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Family and friends, on Monday, January 23, bid farewell to Kalisa Mbanda, the chairman of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who succumbed to illness on January 13. Courtesy
Rwanda

NEC boss Kalisa Mbanda laid to rest

Monday, January 23, 2023
Joan MURUNGI, Head of the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning Materials development at Rwanda Basic Education Board (REB) during an interview in Kigali. Photos by Dan Kwizera
Featured

Education board to reduce student-textbook gap by 2025

Monday, January 23, 2023
Agric young entrepreneur Dieudonne Niyodushima with his mates. They say that there is a need for funding and enhanced access to finance for young entrepreneurs with startups so as to increase both production and quality. Courtesy
Technology

Local startups seek funding to tap into AfCFTA

Monday, January 23, 2023
Robert Masozera, the Director General of the Rwanda Cultural Heritage during the interview. File
Crime

Rwandan skulls in German museums: Scientists probe how, why they got there

Monday, January 23, 2023
Medics during an operation at Masaka hospital. Medical students are requesting for a revision of the policy that requires all medicine graduates from UR to serve in government hospitals for two to se
Health

Medical students appeal for review of four-year retention policy 

Sunday, January 22, 2023
Farmers havest Irish Potato in Gicumbi through green Gicumbi project. Rwanda produces 916,000 tonnes of Irish potatoes every year, making it the third most popular food crop produced.Couresty
Agriculture

Gicumbi seed multipliers to benefit from Rwf1.3b fund

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Professor Kalisa Mbanda, Chairperson of the National Electoral Commission (NEC), who died on January 13, will be laid to rest on Monday, January 23. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

NEC Chairman Prof Kalisa Mbanda to be laid to rest on Monday

Thursday, January 19, 2023
The Government Spokesperson, Yolande Makolo during a past news briefing. Rwanda has expressed its concern over the DR Congo “apparent abandonment” of the Luanda and Nairobi peace process. File
Security

Kigali regrets Kinshasa’s abandonment of Luanda, Nairobi peace processes

Thursday, January 19, 2023
The members of parliament have surmoned Minister of Trade to further explain about the quality of meat Rwandans consume. Courtesy
Business

MPs summon trade, local govt ministers over substandard abattoirs

Thursday, January 19, 2023
Congolese refugees in Kenya during a demonstration on Tuesday, January 17. They have petitioned the United Nations Security Council and multiple countries over human rights violations targeted at Tutsi communities in eastern DR Congo. Courtesy
Security

Congolese refugees petition UN, world leaders over DR Congo abuses

Wednesday, January 18, 2023
A past performance at Ubumuntu Arts Festival. There will be a music concert before the festical this year. File photo
Showbiz

What to expect from the creative industry in 2023

Tuesday, January 17, 2023
Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement, Jean Damascene Bizimana speaks during a meeting with various leaders of various faith- based organisations, to discuss ways of working together towards healing in Kigali on Tuesday, January 17
Rwanda

Religious leaders commit to tackling effects of Genocide

Tuesday, January 17, 2023