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Officials inaugurate the pilot project aims to connect at least 1,400 households in Mbazi, Kigoma, Simbi, and Maraba sectors to piped water systems in their premises. Photos by Kellya Keza
Featured

Huye: Innovative financing model launched to accelerate household water connection

Friday, August 01, 2025
Patients at Munini Hospital in Nyaruguru sit waiting to be assisted. In July 2025, the government introduced a new pricing structure for medical services in private healthcare facilities the first major tariff revision since 2014. File Photo.
Health

How revised medical tariffs are reshaping healthcare access

Friday, August 01, 2025
Participants of the 2024 World AIDS Day. Rwanda has cut new HIV cases by 82% and AIDS deaths by 86%, reaching global health targets years before the 2030 deadline. File
Health

How Rwanda met global HIV targets ahead of schedule

Thursday, July 31, 2025
Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima, the Minister of Youth and Arts; Sandrine Umutoni, the Minister of State for Youth; Paula Ingabire, Minister of ICT; Belen Calvo Uyarra, EU Ambassador to Rwanda; and Christine Nkulikiyinka, Minister of Public Service and Labour, attend a past YouthConnekt event where young Rwandan entrepreneurs showcased their products. File
Economy

Inside Rwanda’s Rwf49bn five-year youth strategic plan

Wednesday, July 30, 2025
BCIEA developed the IROZA chatbot in collaboration with healthcare providers, technology specialists, and community members. Its launch comes amid a rise in breast cancer cases in Rwanda, aiming to improve access to reliable health information. Courtesy photo
Health

WhatsApp chatbot to boost fight against breast cancer

Tuesday, July 29, 2025
Dr. Peace Mukabalisa, Medical Director of Dream Medical Centre (DMC) Hospital, during an interview with The New Times, on July 25, 2025 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Health

What you need to know as new medical tariffs come into force

Monday, July 28, 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
Rwandan ophthalmologists received training on July 23 at RIIO in Nyarutarama, using virtual reality simulators that replicate the human eye in 3D for surgical practice. Photos: Keza Kellya.
Health

From 'animal eyes' to VR: How Rwanda is modernising eye surgery training

Thursday, July 24, 2025
Munini IDP Model Village in Nyaruguru District is part of Rwanda’s decentralisation efforts, launched to improve service delivery and bring government closer to citizens. file
Rwanda

What you need to know as Rwanda celebrates 25 years of decentralisation

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Health

Butaro centre to become full teaching hospital, says management

Sunday, July 20, 2025
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 4,000 adolescent girls and young women are infected with HIV each week globally, with over 60% of new cases occurring in sub-Saharan Africa. Internet photo
Health

10 things to know about effectiveness of new HIV injectable drug

Friday, July 18, 2025
Dr. Gallican Rwibasira, Head of the National HIV, STIs, and Hepatitis Programmes at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), speaks during a panel discussion at the International AIDS Society (IAS) Conference on HIV Science in Kigali on July 15
Health

WHO-approved test panel for HIV, Syphilis and Hepatitis B unveiled in Kigali

Wednesday, July 16, 2025