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University of Rwanda graduates during a graduation ceremony at Huye Campus stadium on October 25, 2024. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

How University of Rwanda plans to attain 63% self-financing

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Qatar Airways plane lands at Kigali International Airport at the inaugural flight to Rwanda in 2012. The company has announced plans to resume direct flights between Doha and Kigali from May 14.
Aviation

Qatar Airways to resume direct flights to Kigali in May

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Veternarian uses a veterinary ultrasound technology that is deployed to enhance artificial insemination (AI) success rates in cattle in Rwanda. Courtesy
Agriculture

Govt to deploy ultrasound tech to boost cattle fertility rates

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Central Bank Governor Soraya Hakuziyaremye during the presentation of the Monetary Policy and Financial Stability Statement, on Wednesday, March 19. PHOTO BY DAN GATSINZI
Economy

Rwanda’s inflation decreased three-fold in 2024 - Central Bank Governor

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Agency for Aerial Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) has launched a fully-funded scholarship competition for training at the African School of Meteorology and Civil Aviation (EAMAC) in Niamey, Niger. 
Featured

FEATURED: ASECNA launches fully-funded scholarships in air traffic control, meteorology, electronics

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Delegates pose for a photo at the 57th Conference of African Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development session.
Economy

African officials call for immediate implementation of AfCFTA

Wednesday, March 19, 2025
Rwanda’s Minister of Justice, Emmanuel Ugirashebuja and Belgian foreign minister Maxime Prevot. Courtesy
International

Your words and actions don’t align – Ugirashebuja tells Belgium’s minister

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
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International

VIDEO: Nduhungirehe on Rwanda-Belgium diplomatic standoff and way forward for DR Congo talks

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
The sanctions being imposed by Western countries on the AFCM23 rebellion and Rwanda could derail the ongoing regional mediation processes.
Africa

DR Congo: Rwanda civil society warns Western sanctions will ‘exacerbate conflict’

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Regis Musanganya … In-coming Rwanda Director of Fleeti(L) and Ivan Ruzibiza, Rwanda Country Manager, Auto24 Africa during the signing of the agreement in Kigali. Fleeti, a specialist in connected fleet management solutions, and AUTO24.africa, signed an exclusive distribution contract covering all of the group's countries. COURTESY
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: AUTO24.africa, Fleeti partner to transform fleet management in Africa

Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Embassy of Belgium in Kigali. Rwanda, on Monday, March 17, announced that it has severed diplomatic ties with Belgium with immediate effect, ordering all Belgian diplomats to leave the country within 48 hours. file
International

Rwanda tells Belgium not ready ‘to surrender sovereignty, dignity for crumbs of economic aid’

Monday, March 17, 2025
Belgian colonialists introduced ethnic-based identity cards and political ideolology as part of their divide-and-rule policy, even measuring the size of one's nose and other pysical features to determine which ethnicity to ascribe to them.
International

A historical timeline of Belgium's divisive politics in Rwanda

Monday, March 17, 2025