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Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze.
Environment

Former minister Ngabitsinze assumes office as ARC Group’s director general

Tuesday, July 15, 2025
The Ministry in charge of Emergency Management has reported that heavy rain-induced disasters claimed 52 lives between April 1 and April 16.
Environment

Heavy rain-induced disasters kill 52 people in 16 days

Friday, April 18, 2025
Agriculture remains Rwanda’s largest employer, with over 40 percent of labour market, meaning 1.8 million people. Courtesy
Agriculture

Five key areas of investment, job creation in Rwanda’s agriculture sector

Wednesday, April 02, 2025
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) gathered experts from 35 African countries in Kigali from March 11 to 13, 2025.
Featured

FEATURED: Experts convene in Kigali for UNDP conference on tackling Africa's governance challenges

Wednesday, March 12, 2025
The entrance of Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park . The park boasts of walkways and cycling lanes stretching for over eight kilometres. Courtesy
Featured

What you should know as Rwanda celebrates World Wetland Day

Sunday, February 02, 2025
Officials during the signing of the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015. The deal aims to limit global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. Photo: Courtesy

What environmentalists say about US withdrawal from Paris Agreement

Friday, January 24, 2025
A view of a dried beans plantation in Eastern Province. Rwanda has recorded 2024 as the hottest year, with temperatures 1.1 degrees Celsius higher than those before the industrial revolution.File
Environment

Rwanda says 2024 hottest year on record

Thursday, January 23, 2025
A view of Nasho solar-powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. File

The path forward: Harnessing technology, innovation in agriculture in Eastern Africa

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
A view of Muhanga City centre, one of the country's secondly cities. File
Infrastructure

How gender-sensitive public spaces will transform Rwanda's secondary cities

Monday, December 30, 2024
Africa’s challenges are as vast as its opportunities. The continent is home to 1.4 billion people, a majority of whom are under the age of 25.

The season for reflection: Giving Africa a fair chance

Wednesday, December 25, 2024
African Leaders Welcome Launch of African Development Bank’s Technical Assistance Facility to Unlock Climate Finance for Vulnerable Regions.

Unlocking Africa’s economic potential through digital and climate finance

Monday, November 25, 2024
President Paul Kagame delivers his remarks during the session on Measuring the Green Wealth of Africa in Baku on November 13. Photo by Village Urugwiro

Africa’s climate renaissance: Building resilience through COP29

Tuesday, November 19, 2024