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NBA legend Kobe Bryant dies at 41 in a helicopter crash

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Different officials during the inauguration of Shango substation, the largest in the country with the capacity to transmit 220-110 kilovolts in Nduba Sector, Gasabo District. | File

REG to install smart metres to curb electricity theft

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Ron Weiss, the CEO of Rwanda Energy Group (REG) addresses participants during the ceremony to celebrate the one-millionth household connected to electricity last week.

How achievable are the 2024 energy goals? REG boss explains

Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Government bio-medical waste incinerator finally gets a buyer

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Burera District residents have been employed in the project to control floods from volcanoes.

Multi-billion project to control floods from volcanoes launched

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Girls from GS Kagugu receive pads from #FreeThePeriod initiative. (All photos by Craish Bahizi)

500 school girls receive sanitary pads from #FreeThePeriod drive

Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Local celebrities enlisted for national drive against TB

Sunday, January 26, 2020
(L-R) Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete, Minister of Local Government Prof Shyaka Anastase and Mayor of Kigali City Pudence Rubingisa during the monthly Umuganda community work in Nyarugenge District. After the community service, City of Kigali officials said 60 hectares on Mount Kigali in Nyarugenge district will be turned into a touristic destination.

Authorities to turn Mount Kigali into tourist destination

Sunday, January 26, 2020
A coffee farmer sorts washed coffee beans on a drying table. (Photo credit: Rwacof, Nyakarenzo Washing Station, Rusizi District)

Relief for farmers as coffee prices rise by 13 percent

Sunday, January 26, 2020
CNLG Executive Secretary Jean-Damascu00e8ne Bizimana.

Proof of French support to 1994 genocidal Govt published

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Teenage mothers at Centre Marembo in Gasabo District being taken through the reproductive cycle by a health worker. The centre helps vulnerable teen mothers.

8.5 percent victims of sexual violence infected with STI – survey

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Dusengimana in his two-hectare edible pod peas plantation. He said he expects to harvest at least 10 tonnes per hectare.

Rukumberi youth find niche in pod peas, chili exports

Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Will new strategic plan fix private media’s financial woes?

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Tilapia fish captured in Rwanda. The govt has vowed to put an end to illegal fishing.

Gov’t commits to uproot illegal fishing practices

Sunday, January 26, 2020
Ndego farmers receive seeds and fertilisers, ahead of Season 2020B.

Kayonza: Ndego farmers upbeat over good rainy season

Sunday, January 26, 2020
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Tales of China’s vastness, technology and beautiful culture

Saturday, January 25, 2020
(L-R) The Chancellor of the Chancellery for Heroes, National Orders and Decorations of Honour, Pierre-Damien Habumuremyi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth and Culture, Edouard Bamporiki, and Director of Rwanda Peace Academy Col Jules Rutaremara during Press Conference in Kigali yesterday.
Rwanda

Govt unveils Heroes Day roadmap

Friday, January 24, 2020
Workers demolish some of the structures at the former Gikondo industrial park last week. The demolition is part of the exercise to restore the wetland.
Rwanda

More factories to relocate from Kigali city wetlands

Friday, January 24, 2020
A teacher during class at Collu00e8ge St Andru00e9 in Kigali on Thursday.
Rwanda

School heads decry capacity gaps among teachers

Friday, January 24, 2020
Foreign affairs minister Dr Vincent Biruta (left) and his health counterpart Dr Diane Gashumba speak to one of the Rwandans released by Uganda, at hospital, earlier this month. He is one of the nine Rwandans who have been undergoing medical check-up after years on unlawful detention in the neighbouring country.
Rwanda

Rwanda would welcome a travel advisory against Ugandan smugglers

Friday, January 24, 2020