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Nyungwe Zipline: What it will cost tourists to use it

Monday, April 21, 2025
The City of Kigali, alongside Bugesera, Nyagatare, and Musanze districts, recorded the highest number of land-related disputes in the country.
Rwanda

Kigali, Bugesera, Nyagatare, and Musanze top list of land dispute hotspots

Monday, April 21, 2025
Brand new cars at the showroom in Kicukiro. Rwanda has issued new vehicle registration fees, raising rates across nearly all categories based on engine size, hiking special number plates costs. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Rwanda raises vehicle registration fees: Here's what to know

Monday, April 21, 2025
Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda, Olivier Nduhungirehe and Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, Muhammad Ishaq Dar during a joint press briefing on Monday April 21. Courtesy.
International

Nduhungirehe expresses Rwanda’s commitment to expanding cooperation with Pakistan

Monday, April 21, 2025
Uganda reports measles outbreak in refugee settlements
Health

Uganda reports measles outbreak in refugee settlements

Monday, April 21, 2025
Mpox death toll rises to 40 in Uganda as cases surpass 5,400.
Health

Mpox death toll rises to 40 in Uganda as cases surpass 5,400

Monday, April 21, 2025
Students arrive at Kigali stadium to board buses while returning to their respective schools on Monday, April 21. Photos by Kellya Keza
Education

IN PICTURES: Boarding students start returning to school, vow to work hard as academic year nears end

Monday, April 21, 2025
A candle with an image of Pope Francis lies near the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis received treatment, in Rome, Italy, February 19, 2025 [Guglielmo Mangiapane/Reuters]
Religion

Who will be the next pope after Francis? How does the selection process look like?

Monday, April 21, 2025
The cabinet on April 17 approved Rwanda's Green Taxonomy. Courtesy
Economy

Unpacking Rwanda’s recently approved Green Taxonomy

Monday, April 21, 2025
Ecobank staff and Management observe a moment of silence to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at Ntarama Genocide Memorial on Friday, April 18. Kellya Keza
Kwibuka

Ecobank pays tribute to victims at Ntarama Genocide Memorial

Monday, April 21, 2025
Pope Francis died on Easter Monday, April 21, at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican's Casa Santa Marta.
Religion

Pope Francis dies on Easter Monday aged 88

Monday, April 21, 2025
African Space Agency's headquarters inaugurated in Egypt
International

African Space Agency's headquarters inaugurated in Egypt

Monday, April 21, 2025
NASA announced that its Lucy spacecraft made a close encounter with a small main belt asteroid on Sunday, April 20.
International

NASA's spacecraft makes asteroid encounter

Monday, April 21, 2025
Representatives from the Swedish Embassy in Kigali, AFR, and MoneyPhone Africa engaged with local farmers during a recent field visit in Cyuve sector, Musanze District
Featured

Sweden, Access to Finance Rwanda reaffirm commitment to deepen financial inclusion

Monday, April 21, 2025
Rwanda National Police traffic officers inspect air pollution of vehicles in Rwamagana District. File
Technology

AI-powered tech to enhance vehicle emissions testing in Rwanda

Monday, April 21, 2025
BasiGo and AC Mobility aim to deliver 200 electric buses to bus operators in the country Courtesy
Economy

Top investment projects registered in Rwanda in 2024

Monday, April 21, 2025
The seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV 7), shows significant improvement in citizens’ well-being—including the lifting of over 1.5 million people out of poverty over the last seven year
Rwanda

Why Rwanda revised its method for measuring poverty

Monday, April 21, 2025
Residents work at a road maintenance project in Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP),. The minimum daily wage for VUP beneficiaries ranges between Rwf1000 and Rwf2500 depending on a district's standard of living.
Rwanda

Govt eyes longer work periods, higher pay for VUP beneficiaries

Sunday, April 20, 2025
April 20, 1994, was the day Queen Rosalie Gicanda was murdered in Butare, as the Genocide against the Tutsi raged across the country.
Kwibuka

Genocide Timeline; April 20, 1994: Queen Gicanda murdered, massacres escalate in Butare

Sunday, April 20, 2025
Cardinal Antoine Kambanda, the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Kigali, leads the holy communion mass on Easter at St Michel Cathedral on April 20. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Religion

Easter: Clerics call for unity, spiritual renewal

Sunday, April 20, 2025