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One of over 6,000 houses damaged by disasters in Rubavu District in Rwanda in May, 2023. The disasters also claimed 135 lives, livestock, and many hectares of plantations were washed away. File photo
Environment

EAC to approach COP28 as bloc with one voice, recommits to food security

Saturday, November 25, 2023
EALA MPs during a plenary session on November 8, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania, the headquarters of the EAC. The assembly is in Kigali in line with the rotational sittings principle in the EAC Partner States’ capitals to bring the community closer to the people. Courtesy photo
Africa

EALA: What are the bills, motions regional lawmakers plan to discuss in Kigali?

Friday, November 24, 2023
Peacekeepers serving with the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) patrol on foot in North Kivu province. Courtesy Photo
Editorial

MONUSCO leaves behind a legacy of unfulfilled promises in DR Congo

Friday, November 24, 2023
In continued efforts to tame inflation, the National Bank of Rwanda has decided to maintain its lending rate at 7.5 per cent. File
Economy

Central bank maintains lending rate at 7.5%

Thursday, November 23, 2023
MONUSCO’s head Bintou Keita and DR Congo’s Foreign Minister Christophe Lutundula pose for a photo after signing the agreement in Kinshasa. Courtesy
Africa

DR Congo, UN mission sign withdrawal plan

Thursday, November 23, 2023
The 5th edition of the Conference on Land Policy in Africa (CLPA) is currently being held in Addis Ababa from November 21-24.
Women

Rwanda commended for advancing women's land rights

Thursday, November 23, 2023
The Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources, Eric Rwigamba, speaks to journalists after opening a three-day knowledge-sharing seminar for the development of the fifth Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation (PSTA5), on November 22, 2023. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Agriculture

Rwigamba urges leveraging tech, innovation as Rwanda develops new agric plan

Thursday, November 23, 2023
Parenting guides were developed to operationalise the National Parenting Curriculum. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

What problems do early learning and parenting guides seek to address?

Thursday, November 23, 2023
DR Congo army Spokesperson, Maj. Gen Sylvain Ekenge says all soldiers have been informed of a strict ban on establishing or maintaining any contact with the FDLR, a designated terrorist organisation largely made up of remnants who perpetrated the 1994 Genocide Against the Tutsi. Courtesy photo
Africa

DR Congo army announces ‘divorce’ with FDLR

Wednesday, November 22, 2023
A new treaty on migration between the United Kingdom and Rwanda will respond to concerns raised by the UK Supreme Court.
Rwanda

New UK-Rwanda migration treaty to ‘reemphasise’ initial plan

Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Some combatants of the genocidal FDLR group, who were captured by M23 rebels, fighting alongside the DR Congo armed forces in the east of the country last year. Courtesy
Editorial

Buck stops with Congolese to fix their country

Wednesday, November 22, 2023
Some of the housing units at the green model village that was inaugurated on Monday, November 20, 2023, in Kaniga sector of Gicumbi District. The new village is accommodating at least 60 households who relocated from high risk zones in Gicumbi
Environment

Inside Gicumbi’s Rwf3bn climate-resilient model village

Wednesday, November 22, 2023