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Health professionals warn that skipping doses or self-medicating is making antibiotics like amoxicillin ineffective in up to 80% of cases, driving antimicrobial resistance.
Health

What you should know about antimicrobial resistance, an escalating global threat

Saturday, May 17, 2025
A farmer tends to her cow in Kayonza. While Agriculture anchors the district's economy, 38 percent of household farmers still lack livestock in Kayonza, according to EICV7
Rwanda

Kayonza cuts poverty rate by 15% in seven years

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Rwanda’s emergency health response capacity has received a major boost as the number of ambulances across the country has more than doubled, from 230 to 510. Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda’s ambulance fleet surges to 510

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Electric car at a charging station in Kigali. Vehicle users called for more charging stations in the country. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Rwanda seeks investors to accelerate EV charging infrastructure development

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Rwanda National Police's fire brigade officers on duty as fire engulfed SIGMA Industries LTD in the Special Economic Zone, an industrial area in Masoro, Kigali on November 26, 2021. File
Security

Govt to spend Rwf3bn on new fire and rescue equipment

Monday, May 12, 2025
Ministry of Infrastructure launched the first electric intercity bus route connecting Muhanga to Kigali, Nyanza, and Huye district, on Thursday, May 8. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Environment

Govt rolls out electric bus service to secondary cities

Friday, May 09, 2025
Wildlife and bird photographer Will Wilson during exercise at the launch of 'the Walk with Will initiative.' Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Wildlife photographer's ‘Walk with Will’ raises cancer awareness, funds for patient support in Rwanda

Thursday, May 08, 2025
WASAC technician tries to fix a water pipe at Kanombe in Kigali. . FILE
Rwanda

Gov’t targets full rural water access by 2030 as pipeline repairs accelerate

Thursday, May 08, 2025
Doctors during an operation at Masaka Hospital in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

10 key things to know about Rwanda’s new health services bill

Wednesday, May 07, 2025
Workers at Kigali Leather Ltd, a factory in Kanzenze, Bugesera District. Photo File
Rwanda

From animal to market: Understanding the leather value chain

Tuesday, May 06, 2025
The proposed healthcare services bill, which includes provisions to formally legislate surrogacy in Rwanda, continues to stir a vigorous debate. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Health

Five contentious issues on surrogacy in healthcare bill

Monday, May 05, 2025
A view of the newly restored forest at Green Gicumbi project. Rwanda is seeking to attract investors to implement its revised Green Growth and Climate Resilience Strategy. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda woos investors to tap into Rwf3tn green growth agenda

Monday, May 05, 2025