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Panelists engage in a discussion at the UK–Rwanda Climate Partnership Conference in Kigali on Tuesday, March 24. Photos by Craish Bahizi
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Turning climate ambition into investment: Rwanda’s push to unlock green finance

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva (right) consults with Minister of Local Government Dominique Habimana during a consultative meeting in Gako, Bugesera District, on Monday, March 23. Data from the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) on Imihigo performance rankings for the 2024/2025 fiscal year, show a decline in districts’ overall performance, with a drop of more than seven percentage points compared to 2021/2022. Courtesy
Politics

What explains recent drop in Imihigo performance scores?

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Residents attend the event as Rwanda joined the rest of the world in celebrating World Tuberculosis Day on March 24 at Gasabo District. Courtesy
Health

World TB day: Death rate drops by over 95% in Rwanda

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Aloys Kayiranga, one of the survivors of Nyange shares the testmony during the 29th commemoration. He was 19 when the attacker stormed Ecole Secondaire de Nyange in Ngororero District.
Rwanda

Former Nyange student recalls gruesome attack of March 18, 1997

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
AFC-M23 spokesperson Lawrence Kanyuka speaks to journalists on Tuesday, March 24, 2025. Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

DR Congo: 11 killed in govt coalition attacks on Kalehe, rebels say

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Rwandan songstress Nicole Musoni blends R&B, Afro influences in her multilingual music storytelling. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza.
Music

Nicole Musoni on blending cultures to shape unique musical identity

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
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Africa

Nduhungirehe warns against silence amid genocide ideology, Tutsi persecution in DR Congo

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
A scientist endeavoring to develop a vaccine for TB.

TB risk should not depend on where we are born

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Some housing blocks that accommodate residents who were living in high risk zones in Musanze. Each district has contract performance of uplifting the people from poverity. File

Imihigo at 20: Where tradition meets results in modern governance

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Bisesero Genocide Memorial. Accounts from the Bisesero resistance highlight the overwhelming imbalance between the number of killers and the victims, as well as the efforts by the Tutsi to resist. Sam Ngenda

Surrounded and outnumbered: Why resistance failed during the genocide

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Rwesero Art Museum. Craish BAHIZI
Culture

Inside Rwanda’s 20 newly classified cultural heritage sites

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
L-R: Prof. Isaac Macharia, Dr. James Mwangi, and Hannington Namara at the FY2025 Investor Briefing. Equity Group reported 55% PAT growth to Kshs. 75.5B, with a proposed dividend of Kshs. 5.75 per share and strong regional and insurance performance.
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Equity Bank Rwanda posts Rwf59 billion profit amid robust loan growth, strong efficiency

Tuesday, March 24, 2026