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Residents during a meeting at Musebeya Sector offices. Ten officials from Musebeya Sector in Nyamagabe District on October 8 submitted their letters of resignation. Courtesy

Nyamagabe: 10 officials resign over misappropriated health insurance funds

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

RNP officers and Ruhango District officials pose for a group photo with nine students from Cyove Primary School, during an awards event to honour them for bravely preventing the national flag from falling down.

PHOTOS: Ruhango schoolchildren on brave act of protecting Rwanda flag amid heavy rain

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

VIDEO: How schoolchildren saved Rwanda national flag amid heavy downpour

Tuesday, October 08, 2024

Bugeshi Sector offices in Rubavu District. On Monday, October 7, at about 5 a.m, Police officers foiled a gang of eight smugglers in Nyacyonga Village, Rusiza Cell of Bugeshi Sector, Rubavu District.

Police warns against smuggling, illegal cross-border activities

Monday, October 07, 2024

Inside Gakenke based pig abattoir. With the demand for pork set to rise, Rwanda is building more pig abattoirs countrywide. Courtesy

Govt targets increasing pork production

Sunday, October 06, 2024

Nigerians living in Rwanda celebrate their country’s 64th Independence Day in Kigali. Courtesy

Nigerians see Rwanda as ‘second home’

Sunday, October 06, 2024

Left to right: Lejone Mpotjoane, Lesotho’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Relations, and Emmanuel Hategeka, Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Lesotho, signed the agreement. The signing ceremony in Maseru was witnessed by Prime Minister Samuel Matekane of the Kingdom of Lesotho and Rwanda's Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente.

PHOTOS: Rwanda, Lesotho sign general cooperation agreement

Saturday, October 05, 2024

Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente meets with Fan Qimiao, the newly appointed World Bank Country Director for Rwanda, Kenya, Uganda, and Somalia, in Kigali on October 2. Courtesy

Rwanda, World Bank explore ways to deepen partnership

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

Youths who talk to The New Times on pillars of peace. Courtesy

Vox Pop: What the youth think are pillars of peace

Wednesday, October 02, 2024

A damaged bus involved in an accident in August. Careless driving and wrong manoeuvring were identified as leading contributors to traffic accidents in Rwanda. File

Careless driving responsible for 50% of Rwanda's traffic accidents

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Former RPA fighters during a morale bosting session during the Liberation War in 1990s. File

Patriotism Day: Rwandans reflect on lessons learned, struggle ahead

Tuesday, October 01, 2024

Jeannette Kagame, First Lady of the Republic of Rwanda.

Clean Body, Clean Mind, Clean Soul: A 30-year-old case for physical, intellectual and spiritual hygiene

Friday, September 27, 2024

EU Ambassador to Rwanda Belén Calvo Uyarra (R), RMB CEO Francis Kamanzi (C), Marc Baxmann, a policy advisor for economic cooperation and development at the Embassy of Germany in Rwanda, during equipment handover to RMB at its offices in Kigali, on Friday, September 27, 2024 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).

Rwanda gets equipment to support sustainable mining efforts

Friday, September 27, 2024

Members of the Network of International Non-Governmental Organisations in Rwanda during their strategy launch on Thursday, September 26. Photo: Emmanuel Dushimimana.

NGOs in Rwanda talk “decolonisation of aid”

Thursday, September 26, 2024

The Rwanda Agriculture Board (RAB) aims to modernise 85% of Rwanda’s pig farming sector by 2029 up from 20% in 2021.

Timely insemination spurs pig production in Nyamagabe

Wednesday, September 25, 2024

World leaders adopted a ground-breaking Pact for the Future to transform global governance , on September 22. Courtesy

What the UN Pact for the Future entails

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Delegates interact during the continental workshop that focused on expanding Unified Champion Schools (UCS) across Africa. Courtesy

How Special Olympics Rwanda is fighting stigma against children with intellectual disabilities

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Vehicles at Nyarutarama in Kigali. Available data from Rwanda Revenue Authority (RRA), shows that on average, each number plate series registers at least 24,975 private vehicles. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Spike in vehicle ownership reflects Rwanda’s growing prosperity, but poses new challenges

Monday, September 23, 2024

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe (L) and members of Rwandan delegation during the United Nations General Assembly, in New York on Sunday, September 22.

Nduhungirehe makes case for global cooperation at UN Summit of the Future

Sunday, September 22, 2024

A visitor watches a video on Rwandan history during his tour at Kigali Genocide Memorial. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

A look at Rwanda’s journey to digitise genocide memorial sites

Sunday, September 22, 2024