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Image taken in Gakenke District starkly reveals the environmental cost of conventional tillage, where bare, disturbed soil is left defenceless against erosion, as evidenced by the sloughing hillside and washed-out field. Such practices compact the soil, severely hindering water infiltration and aggressively depleting the soil of its vital organic matter and nutrients. Photo: Courtesy of RICA

Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Claude Mambo Muvunyi, Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre and Prof. Toby Peters, Executive Director the ACES during the signing ceremony. Courtesy
Featured

ACES, RBC partner to strengthen sustainable vaccine security, critical cold-chain systems

Monday, January 19, 2026
Officials and participants pose for a group photo during the external validation workshop for Master of Science in clean cooling program on Thursday, January 15. Photos by Kellya Keza
Featured

ACES set to establish specialized higher learning institute to drive clean cooling skills in Rwanda

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva meets with Leung Chun-Ying, Chairman of GX Foundation, a Hong Kong–based charitable organization providing global medical and public health assistance.
Health

PM Nsengiyumva, GX Foundation boss discuss health sector partnership

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Inside a vegetable show room. On Monday, new regulations came into force in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for the so-called junk foods.

Why go to the supermarket, when you can go to the local market for food

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Officials celebrate the adoption of COP-21-Paris-Agreement on December 12, 2015. From January 2026, the United States officially is out of the Paris Agreement in January 2026. Internet
Environment

What US withdrawal from Green climate fund means

Thursday, January 15, 2026
According to the Capital Market Authority (CMA) Rwanda Annual Report 2024-2025, three corporate bond issuances approved between July 2024 and June 2025 raised a combined Rwf46.011 billion. Dan Gatsinzi
Economy

What’s driving Rwanda's growth in corporate bond issuances?

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Tourists on the canopy walk way in Nyungwe Forest National Park. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Editorial

What Nyungwe teaches us about sustainable tourism

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
A view of the restored forest in Gicumbi District. Forests are among the common carbon market projects that will pay the fees to be implemented in the country
Environment

This is how much it will cost to start carbon credit projects

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
From politics and wildlife to space and satire, AI left its mark across every corner of 2025. Illustrated by GPT-5 nano.
Technology

Seven ways AI changed everything in 2025

Monday, January 12, 2026
Nine people were killed and six others injured after lightning struck a group of farmers who had taken shelter from the rain in Jarama Sector, Ngoma District.
Environment

Ngoma deaths spotlight hidden lightning risks in low-lying areas

Monday, January 12, 2026
President Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing these withdrawals on Wednesday, January 7. Courtesy
International

US withdraws from over 60 UN, non-UN organisations

Thursday, January 08, 2026