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Prosecutor General Jean Bosco Mutangana speaks during a past news briefing in Kigali. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Rwanda optimistic ahead of Belgium Genocide trials

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente hands an award to Iza Irame, the Chief Corporate Officer of Crystal Ventures Limited, a Rwandan conglomerate with interests in different sectors, which was awarded for playing a vital role in promoting TVET in the country. This was during the international conference of the Commonwealth Association of Technical Universities and Polytechnics in Africa (CAPA) on August 27, 2019. / Emmanuel Kwizera
Rwanda

PM Ngirente urges Africa to turn to TVET to bridge the skills gap

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Front row: The seven candidates who are campaigning for senatorial seats at the Northern Province level. Behind them are some members of Gicumbi Districtu2019s electoral college. Ru00e9gis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

Senate candidates pledge to deepen technology-driven agriculture

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
L-R: Four Rwandans deported from Uganda Jacques Ndayambaje, Emmanuel Twizerimana , Fu00e9licien Uwizeye and Jimmy Habimana after speaking to media yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Deportees cite human rights abuses in Uganda

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Mizero washes his hands at Umuco Mwiza School in Kimironko Sector, Gasabo District. E. Kwizera.
Rwanda

Schools implement handwashing campaign to stave off Ebola threat

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Local leaders and opinion leaders during a meeting with provincial officials in in Rwempasha Sector, Nyagatare District on Monday. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Relations with Uganda should not create pretext for criminality – Nyagatare border residents told

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
The New Times
Rwanda

Phone dispute likely to have triggered Rutsiro cattle attack

Wednesday, August 28, 2019
Nyirakaragire has been doing this job for 32 years now.

A day with Elisabeth Nyirakaragire, the first Rwandan vet for mountain gorillas

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The New Times

PHOTOS: Schools implement hand washing campaign to stave off Ebola threat

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The multi-million dollar complex that is home to Carnegie Mellon University Africa Campus was built at the Kigali Innovation City. (File)
Business

Government, Africa50 to establish firm to develop Kigali Innovation City project

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
State Minister Nduhungirehe (second left) and other officials including the Mayor of Yokohama, Fumiko Hayashi, and the Japanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Taro Kono together with other African delegates during the unveiling of the official logo of TICAD7 last year. / File

Kagame to address TICAD on Wednesday

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The New Times

Belgium to try three Genocide suspects

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
A caregiver feeds thirty-year-old Najin (L) and nineteen-year-old Fatu, the last two northern white rhinos, in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Laikipia County, Kenya, Aug. 23, 2019. / Xinhua
Africa

Kenya announces successful fertilization of northern white rhino eggs

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
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Africa

Egyptian man provides free rest house to children with cancer near hospital

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Radical protesters attack police officers in Tsuen Wan, in the western New Territories of south China's Hong Kong, Aug. 25, 2019. / Xinhua
International

Hong Kong protests turn violent, several policemen injured

Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Potato products at an exhibition stand at Kigali Marriott Hotel yesterday. In caloric terms, Sweet potatoes contribute to 21.6 % of the total national requirements. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Sweet potato flour offers new prospects for agro-industry

Monday, August 26, 2019
Delegates during a visit to the exhibition stand of Entreprise Urwibutso of local agri-businessman Gu00e9rard Sina at Kigali Marriott Hotel on August 26. The exhibition has been organised on the sidelines of the 11th African Potato Association (APA) that is underway in Kigali. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

Experts: Africa must invest more in education to end malnutrition

Monday, August 26, 2019
Beneficiairies of the short-term vocational training programme pose for a photo at IPRC-Musanze premises in Musanze District. Reu0301gis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

When university graduates turn to vocational training and it pays off

Monday, August 26, 2019
Before the ban, Rwanda was importing up to 60 tonnes of fruits from South Africa annually. File.
Rwanda

Rwanda maintains ban on agric imports over listeria disease

Monday, August 26, 2019
Damascene Sakindi sorting out mushrooms after the harvest. Photos by Joan Mbabazi.
Business

Graduates tackling poverty through mushroom growing

Monday, August 26, 2019