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A mine worker filters mining products. File
Rwanda

Will blockchain fix the mineral traceability woes?

Monday, October 22, 2018
Deogratius Kayinamura mills cassava, soja, maize and sorghum. He says that electrification has increased working hours. All photos by Frederic Byumvuhore.
Rwanda

How electricity has improved the welfare of Kirehe residents

Monday, October 22, 2018
The facility is located at URu2019s College of Science and Technology. Eddie Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Regional research centre opens in Kigali

Sunday, October 21, 2018
L-R: Donatille Mukabalisa, Speaker of Parliament; Protais Musoni, Chair of the Pan-African Movement (PAM-Rwanda); and Bernard Makuza, President of the Senate, during a session of second national congress of the Pan-African Movement in September. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Fighting corruption on agenda as Pan-African Parliament convenes

Saturday, October 20, 2018
President Kagame in a group photo with members of the new cabinet and other top government officials at parliament yesterday. Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda

Serve beyond self, Kagame tells leaders

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Judges sing the National Anthem just before the opening of the 2018-2019 Judicial Year at the Parliament yesterday. Nadege Imbabazi.
Rwanda

Kagame calls for lasting solution to gender based violence

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Minister for Local Government Prof. Anastase Shyaka (left) and Minister for Trade and Industry Soraya Hakuziyaremye. All photos by Nadege Imbabazi.
Rwanda

What the new leaders pledge to deliver

Saturday, October 20, 2018
Mayor Murenzi and other officials tour the womenu2019s cooperative products at Rukara, Kayonza District on Thursday. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Cooperatives changing lives of rural women

Friday, October 19, 2018
Trucks transporting goods from Tanzania at Rusumo One Border Post. Nadege Imbabazi.
Rwanda

Tanzania and Burundi’s ‘delay in adopting electronic cargo tracking affecting business’

Friday, October 19, 2018
Minister for Defence Maj Gen Murasira. / Courtesy
Rwanda

New Defence minister Murasira is a mathematician and avid chess player

Friday, October 19, 2018
Soraya Hakuziyaremye (L) and Paula Ingabire.
Rwanda

Cabinet reshuffle: How social media reacted

Friday, October 19, 2018
Rwandan advocate Happy Mukama makes a point as East African Legislative Assembly members conducted a public consultation on the EAC Whistleblowers Protection Bill 2018 in Kigali yesterday. / Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Calls for incentives for regional whistleblowers

Friday, October 19, 2018
New entrants in the Cabinet.
Rwanda

Kagame reshuffles Cabinet, women take up more slots

Friday, October 19, 2018
Dr Edgar Kalimba, Consultant Pediatric Pulmonologist and Director Mother and Child division at Oshen-King Faisal Hospital, gestures during the interview as Andrea Malet, the hospital Corporate Social Responsibility Manager, looks on in Kigali yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Oshen-King Faisal, Spanish hospital ink pediatrics telemedicine deal

Friday, October 19, 2018
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Rwanda

Police recover Rwf354 million worth of smuggled merchandise

Friday, October 19, 2018
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Rwanda

Kanyankole arraigned, charged with favoritism

Thursday, October 18, 2018
European Union Commission Director General Stefano Manservisi and Rwandau2019s Infrastructure minister Claver Gatete officially inaugurate an EU-funded power substation at Mount Kigali yesterday. Households which get electricity from Mount Kigali substation are set to start enjoying quality and stable electricity supply following an upgrade on the facility. Nadege Imbabazi.
Rwanda

Upgrade on Mount Kigali substation to reduce power losses

Thursday, October 18, 2018
Some of the houses that are being developped in Rugarama in Nyamata town. Bugesera District wants to revise the masterplan of the town. Kelly Rwamapera.
Rwanda

Bugesera District suspends issuance of construction permits

Thursday, October 18, 2018
Workers at a construction site in Kigali. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Informal sector savings scheme to be rolled out this month

Thursday, October 18, 2018
Minister for Local Government, Francis Kaboneka, addresses the Angolan delegation yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Angolan delegation on study tour

Thursday, October 18, 2018