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A study loan beneficiary who fails to repay their loan on time, will pay a late payment interest of 1.5 per cent of the due amount for each month of late payment. Courtesy

Student loan defaulters to face penalties

Monday, January 09, 2023

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Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control

Monday, January 09, 2023

University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) Medical Students in the lab at the Butaro Campus. File

Most medical students in Rwanda suffer “poor sleep quality”- research

Monday, January 09, 2023

A scene of an accident that involved a school bus where 25 children have been injured on Monday morning, on January 9. Photos: Craish Bahizi

Over 20 children injured in school bus accident

Monday, January 09, 2023

Thousands of dead fishes collected at Lake Muhazi after an incident through which farmers where different cooperatives grow fishes, faced a big loss due to water pollution in the lake on January 17,2021. Fish farmers are hopeful of accessing finance from banks after the government decided to add fish farming to agriculture insurance scheme.Courtesy

Farmers welcome new fish farming insurance scheme

Monday, January 09, 2023

Workers employed in private institutions, including banks and telecommunication companies,are concerned that they are given short unreliable contracts.

Recruitment firms face scrutiny over ‘exploitative employee contracts’

Monday, January 09, 2023

Gatete Nyiringabo, who went to the frontlines in North Kivu province in eastern DR Congo, seen here during a guided tour of the region recently. Courtesy

Experts weigh in on alleged Kishishe massacre

Monday, January 09, 2023

Interior view of one of the Sextanio Lodge’s huts at Nkombo Island in Rusizi District. The infrastructure is built in a vernacular style with bamboo, and straw-like structures, to depict Rwandan traditional hut. According to the owners, the Rwf250 million facility is set to be unveiled by February 2023. Photo: Courtesy.

Multi-million Italian hotel in Nkombo to boost tourism

Monday, January 09, 2023

Lawyers offer support during the launch of plea bargaining, where they provided free legal assistance to 24 inmates in Mageragere Prison in October 2022. Courtesy

Gov’t set to implement alternative dispute resolution policies

Sunday, January 08, 2023

Minister of Agriculture Gerardine Mukeshimana during a guided tour of Nasho Maize plantation in Eastern Province. The maize production target by 2024, was 2.94 tonnes per hectare. File

Why agriculture still falls short of set targets

Sunday, January 08, 2023

Esperance Mukamana, Director General, National Land Authority, said that residents will start applying for the electronic land titles beginning Monday, January 9, through the Authority’s website.Courte

Electronic land title: What is the process of getting one

Sunday, January 08, 2023

Turkish foreign minister Mevlut Cavusoglu is set to visit Rwanda on Thursday, January 12, as part of a 5-nation Africa tour that starts on Sunday, January 8. Internet

Turkish foreign minister to visit Rwanda

Sunday, January 08, 2023

Farmers trying to salvage some of their rice produce that had been washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2020. The government is set to inject Rwf25 billion in subsidising agriculture insurance scheme in the next five years. File

Govt to inject Rwf25bn in agriculture insurance

Sunday, January 08, 2023

Thierry Murangira, Rwanda Investigation Bureau spokesperson. He revealed that statistics from RIB confirms that a total of 150 people were trafficked over the past three years (2020-2022. File

Over 100 Rwandans trafficked in three years - RIB

Saturday, January 07, 2023

France-based genocide convict Claude Muhayimana and his lawyer. The convict Muhayimana has been released from jail and placed under judicial supervision

France-based genocide convict Muhayimana released ahead of appeal

Saturday, January 07, 2023

The East African Community regional force deployed in eastern DR Congo has hailed the withdrawal from Rumangabo military camp by the M23 rebels as a “critical milestone.”

EAC force hails M23 withdrawal

Saturday, January 07, 2023

Director General of National Land Authority, Esperance Mukamana, speaking during the launch of digitized land titles system

Electronic land certificates will curb frauds - NLA

Friday, January 06, 2023

Dr François Xavier Kalinda is now a senator in the Rwandan Senate.

Former EALA member goes to Senate, pledges not to disappoint

Friday, January 06, 2023

Elizabeth Ibanda-Nahamya. Photo by UN

Ugandan judge on Félicien Kabuga bench dies

Friday, January 06, 2023

The M23 rebels' pull out of Rumangabo military camp in North Kivu province was witnessed by representatives of the East African Community Regional Force. Net photos

M23 rebels withdraw from Rumangabo military base

Friday, January 06, 2023