern DR Congo. Net photo.
Rwanda

WHO declares DR Congo Ebola crisis public health emergency

Thursday, July 18, 2019
A delegate is taken through the functions of Made-in-Rwanda Mara Phone smartphone at the on-going GSMA Mobile 360 Africa conference in Kigali yesterday. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

GSMA meet: Experts discuss fake news, the future of media

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
A girl receives HPV vaccine during a past vaccination campaign at a school in Kigali. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Over 70,000 women to be screened for HPV cancer under new project

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Silvestre Munyaneza (L) consults an English language dictionary in class. He said that after he quit consumption of illicit drug his level of performance in class increased significantly. Ru00e9gis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

Anti-drug abuse school clubs are bearing fruits

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Eleven people died and many others were injured on July 16, 2019. RDF air rescue team transfer patients to King Faisal Hospital. Courtesy
Rwanda

Karongi accident death toll rises to 11

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
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Rwanda

Cyangugu Anglican Diocese gets new bishop

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Jean Damascene Baziruwiha, 47 (left), and Bernard Rwagasore, 42, returned to Rwanda from Uganda on Sunday. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Two more Rwandans deported from Uganda, narrate ordeal

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Youth offer support to elderly Genocide survivors at a function in Nyanza District earlier this year. Government has moved to increase the monthly stipend for disadvantaged Genocide survivors, such as the elderly, to help improve their welfare. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Govt increases stipends for vulnerable survivors

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Emmanuel Habumugisha and his wife, Louise Nyirahategekimana, say their family is always happy because the wife uses the 5-year implant to control birth. Photos by Regis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

Why younger Gakenke couples are embracing family planning

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Speaker Donatille Mukabalisa (centre) in a group photo with officials from EAC and ECOWAS blocs, and representatives of civil society as well as land rights experts at the Parliamentary Buildings in Kimihurura yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

African MPs push for more women participation in commercial farming

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
Children eat porridge during breaktime at Kamembe ECD market based Centre. Joan Mbabazi.
Rwanda

New ECD Centre for children of Kamembe market vendors

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Kimihurura. The new changes in the foreign service has seen envoys appointed, others redeployed and new diplomatic missions created. Courtesy
Rwanda

Kagame appoints new envoys, more embassies created

Tuesday, July 16, 2019
The Minister for Youth, Rosemary Mbabazi (centre), IGP Dan Munyuza (right) and a Police engineer during the launch of the Police Month outreach activities in Mageragere, Nyarugenge District. Rwanda National Police on Monday launched a month-long outreach campaign to support community development and harness the ideology of community policing in crime prevention. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Police Month: Village offices, homes for elderly to be built

Monday, July 15, 2019