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Lent is a time when Christians focus on preparing their hearts for Easter through prayer, repentance, and acts of charity.
Religion

Christians start lent, a period of fasting, reflection

Thursday, March 06, 2025
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Economy

The 15 most powerful figures in African business 2025

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Tanzania issues first helium mining license.

Tanzania issues first-ever helium mining licence to Helium One Global

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Ecobank CEO Carine Umutoni interacts with members of Chinese community during , Ecobank's special engagement with its esteemed Chinese Business Community on February 28, 2025. Courtesy
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FEATURED: Empowering trade, investment: Ecobank strengthens financial ties with Chinese Business Community

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
I&M Bank Rwanda, through its sponsorship, continues to champion adaptive sports, aligning with its core Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) values of inclusion and youth development.
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FEATURED: I&M Bank Rwanda champions inclusive sports at 3rd edition of 'Shoot for Inclusion'

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Officials from MTN Rwanda and the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Rwanda launch the ‘One Egg per Child’ campaign in Gicumbi on Wednesday, March 5. Photos by Frank Ntarindwa
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FEATURED: MTN Rwanda, UNICEF join forces to boost child nutrition in Gicumbi

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascène Bizimana (3rd from right) flanked by the State Minister for Regional Cooperation, Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe (2nd right) during a meeting with Members of Parliament, government officials and Civil society, on Tuesday, March 5. Kabarebe revealed that the FDLR genocidal group, has endured for three decades due to support from the international community, including powerful nations that use it as a threat to Rwanda’s development. Photo: Courtesy.
Africa

Gen Kabarebe on how FDLR is 'preserved' to threaten Rwanda's development 

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Rwanda’s government spokesperson, Yolande Makolo speaks during a past press conference. Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

DR Congo crisis: All that Rwanda wants is security for its people, says Makolo

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Minister Jean-Damascène Bizimana addresses Members of Parliament, government officials, representatives of political parties and civil society in a meeting on Tuesday, March 5. Courtesy
Africa

Minister Bizimana pokes holes in UN experts work on DR Congo

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Ahmed Napoleon Mbonyunkiza, arrives at Kigali International Airport on Tuesday, March 4. He was, in 2007, tried and convicted, in absentia, by the Nyakabanda Gacaca Court for his role in the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Crime

Who is Genocide convict Napoleon Mbonyunkiza, deported from US?

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The AFC-M23 rebels spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka during a press conference in Goma on January 30, 2025. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

DR Congo crisis: M23 blasts ‘deliberate manipulation aimed at tarnishing our movement’s image’

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Gen (Rtd) James Kabarebe addresses Members of Parliament, government officials, representatives of political parties and civil society in a meeting on Tuesday, March 5. Courtesy
Africa

Kabarebe: Western sanctions on Rwanda driven by vested interests in DR Congo

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The government plans to leverage technology and other strategies to rectify land demarcation errors nationwide by 2027.
Rwanda

What it will take to fix land demarcation issues

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Inside waste sorting facility that was inaugurated at Nduba dumpsite, in the City of Kigali, on June 19, 2024. EMMY DUSHIMIMANA
Environment

Water, waste management drive Rwanda’s industrial output in January

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
A view of Dar es Salaam port in Tanzania.
Economy

Tanzania to halt steel imports following growth in local production

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Former DR Congo President Joseph Kabila.
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Kabila calls for removal of foreign troops

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Participants came from various universities, including the University of Rwanda (UR), Adventist University of Central Africa (AUCA), African Leadership University (ALU), Université Libre de Kigali (ULK), and Kepler.
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FEATURED: CodeXtreme hackathon ends with tight contest, winners take home $5,000

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
A teacher during a class in a congested classroom. The government needs more than 26,500 new classrooms to reduce overcrowding and phase out double shifts in primary schools. File
Education

Gov’t needs over 26,000 new classrooms to end double shifts

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT and Innovation and Dr Olugbemiga Adelakin, UNFPA Country Representative for Rwanda sign the agreement in Kigali
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PRESS RELEASE: UNFPA, ICT ministry collaborate to harness technology for gender equality, reproductive health

Wednesday, March 05, 2025
The National Bank of Rwanda and the Bank of Ghana, in partnership with Global Finance and Technology Network (GFTN), have launched Africa’s Next-Gen Digital Payment Infrastructure. Courtesy
Technology

What license passporting to Ghana means for Rwandan fintechs

Wednesday, March 05, 2025