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Pedestrians at Imbuga City Walk. The City of Kigali has announced that it will invest Rwf600 million under the 2022/23 fiscal year in extending Imbuga City Walk. File

City of Kigali to invest Rwf600m in extending Imbuga City Walk

Friday, July 01, 2022
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Rwf11.5bn to upgrade Kigali’s unplanned settlements

Friday, July 01, 2022
Protais Musoni, the Chairman of Pan Africa Movement, stated that independence day is a day to reflect on the history of the country, the pre-colonial, colonial eras and the periods that followed after. Photo: File.

Why Rwanda will not celebrate diamond independence jubilee

Thursday, June 30, 2022
FDLR militia in Masisi in DR Congo. The UN reports indicates tha FDLR controls part of DR Congo and currently involved in mass recruitment across the eastern part of the country. Photo: Net.
Rwanda

UN report: FDLR controls DR Congo’s Virunga National Park

Thursday, June 30, 2022
According to Minister Uzziel Ndagijimana in two months, June and July, the Government is subsidise fuel costs with over Rwf14 billion. Sam Ngendahimana

Govt to maintain subsidies despite IMF concerns 

Thursday, June 30, 2022
WHO is working to secure 60,000 tests for Africa, with around 2,000 tests and reagents to be shipped to high-risk countries and 1000 to those facing lower risk. / internet photo

WHO to secure thousands of monkeypox test kits for Africa

Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Budget: Why MIGEPROF received a 58.9 % increment

Thursday, June 30, 2022
Residents complete the requirements to get e-Passport at the Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration in Kigali in 2020. According to an official announcement, starting on June 28, the Rwanda Machine Readable Passport (old passport) has been phased out and ceased to be recognised as a travel document in Rwanda. / Photo: File.

End of an era: Rwanda phases out machine readable passports

Thursday, June 30, 2022
Bennett (right) will cease to be Prime Minister on Friday, with Lapid (left) taking over..
International

Israel’s parliament dissolves, paving way for another election

Thursday, June 30, 2022
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EAC sexual and reproductive health bill in final consultations

Thursday, June 30, 2022
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Africa

Mali schedules presidential poll for February 2024

Thursday, June 30, 2022
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International

Marcos Jr. sworn in as Philippines' 17th president

Thursday, June 30, 2022
A woman sleeping under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. In 2020, an estimated 241 million people had malaria, and 627,000 of them died, an increase of 69,000 deaths over the previous year. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Can Commonwealth countries eradicate malaria by 2030?

Thursday, June 30, 2022
MP Omar Munyaneza, Chairperson of the parliamentary Committee on National Budget and Patrimony, and MP Angelique Nyirabazayire, the Vice Chairperson, during the presentation on June 29. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

National budget expected to boost economy, tame commodity prices

Thursday, June 30, 2022
CIMERWA Chief Executive Albert Sigei during the interview in Kigali on June 29. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.

CIMERWA boss weighs in on Rwf5.2bn half-year net profit

Thursday, June 30, 2022
Amb. Claver Gatete, the Permanent Representative of Rwanda to the UN during the Security Council briefing on April 27. During his remarks on June 29, Gatete noted that Rwanda is aware that the Congolese army, FARDC, is fighting the M23 alongside FDLR which was sanctioned by UNSC in 2013./ Courtesy

Using FDLR to fight M23 is counterproductive – Rwanda

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
A worker melting gold at Gold Refinery in Rwanda. The South African investors are set to establish a factory to add value to diamond and gemstone, as well as manufacturing jewellery in Rwanda. File

Rwanda to gain diamond processing factory

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
To avoid the repetition of such tragedies, the Committee also asked Morocco, Spain and the other EU States to expand the availability of pathways for safe and orderly migration.
Africa

UN committee urges prompt investigation into deaths of migrants at Moroccan-Spanish border

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Nairobi Senator, Johnson Sakaja
Africa

New case filed to block Nairobi senator Johnson Sakaja to run

Wednesday, June 29, 2022
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Prosecution takes over Ferwafa officials’ case

Wednesday, June 29, 2022