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The project is also expected to facilitate electricity trade between Rwanda and Tanzania.
Energy

How Rusumo power project is transforming key sectors in Rwanda

Friday, June 05, 2026
A section of informal settlement on Mont Jali, in Gasabo District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Housing

Informal settlements on Mount Kigali, Jali, Rebero set for upgrade

Wednesday, June 03, 2026
Visitors during a guided tour of Nyabarongo II Hydropower Plant. Craish Bahizi
Energy

Rwf150bn earmarked for Nyabarongo II dam

Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Workers in sugar processing at Kabuye Sugar Works. Rwanda’s only major sugar producer has increased output over the past three seasons. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Economy

Kabuye sugar output rises, but floods keep factory below capacity

Friday, May 08, 2026
Rice farmers work in their plantation in Kinazi Sector as part of ongoing efforts under the CDAT project, which aims to rehabilitate wetlands. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura.
Featured

From floods to food security: Rwanda’s wetland overhaul boosts yields under CDAT

Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Some properties owned by Dutere Imbere Murundi Cooperative that brings together 1,914 farmers cultivating about 330 hectares of rice, with an average seasonal output of 1,800 tonnes. All photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Kayonza farmers demand second reservoir after flood losses

Monday, April 06, 2026
A flooded residential area in May 2023 in Rwanda. Districts in Western and Northern provinces are expected to receive heavier rains towards the end of March. Courtesy
Environment

Western, Northern provinces to get heavier rains in late March

Friday, March 20, 2026
A view of a maize plantation farm that was hit by hailstorms in Karongi District.
Agriculture

How farmers are managing post-harvest losses amid heavy rains

Sunday, March 01, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva joins hundreds of residents in Gatenga Sector, Kicukiro District, for this month’s Umuganda, a community initiative. Together, officials and community members worked on anti-erosion embankments in a nine-hectare forest, strengthening efforts to protect the environment and prevent soil degradation.
Environment

PHOTOS: PM Nsengiyumva joins residents to protect Kicukiro’s environment

Saturday, February 28, 2026
Jeanine Umutesi, a female excavator operator, speaks with New Times during a visit to the Nyabisindu site on February 18. Photo by Kelly Keza.
Women

Breaking barriers: Truck driver’s daughter becomes excavator operator

Thursday, February 26, 2026
Over 49 people were injured and 147 houses damaged in Gasabo, Gicumbi, Kayonza, and Nyabihu districts during heavy rain.
Environment

11 killed by rain-induced disasters in February

Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye, addresses Members of Parliament on Tuesday, February 17. Courtesy 
Rwanda

MPs back tougher action on abandoned mining pits

Monday, February 23, 2026