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Different parts of the country, from March 11 to March 20, experienced average maximum temperature ranging between 20 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees.
Environment

Meteo Rwanda explains temperature spike, assures 10-day normal levels

Friday, March 22, 2024
The world is facing heat waves as 2023 emerges warmest year
Environment

Report warns of ‘likely’ heat waves as 2023 emerges warmest year

Wednesday, March 20, 2024
Immunocompromised people are at risk of developing serious or life-threatening fungal diseases. Africa accounts for 67 percent of the global burden of HIV, and opportunistic fungal diseases are on the rise. PHOTO _ SHUTTERSTOCK
Health

Researchers link HIV infections spike to drought

Sunday, March 17, 2024
Rwanda National Police Fire and Rescue Brigade during the rescue activities of people stranded at an overflooded highway in Kigali on February 2, 2020. File

Climate change is real and should be everyone’s responsibility

Tuesday, March 05, 2024
Zambia President, Hakainde Hichilema addresses delegates at Norrsken House during his state visit in Rwanda last year. President Hicchilema on Thursday declared a national state of disaster and emergency to enable a rapid response to the prolonged drought in the country. File photo
Africa

Zambia declares state of disaster due to drought

Friday, March 01, 2024
Paddy rice production in 2023 amounted to 133,628 tonnes, 1,446 tonnes less than the 135,074 tonnes recorded in the previous year, in Rwanda. On February 21, 2024, the country enacted legislation governing biosafety, aimed at ensuring the safe handling, transfer, and use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) food in the country.
Agriculture

Six things to know as Rwanda promulgates GMO law

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
CLOCKWISE: Captain Ally Kazingufu, point guards Jean Jacques Wilson Nshobozwabyosenumukiza and Adonis Filer as well as forward William Robeyns are part of APR's roster preparing for BAL 2024-Courtesy
Basketball

BAL: APR players fired up as preps for regular season take shape

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Cross border cargo trucks transport goods from Tanzania to Rwanda.The National Bank of Rwanda (NBR) remains concerned about the risks posed by disruptions in the Red Sea on international commodity prices. (File Photo)
Economy

Red Sea disruption risks on inflation persist despite slowdown – experts

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
The New Times
Africa

El Nino rains leave Kenya's arid areas grappling with diseases

Friday, February 23, 2024
Cows drink water from a trough supplied by one of solar-powered boreholes constructed under the initial Rwanda Dairy Development Project (RDDP), in Eastern Province, in 2020 (Photo courtesy of IFAD).
Agriculture

What $100 million project means to Rwanda’s dairy industry

Monday, February 19, 2024
The New Times
Football

Sumaila eyes more goals after ending two-month drought

Thursday, February 15, 2024
EALA lawmakers and other participants at a session meant for assessing policies and laws on GMOs within the East African Community (EAC) Partner States, on February 8, 2024, in Kigali, Rwanda (Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Agriculture

Rwanda ready to harness GMOs tech, official tells EAC lawmakers

Friday, February 09, 2024