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Tanzania-Zambia railway appeals for more funding

Friday, June 22, 2018

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72 illegal migrants voluntarily repatriated from Libya

Friday, June 22, 2018

President Kagame speaks at the second African Transformation Forum, in Accra, Ghana yesterday. Village Urugwiro.

Transformation ought to focus on citizens – Kagame

Friday, June 22, 2018

IMF country Representative Alun Thomas gives his point of view during the meeting in Kigali yesterday (Sam Ngendahimana)

Are Rwanda’s tax incentives good for the economy?

Friday, June 22, 2018

Students during a three-week training workshop dubbed u2018Robotics Camp Rwanda 2018u2019, organised by Bank of Kigali TecHouse in Kigali in January. COMESA countries have been urged to do more to leverage ICT. Sam Ngendahimana.

Comesa region lags behind in robotics, artificial intelligence

Friday, June 22, 2018

Mothers pose in a group photo with their Mutuelle de Santu00e9 cards. File.

Mutuelle de Santé rolls out special coverage for people with disability

Friday, June 22, 2018

Senators follow vice president Fatou Harerimanau2019s presentation (right) during the session on Wednesday. Sam Ngendahimana.

Senators: 2018/19 budget is inclusive

Friday, June 22, 2018

Head of Development Cooperation at the Swedish Embassy Mikael Bostru00f6m and the BRD CEO, Eric Rutabana exchange document after signing the MoU yesterday (Sam Ngendahimana)

BRD, Swedish body in $40m deal to boost energy sector

Friday, June 22, 2018

Minister for Disaster Management and Refugee Affairs Jeanne du2019Arc de Bonheur speaks during the celebration of World Refugee Day at Nyabiheke Refugee Camp on Wednesday. The minister insists family planning and reproductive health education among the refugee community is a longlasting solution to early pregnancies emerging in the camp. Eddie Nsabimana.

Early pregnancies rife in Nyabiheke Refugee Camp

Friday, June 22, 2018

Gender and Family Promotion Minister Esperance Nyirasafari (R) before the parliamentary commission last week. Courtesy

Extensive amendments to child law under scrutiny by Parliament

Thursday, June 21, 2018

World Bank Country Manager Yasser El Gammal during the meeting in Kigali yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.

World Bank revises Rwanda’s economic growth projection to 7 per cent

Thursday, June 21, 2018

(L-R) Mike Yeh from MICROSOFT, Steven Mutabazi from RDB and Smart Africa Advisor Jean Philbert nsengimana during a panel discussion. Courtesy

Push to mainstream technology in businesses as regional industry dialogue opens in Kigali

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Chairperson of African Union Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat. / Courtesy

AU Chair calls for global solidarity to support refugees

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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Why agriculture growth projections are going down

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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China says will maintain normal relations with Iran

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Tourists from Tokyo's universities, plant rice seedlings in a paddy field, near Tokyo Electric Power Co's (TEPCO) tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, during a rice planting event in Namie town, Fukushima prefecture, Japan May 19, 2018. / Internet photo

As Fukushima residents return, some see hope in nuclear tourism

Thursday, June 21, 2018

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Trump says North Korea has returned remains of 200 U.S. war dead

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Pope Francis kisses a child during the Wednesday general audience in Saint Peter's square at the Vatican, June 20, 2018. / Internet photo

Pope criticizes Trump administration policy on migrant family separation

Thursday, June 21, 2018

To stop refugees from entering the country, Hungary has built a fence on the Hungary-Serbia border. / Internet photo

Hungary criminalises helping migrants

Thursday, June 21, 2018

Libyan authorities are also struggling to 'conquer the shocking scale' of fuel theft. / Internet photo

Clashes cut Libya's oil output by nearly half

Thursday, June 21, 2018