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Cabbage farmers weed their plantations in Musanze District. The National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda released a household-based survey on labour market activities on January 24.Courtesy
Agriculture

Four key findings about Rwanda's agriculture labour force in new survey

Saturday, January 25, 2025
Rwanda government spokesperson Yolande Makolo on Saturday, January 25, condemned the choice of words in a statement issued MONUSCO. In a post on X, Makolo said the UN mission’s call for a final solution is shocking and needs to be condemned and retracted.
Security

Rwanda condemns MONUSCO’s use of Nazi Germany language in eastern DR Congo conflict

Saturday, January 25, 2025
Houses destroyed by heavy rain in Nyabihu District. Rwanda continues to face natural disasters worsened by climate change. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

Report shows effects of 10 major disasters in 2024

Saturday, January 25, 2025
UN peacekeepers in a helicopter in eastern DR Congo. MONUSCO on Friday, January 24, 2025, said it had conducted joint day and night patrols with the Congolese army and supported the deployment of Congolese forces’ heavy artillery and attack helicopters destroying M23 equipment.
Africa

MONUSCO ignores M23 rebel warning, intensifies support to Congolese army coalition

Saturday, January 25, 2025
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Africa

Tanzania to roll out new banknotes in February

Saturday, January 25, 2025
RSSB officials in a group photo with members of the Rwanda Pensioners Association committee at an event that was meant to discuss updates on the new pension structure and occupational hazard scheme, on Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Rwanda

Rwanda more than doubles minimum pension benefits for retirees

Friday, January 24, 2025
Jean-Bosco Harelimana, the former Director-General of Rwanda Cooperative Agency.
Crime

Former cooperative agency boss, co-accused acquitted

Friday, January 24, 2025
MPs have urged RIB, NPPA, and other institutions to treat teenage pregnancy and defilement as an epidemic requiring urgent and decisive action. Courtesy Photo
Crime

Lawmaker says teenage pregnancies should be treated as ‘epidemic’

Friday, January 24, 2025
Maj Gen Peter Chirimwami was appointed military governor of North Kivu Province in September 2023.
Africa

DR Congo: M23 rebels say North Kivu governor killed

Friday, January 24, 2025
President Paul Kagame and his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, discussed the security situation in the eastern part of DR Congo on Thursday, January 23. Village Urugwiro
Security

Kagame, Erdogan discuss DR Congo security situation

Thursday, January 23, 2025
A community health worker instructs a pregnant woman and her husband in Karongi. Community Health workers will start tracking and managing hypertension. Olivier Mugwiza
Health

Community health workers to start screening high blood pressure

Thursday, January 23, 2025
The Rwanda Investigation Bureau  Secretary General, Jeannot Ruhunga addresses members of Parliament on child detention, as RIB Spokesperson Thierry Murangira looks on, on Thursday, January 23. Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Law

RIB explains reasons for child detention before trial

Thursday, January 23, 2025