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The government has launched a $300 million (Rwf382 billion) relief project that aims to deploy various measures to mitigate flooding along the Mukungwa River. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Govt launches Rwf382b project to combat Mukungwa river flooding

Monday, February 26, 2024
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Türkiye and Syria at midnight on February 6, 2023, followed by a 7.7-magnitude one the next afternoon. In Türkiye, the quakes devastated 11 provinces, killing more than 53,000 people and displacing millions.​
International

Recovery from 2023 Türkiye earthquakes faces many difficulties, says Hatay mayor

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Some of the over 6,000 homes that were wrecked by disasters on May 3, 2023, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. The government is identifying ‘disaster hotspots’ prone to floods and landslides nationwide to move more families from danger zones before March.
Environment

Govt to identify ‘disaster hotspots’ ahead of three-month heavy rains

Friday, February 23, 2024
Li Dayi, the first-ever Chinese Defence Attaché accredited to Rwanda, speaking during the reception hosted by the Chinese Embassy in Rwanda on February 20.Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Chinese Embassy welcomes first-ever Defence Attaché to Rwanda

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The New Times

DR Congo: where ineptitude, greed, and cynicism meet to fuel conflict

Monday, February 19, 2024
The Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed on the sidelines of the second edition of Rwanda-Poland Business Forum in Kigali on February 7. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwandan firm inks satellite solutions deal with Polish space company

Thursday, February 08, 2024
The Ngoma-Ramiro road improvement will be a bypass for trucks from Tanzania to use the Rusumo-Ngoma-Bugesera-Rusizi route to deliver goods to the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Infrastructure

Ngoma-Ramiro road upgrade set to transform freight transport

Tuesday, February 06, 2024
Some of the apartments for vulnerable residents in the environs of Mpazi drainage in Gitega and Kimisagara sectors in Nyarugenge District .File
Environment

New model villages to house disaster-displaced families

Thursday, January 25, 2024
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International

China activates emergency response to landslide in Yunnan

Monday, January 22, 2024
One of different houses that are in high risk zones in Nyabihu District. According to officials fourteen districts with households in need of urgent relocation from high-risk zones have been identified. PHOTO BY SAMUEL NGENDAHIMANA
Environment

Districts with households in high-risk zones to be resettled identified

Sunday, January 21, 2024
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Africa

DR Congo’s Tshisekedi sworn in for second term as police stifles protests

Sunday, January 21, 2024
One of over ten houses that were damaged by landslides due to heavy rains in Southern Province. Courtesy
Environment

Over 4,000 households to be resettled amid heavy rain

Wednesday, January 17, 2024