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A scene of disaster where heavy rains destroyed five classrooms in Busasamana Sector in Rubavu District on January 4. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment

Experts call for robust early warning systems for disaster management

Monday, November 14, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali in 2020. Meteo Rwanda has alerted Rwandans that many parts of Northern, Western and Southern Provinces with the exception of Amayaga region will have heavy rains. File
Environment

Meteo warns of heavy rains in November

Friday, November 11, 2022
Delegates during the opening of a three-day Pan-African Forum on Migration (PAFOM) in Kigali on Tuesday, October 18. Clementine Mukeka, the Permanent Secretary at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, said that climate change will continue to induce migration and human mobility in Africa thanks to a myriad of challenges. Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.
Environment

Experts seek to turn climate change tide on migration

Tuesday, October 18, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali on January 28, 2020. Rwanda has secured US$310 million loan from IMF’s Resilience and Sustainability Facility to tackle climate change.
Environment

Rwanda, IMF agree on $310m deal on climate financing

Friday, October 07, 2022
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Featured

BRAC Turns 50

Friday, September 30, 2022
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Environment

Strong winds destroy over 200 houses in Kirehe

Monday, September 26, 2022
Classrooms that were damaged by disasters at G.S Kibuye in Karongi on March 9, 2022. Meteo has warned of strong winds predicted to gust across most parts of the country between September 11 and 20. / File
Environment

Meteo Rwanda warns of strong winds in 23 districts

Monday, September 12, 2022
David Beer has been appointed the new Chief Executive Officer for TradeMark East Africa and will assume the position effective September 1. / Courtesy
Business

TradeMark East Africa gets new boss

Wednesday, August 31, 2022
Rwanda Red Cross (RRC) has received a grant worth Rwf141.2 million from Coca-Cola Foundation that is aimed to save more lives by conducting awareness campaigns to increase vaccination coverage so as to stop the spread.
Featured

FEATURED: Rwanda Red Cross gets Rwf141.2m from Bralirwa on behalf of The Coca-Cola Foundation to combat COVID-19

Sunday, June 05, 2022
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire that broke out at a container storage facility in Sitakunda, about 40km (25 miles) from the key port of Chittagong.
International

Bangladesh: Deadly fire and explosions at container facility

Sunday, June 05, 2022
The New Times

Over 100 more refugees jet in from Libya

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
A newly constructed road in Rwampara that was done under the Agatare Project meant to upgrade informal settlements in Biryogo, Agatare, Kiyovu and Rwampara areas of Nyarugenge District. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Rwanda unveils $175 million urban development initiative

Friday, May 06, 2022