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A farmer picks bean leaves in her plantation in Muko Sector in Musanze District. The number of Rwandans with occupations in agriculture dropped by 5 per cent over the last 10 years, from 72.7 per cent in 2012 to 67. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Agriculture

What declining number of Rwandans in agriculture means

Thursday, March 09, 2023
Lina Higiro, CEO at NCBA. Courtesy
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FEATURED: How NCBA is championing mothers' room, diversity and inclusion policies

Thursday, March 09, 2023
Rose Baguma, Director General of Education Policy and Analysis at the Ministry of Education, CG Emmanuel Gasana, Governor of Eastern Province together with other officials serving meal to children
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Education Ministry calls for parents’ involvement in school feeding programme

Thursday, March 09, 2023
Prossie Kalisa, Executive Director of Retail and Digital Banking at Access Bank (C) poses for a photo with staff at Netis Rwanda Ltd on Wednesday, March 8. All photos: Dan Gatsinzi.
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FEATURED: Screen now, save a life : Access Bank rolls out breast cancer screening on women’s day

Thursday, March 09, 2023
Doreen Karehe supervising one of the greenhouses in which juicy strawberries are growing in hydroponics in Bugesera District. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture

Rwanda scales up efforts to promote agri-tech inclusion

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
President Paul Kagame poses for a photo with women during his visit in Nyamasheke on August 27, 2022. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Women

President Kagame to women: We are with you in gender equality struggle

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
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Africa

World Bank suspends $520m talks with Tunisia over anti-migrant remarks

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Retired General Marcel Gatsinzi who served as Rwanda's Minister of Defence from 2002 to 2010, has passed on
Rwanda

RDF mourns Gen Marcel Gatsinzi

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
A woman with her newborn at Kacyiru Hospital on January 1. Craish Bahizi
Health

Expert warns of Rwanda’s declining fertility rate

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
UN Women Country Representative in Rwanda, Jennet Kem, during the interview ahead of International Women’s Day celebrations, Monday, March 6, 2023. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Women

Coding for girls will bridge gender digital divide - UN Women rep

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
L-R: Yvette Magambo and Jeannelle Ingabire Gapira
Featured

IWD: How AOS Ltd empowers women staff to innovate and collaborate

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Rwanda Women U19 Cricket Team players celebrate the crucial win after beating West Indies at the Under-19 T20 World Cup in South Africa on January 22. Photo: Courtesy.
Women

PICTORIAL: Celebrating women in all their glory

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Officials from RWAMREC in a group photo.
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FEATURED: Gender transformation should be Rwanda’s goal to achieve equality – RWAMREC

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
The training brought together sixity-five members of Rwanda's emergency response team during the AVoHC-SURGE training in Karongi District
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FEATURED: WHO trains Rwanda’s emergency response team for greater preparedness

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Female Variable Sunbird in her nest, photographed in Umusambi Village, Kigali
Environment

Getting to know Rwanda’s Birds – The Sunbirds

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Engineering professionals visit the newly completed Mpazi blocs that are accommodating residents who were living in the high-risk zone along Mpazi drainage in Nyarugenge
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FEATURED: Engineers’ body celebrates World Engineering Day

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Women participants of the Savings and Internal Lending Communities (SILC) groups supported by the Gikuriro Kuri Bose program in Nyabihu, Exhibiting their initiated income generating activity. Courtesy
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FEATURED: Catholic Relief Services: Embracing innovation, technology to promote gender equality

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
The Gasabo Intermediate Court has handed a 10-year jail sentence to Antoine Ruvebana.
Crime

Ex-Permanent Secretary Ruvebana sentenced to 10 years over defilement

Tuesday, March 07, 2023
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Politics

Kagame, UK premier discuss migration plan

Tuesday, March 07, 2023
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Africa

Burundi troops deploy in eastern DR Congo

Tuesday, March 07, 2023