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Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva meets with U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright in Washington, D.C on Wednesday, October 29. Their discussion focuses on cooperation in the areas of small modular reactors (SMRs) nuclear power, natural gas and critical mineral processing. Courtesy
Energy

Rwanda, US discuss nuclear, natural gas cooperation

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Participants pose for a group photo after a workshop on the project that seeks to build national capacity through Training of Trainers (ToT) programmes to boost research, entrepreneurship, and innovation skills. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

UR, RP, agriculture board develop technology transfer strategies

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Mayor of Kigali City, Samuel Dusengiyumva, speaks during the 2025 Busan Global City Tourism Summit in South Korea on October 28. Courtesy
Economy

Kigali explores tourism, investment opportunities with Korean city

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Hope and Homes for Children Rwanda in partnership with CANAL+ Rwanda officially inaugurated the Ubumwe Community ECD centre in Musanze District on October 28.
Featured

Rwanda: CANAL+, Hope and Homes partner to uplift children with disabilities

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
A clean cooking initiative aims to deliver Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) kits to 50,000 households. Willy Mucyo
Energy

50,000 households to get LPG gas kits under Rwanda-Saudi initiative

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Voters in Tanzania are voting toheir president on Wednesday, October 29
International

What to know as Tanzanians head to the polls

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
NCDA in partnership with Education Outcomes Fund (EOF) supported by the LEGO Foundation has launched Rwanda’s first national outcomes-based financing programme for early childhood care and education. Courtesy
Education

Rwanda unveils Rwf19bn ECD initiative

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
NLA Director General Marie Grace Nishimwe speaks at the launch of the Citizen App in Kigali. Courtesy
Rwanda

Lands authority steps up execution of master plan through ‘Citizen App’

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Panelists engage in a discussion at the launch
Featured

BRD launches Shabuka, a low-interest loan initiative to boost women-led businesses

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
A total of 16 Nyabihu officials appeared on Tuesday, October 28, in Mukamira Primary Court on charges linked to Genocide Survivors' case. Photos: Germain Nsanzimana
Crime

Nyabihu officials appear in court over Genocide survivors' houses

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The New Times
Environment

Peace, environment protection go together, says PM Nsengiyumva

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Farmers transport pineapples to the market in Ngoma District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

New push to expand access to finance for Rwandan farmers

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Genocide convict Sosthène Munyemana and his laywer in France. A Paris court upheld Munyemana’s 24-year sentence for genocide crimes committed in Tumba in Huye District. Courtesy
Crime

‘Justice came late, but it came’: Genocide survivor who outlived the ‘Butcher of Tumba’

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
Some cross-border trucks in Kabuga in Gasabo. Truck drivers have expressed concerns over restrictions that prevent them from operating on Kigali’s roads during certain hours. Photo Craish Bahizi
Infrastructure

Calls grow to ease truck movement rules as Kigali awaits new bypass

Wednesday, October 29, 2025
The Gasabo Intermediate Court has postponed the delivery of the verdict in the trial of Billion Traders Ltd founder, Davis Manzi Sezisoni, and his wife, Sophie Akaliza. Courtesy
Crime

Businessman Manzi, wife's forex trial verdict postponed

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
President Paul Kagame speaks during a high-level panel discussion at the 9th Future Investment Initiative (FII9), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Tuesday, October 28. Photos by Village Urugwiro
International

Kagame: To earn public trust, leaders must deliver measurable results

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Ambassador Vincent Karega presents his credentials to President of Algeria Abdelmadjid Tebboune, on Tuesday October 28. Courtesy
International

Amb. Karega presents credentials to Algeria president

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Some experts pose for a photo after their presentations on a theme 'AI Enabled Telco Charting the Course from Telco to Techco” at Mobile World Congress in Kigali on October 23. From fast to smart — and now, to self-thinking. The telco-to-techco shift is rewriting what machines can be,” experts said at MWC Kigali 2025. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Technology

How manufacturers are shaping the next phase of telecom

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
A view of Kigali Central Business District in Nyarugenge. Rwanda has emerged as one of the standout performers in the 2025 edition of the Absa Africa Financial Markets Index (AFMI). Dan Gatsinzi
Finance

Rwanda climbs in latest Absa Financial Markets Index

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
NIDA staff takes pictures of residents during the launch of the nationwide identity verification and photo registration exercise for Single Digital ID on Tuesday, October 28. Courtesy
Technology

Registration for Digital ID begins with Southern Province

Tuesday, October 28, 2025