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Delegates at the Annual Rice Sector Review Meeting on January 23, 2025 Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

How Rwanda has increased rice production and its commercialisation

Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Delegates at the event while unveiling a revamped Single Customs Territory (SCT) Centralised Platform. Courtesy
Economy

One-stop border posts save EAC over $63m annually

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
One of old classrooms at Group Scolaire Kamisave in Remera Sector, Musanze District. Courtesy
Education

What is being done to renovate old classrooms?

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Facility awards grants ranging from EUR 650,000 to EUR 10 million per project for the job creation component.
Featured

IFE launches calls for proposals in Rwanda for grants ranging from €650,000 to €10m

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Business people resumed their activities following heavy shelling from the DR Congo in Rubavu town on January 27. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Africa

Businesses re-open as normalcy returns in Rubavu

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A view of a residential house damaged by a bomb fired into Rwandan territory in Rubavu District from DR Congo on Monday, January 27
Africa

Monday shootings on Rwanda were deliberate –Deputy Spokesperson Mukuralinda

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A home hit by a bomb in Mbugangari in Rubavu District on Monday, January 27. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana 
Africa

PICTORIAL: DR Congo shelling damages homes, schools in Rubavu

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
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Africa

Karega: Rwanda will 'never force' fleeing Congolese soldiers back to DR Congo

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Close to 2,000 people, most of them employed by the UN in Goma, were received in Rwanda.
Africa

DR Congo: 2,000 UN staff, aid workers given safe passage through Rwanda

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Inspector General of Police CG Felix Namuhoranye addresses delegates at the 49th Permanent Coordinating Committee meeting of the Eastern Africa Police Chiefs Cooperation (EAPCCO) in Kigali, on Monday, January 27
Security

Namuhoranye calls for regional efforts to tackle criminal networks at police meeting

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Kenyan President William Ruto, chairs the high-level Extended Bureau Retreat on AU Institutional Reforms in Nairobi on Monday, January 28. Courtesy

African leaders call for AU reforms to improve efficiency

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
A thick cloud of smoke from a massive fire at the Khartoum Oil Refinery in Al-Jaili area, north of the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Jan. 26, 2025.(Photo by Mohamed Khidir.Xinhua)
International

Fire persists at Sudan's largest oil refinery following army's recapture

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean-Damascène Bizimana addresses delegates in Kigali on January 27. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
International

Holocaust: Minister Bizimana calls out UN on failures to address Genocide ideologies, perpetrators

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Irembo team and other officials engage in a workshop showcasing how existing services will be migrated to the new platform. Courtesy photos
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Service migration to upgraded IremboGov begins, paving way for faster, improved service delivery

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Stone / UK - July 28 2019: TikTok app logo on the screen and a finger about to touch it.
Technology

Trump reveals Microsoft in talks to acquire TikTok

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL DUSHIMIMANA
Africa

VIDEO: Rubavu residents hope ‘DR Congo chaos ends soon’

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Delegates during the Africa Energy Summit in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, on Monday, January 28. Courtesy
Energy

Five things to know as govts race to power 300m Africans

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
The Muslim community in Rwanda has unveiled significant reforms for the 2025 Holy Pilgrimage (Hajj). Craish Bahizi
Religion

Muslim community announces reforms for 2025 holy pilgrimage

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Workers inside a green house in which they grow new varieties of sweet potatoes in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Govt steps up fight against certified seed shortages

Tuesday, January 28, 2025
Rwanda's Minister of Interior, Vincent Biruta (R), and Guinea's Minister of Security and Civil Protection, Bachir Diallo, hold copies of the security cooperation MoU at the signing ceremony held in Kigali, on January 27, 2025 (courtesy).
Security

Rwanda, Guinea sign security cooperation deal

Monday, January 27, 2025