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Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe had a call with his South African counterpart Ronald Lamola on Thursday, January 30. 
Africa

Nduhungirehe, South Africa foreign minister discuss DR Congo crisis

Friday, January 31, 2025
Minister of State in the Ministry of Health Yvan Butera speaks at the launch of the fifth Heath Sector Strategic Plan in Kigali, on Friday, January 31.
Health

Three priority areas highlighted as Rwanda launches new health strategy

Friday, January 31, 2025
Five faith-based organisations saw their legal status revoked on Friday, January 31.
Rwanda

RGB revokes legal status of five faith-based organizations

Friday, January 31, 2025
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Africa

VIDEO: Protestors in DR Congo city of Goma want Burundi, SADC forces out

Friday, January 31, 2025
Africa

Corneille Nangaa on M23 capture of Goma, FDLR and march to Kinshasa

Friday, January 31, 2025
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Security

PHOTOS: EAPCCO SWAT challenge ends with call to make it regular

Friday, January 31, 2025
Some housing blocks in Busanza Estate, where former Kangondo residents were provided shelter in Kicukiro District. (Courtesy)
Housing

Mandatory vertical housing: How can property owners adapt?

Friday, January 31, 2025
Participants pose for a group photo at the meeting in Kigali on Wednesday, January 30. Courtesy
Rwanda

Five districts to undergo key service decentralisation assessment

Friday, January 31, 2025
Participants pose for a photo after a meeting on the initiative that aims to reinforce safeguarding policies to create safer learning environments
Featured

FEATURED - Ending GBV in schools: The case of Bugesera District

Friday, January 31, 2025
President Paul Kagame and his Angolan counterpart João Lourenço discussed the crisis in eastern DR Congo
Africa

Kagame, Lourenço discuss need for sustainable solution to DR Congo crisis

Thursday, January 30, 2025
A total of 531 Special Operations Force personnel, complete 11 months of specialized combat training course at the Nasho Basic Military Training Centre, Kirehe District. Courtesy
Security

PHOTOS: Rwanda gets over 500 special operations force personnel

Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Minister of State for Regional Cooperation, Gen. (Rtd) James Kabarebe.
Africa

Gen. Kabarebe dismisses South Africa General's claims on origins of DR Congo crisis

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Kenya President William Ruto, Former South African President Thabo Mbeki and Ugandan President Yoweli Kaguta Museveni. File

What African leaders have said on ethnic marginalization in eastern DR Congo

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Israel’s Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar, said that his country supports dialogue to solve the crisis in eastern DR Congo on Thursday, January 30. Courtesy
Africa

Israel expresses support for dialogue in Great Lakes region

Thursday, January 30, 2025
The Ugandan Ministry of Health, on Thursday, January 30, announced that it had confirmed an outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease in Kampala.
International

Ebola outbreak confirmed in Uganda

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Major General Wilson Gumisiriza, Commander of the Mechanised Infantry Division, briefs the Rwanda Security Forces contingent ahead of their deployment to Cabo Delgado Province, Mozambique on January 30.
Security

PHOTOS: Gen Gumisiriza briefs troops ahead of Mozambique deployment

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Corneille Nangaa, political head of AFCM23 rebel group (C), addresses journalists in Goma on Thursday, January 30. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

DR Congo crisis: M23 announces plans to march to Kinshasa

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Residents in Goma, the capital of DR Congo's North Kivu Province, on Thursday, January 30. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Africa

‘We hope for the best since M23 are here,’ say Goma residents

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Rwanda’s Minister of Interior, Vincent Biruta speaks on the implementation of the Northern Corridor Integration Projects (NCIP) on Wednesday, January 29. All photos Craish Bahizi
Security

Biruta urges faster execution of Northern Corridor security projects

Thursday, January 30, 2025
Françoise Mukandutiye, a 33-year-old resident of Kimonyi Sector in Musanze District, has spent nearly two decades battling podoconiosis. Courtesy
Health

Podoconiosis: A neglected disease affecting 6,000 Rwandans with less awareness

Thursday, January 30, 2025