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Aerial view Kigali City in Nyarugenge District. Rwanda’s transformation has been remarkable, as this small, beautiful land locked East African country forges ahead with its aspiration to become a middle-income country.

Accelerating Rwanda’s development in the midst of overlapping crises

Monday, June 12, 2023
Residents wade through a flooded residential area on May 3.Rwanda is amongcountries that will benefit from $7 million in funding to finance a regional initiative to boost hydro-meteorological and early warning services. Germain N
Environment

Rwanda to benefit from $7m funding for regional early warning system

Tuesday, June 13, 2023
Residents at a temporary accommodation site for people who were affected by disasters on May 3 in Rubavu District. The disasters killed 135 and over 6000 houses were destroyed countrywide.
Environment

Landslides: Govt to close over 90 temporary accommodation sites

Wednesday, June 07, 2023
Dr Innocent Sebasaza Mugisha, the Chairman of Mount Kigali University Council. Photo: Courtesy.
Featured

Mount Kigali University chair lays out his vision, explains name change

Wednesday, June 07, 2023
People representing entities that were awarded for their efforts to address plastic pollution through plastic waste management pose for a photo with Environment Minister Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya (C), and the Director General, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), Juliet Kabera, on June 5, 2023, in Kigali. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Environment

PHOTOS: Inside Rwanda’s revised green growth blueprint

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
The Minister for Emergency Management, Marie Solange Kayisire during a news briefing to update journalists on the effort to restore normalcy following the disasters in May. Courtesy
Education

Over 5,000 students affected by disasters get school fees

Thursday, June 01, 2023
One of over 6000 houses damaged by the disasters in May. A quick assessment that followed the disaster which claimed 135 lives found that Rwf130billion was required to restore the damage.
Environment

Disaster recovery cost rises to Rwf300bn as assessment proceeds

Thursday, June 01, 2023
The plenary sitting of the Chamber of Deputies adopted Parliament’s inputs on the budget framework paper for the fiscal year 2023-2024, on May 26. Courtesy
Economy

Budget: Rwf220bn needed to address urgent financing gaps

Sunday, May 28, 2023
Eco-feminist Ineza Umuhoza Grace, winner of the 2023 Global Citizen Prize Citizen Award, Rwanda, receiving her award at the 2023 Global Citizen Prize ceremony in New York City on April 27,2023.
Rwanda

Global Citizen Prize winner on steering the environment protection ship, getting young people aboard

Friday, May 26, 2023
Residents wade through a flooded residential area on May 3. Rwanda secures $98 million, through the initiative that aims at helping address longer-term structural challenges such as climate change. Germain Nsanzimana
Environment

Rwanda secures $98 million from IMF’s climate finance

Thursday, May 25, 2023
Some of over 6000 houses that were damaged by landslides and floods on May 3 in Rubavu District. Courtesy

The public health consequences of natural disasters

Thursday, May 25, 2023
Some of over 6000 houses that were destroyed by landslides and floods on May 2- 3 in Rubavu District. Courtesy
Environment

Rwf700m raised for victims of floods, landslides

Wednesday, May 24, 2023