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Rwanda's Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Vincent Biruta (left), and his Zimbabwean counterpart Frederick Shava sign pacts that include an Extradition Treaty, a Memorandum of Understanding on Immigration Cooperation, and another one on cooperation in investigating civil aircraft accidents and serious incidents while President Emmerson Mnangagwa of Zimbabwe (background) looks on, at State House in Harare, on July 29.

Rwanda, Zimbabwe sign deals to boost investigation and immigration cooperation

Saturday, July 30, 2022
Rwandau2019s High Commissioner to Ghana, Aissa Kacyira delivers remarks during the 28th Liberation Day celebrations on July 29.

Rwandans in Ghana celebrate Liberation Day

Saturday, July 30, 2022
L-R: Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze and Eric Rwigamba.

Ngabitsinze appointed minister of trade as new ministry is created

Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Climate change, poverty still a threat to women’s devt- Officials

Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Africa

Kenya threatens Facebook suspension over hate speech

Saturday, July 30, 2022
Pope Francis addressing the media on the papal plane.
International

I could step down - but not yet, says Pope

Saturday, July 30, 2022
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Cabinet makes new major appointments

Saturday, July 30, 2022
Twenty-eight young African entrepreneurs and business owners are in Rwanda to explore the business opportunities .Theyu00a0are from Ghana, Nigeria, Kenya, The Gambia, Sierra Leone, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cyprus and UAE-Dubai.u00a0Photos byu00a0Dan Nsengiyumva

Young African entrepreneurs explore investment opportunities in Rwanda

Friday, July 29, 2022
Workers sort fresh chili for export at NAEB Horticulture Packaging House in Kigali on December 1, 2020. A number of horticulture exporters worry about the increased air shipment fee, revealing that it will affect their businesses. According to NAEB ,in the fiscal year 2020-2021, Rwandau2019s horticulture exports, vegetables, fruits and flowers generated over $28.79 million and the country targets $130 million from horticulture exports by 2024. File

High freight rates cast a shadow over horticulture export prospects

Friday, July 29, 2022
Former street children at Gitagata Rehabilitation Centre, a children facility in Bugesera District. Civil Society's analysis shows that the budget allocated to child rights protection and promotion has been reduced by 87%. File

Children’s rights activists decry budget cuts

Friday, July 29, 2022
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Musanze doctor sentenced to 25 years for defilement

Thursday, July 28, 2022
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Districts on the spot for hiking construction permit fees

Thursday, July 28, 2022
Protesters from Goma city during a demonstration at the border between DR Congo and Rwanda on June 15,2022. Organisations of survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and internationally-renowned scholars have expressed concern over rapidly growing hate speech targeting Kinyarwanda speakers in in the DR Congo.

Scholars, Genocide survivors alarmed by increasing hate speech in DR Congo

Thursday, July 28, 2022
Volunteers help a trauma victim during a commemoration event at Kicukiro Nyanza Genocide Memorial on May 4, 2019. Youth gathered in Kigali to discuss and reflect on inter-generational trauma as a result of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. . Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Youth share experience on intergenerational trauma

Thursday, July 28, 2022
GenUu2019s Kevin Frey on a panel at a Youth Forum during the recently concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Kigali. Photo: Courtesy.

GenU boss upbeat on impact of UN’s flagship youth agenda three years later

Thursday, July 28, 2022
Students tour Busaga forest in Rongi Sector of Muhanga District. The forest once occupied 300 hectares of land but has been reduced to less than 150 hectares due to agriculture, wood exploitation and settlement. As Rwanda observes the World Nature Conservation Day on July 28, the country has committed to restore two million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. File

Govt banks on private operators to increase forestry sector revenues

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
An electric car at a charging station at Kigali Convention Centre on March 30,2021 .Photo by Craish Bahizi

Rwanda on course to grow electric mobility market

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Health workers during an exercise of testing of Hepatitis during the celebration of the world celebrates World Hepatitis Day at Remera health center on July 28, 2021. / Dan Nsengiyumva

World Hepatitis Day: How Rwanda reached last mile in eliminating the virus

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Mireille Karera, Founder and Chairwoman of the Board at KORA Coaching Group, during the interview.

VIDEO: If you are a CEO, make customer care your focus - business coach

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Enumerators during a training session in Musanze on July 21.Over 20,000 enumerators are being trained across the country as part of the preparation of national population and housing census.Courtesy

Preparations for national population census underway

Wednesday, July 27, 2022