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Passengers board RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. RwandAir wants to double its passenger numbers from just over 1 million in 2023-2024 to more than 2.1 million by 2028-2029.
Aviation

Inside plans to double RwandAir passengers

Friday, August 22, 2025
Tanzania's Minister of Foreign Affairs and East African Cooperation, Mahmoud Thabit Kombo (L), chats with Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, at the ministerial session of the 16th Joint Permanent Commission between Rwanda and Tanzania, on Saturday, July 26, in Kigali (courtesy).
International

Tanzania eyes boost in railway, air links with Rwanda

Sunday, July 27, 2025
Qatar Airways has resumed flight operations to Rwanda three years after their last passenger flight to Kigali International Airport in December 2021. Courtesy
Aviation

Qatar Airways resumes flights to Kigali

Saturday, June 28, 2025
An artist's impressions of the terminal, administration building, cargo, and car parking areas of the new airport once it is complete, that is under construction in Bugesera District. Photo: Courtesy
Infrastructure

10 things to know about proposed Smart Airport City in Bugesera

Sunday, June 22, 2025
Minister Murangwa while presenting the 2025-26 budget bill to Parliament on Thursday, June 12. Craish Bahizi
Editorial

A balancing act in implementing new budget will boost economy

Friday, June 13, 2025
Rwanda aims to reduce the national unemployment rate to 12 per cent in the next five years. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Rwanda to reduce unemployment rate to 12% in five years

Thursday, June 12, 2025
The artist's impressions of the terminal, administration building, cargo, and car parking areas of the new airport once it is complete, that is under construction in Bugesera District. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Smart airport city, Formula 1 circuit among 10 projects poised to change Bugesera

Tuesday, June 03, 2025
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers his remarks at the opening of the 13th Aviation Stakeholders Convention and the 2nd African Aviation Safety and Operations Summit underway in Kigali. Dan Gatsinzi
Aviation

Innovation key to unlocking Africa’s aviation potential - Premier Ngirente

Monday, May 12, 2025
Qatar Airways plane lands at Kigali International Airport at the inaugural flight to Rwanda in 2012. The company has announced plans to resume direct flights between Doha and Kigali from May 14.
Aviation

Qatar Airways to resume direct flights to Kigali in May

Thursday, March 20, 2025
Congolese refugees in Mahama camp in Rwanda's Eastern Province protest against killings of Banyamulenge, Hema and Tutsi people in eastern DR Congo on March 6, 2024.
International

Hundreds of experts, academics, lawyers, religious leaders, writers, artists write to UN chief over persecution of Congolese Tutsi

Sunday, March 09, 2025
A drone monitors movement in the airspace. University of Rwanda (UR) nears the final stages of introducing aeronautics and aerospace engineering programs under its College of Science and Technology (CST).
Education

University of Rwanda's aeronautics, aerospace programme could start in September

Tuesday, February 11, 2025
The number of domestic air passengers in Rwanda rose significantly by 42.5 percent, from 15,821 in 2022, to 22,547 in 2023. File
Aviation

Domestic air passengers in Rwanda increase by over 40 percent

Saturday, January 04, 2025