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A landslide swept away their house, banana plantation and all the crops in the valley in Bushekeri Sector, Nyamasheke District in 2024. File
Environment

How high-risk districts are bracing for heavy March–May rains

Thursday, February 19, 2026
A tea plantation in Nyamasheke District. The state owns about 120,000 hectares of land, equivalent to roughly 500,000 plots, most of which are allocated to agriculture and forestry. Craish BAHIZI
Infrastructure

Over 120,000 hectares of state-owned land idle, govt looks to put it to use

Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Residents of Nyabihu District watch as heavy rains wash away a bridge on May 7, 2020. File.
Environment

Districts race to fix bridges amid rising flood risks

Tuesday, February 17, 2026
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April 2022. Rwanda will experience slightly above-normal rainfall during the March-April-May (MAM) 2026 season. File
Environment

Heavy rains expected in March-May season

Sunday, February 15, 2026
Rwanda National Police (RNP) has received a modern firefighting truck from Rusumo Power Company. The MAN Model TGS 33.440 truck is equipped with specialized instruments for disaster and fire management. Courtesy
Security

PHOTOS: Rwanda National Police gets new firefighting truck

Friday, February 13, 2026
A worker carries bags of imported rice while offloading a cross-border truck at the Kigali Business Central District in Nyarugenge on December 24, 2025. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Why rising farm output hasn’t cut food imports

Thursday, February 05, 2026
Some residential houses that were under construction at Rebero in Kicukiro. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Ten new changes reshaping land use, urban planning in Rwanda

Wednesday, February 04, 2026
Mahoko business center that was strongly hit by floods on May 3, 2023.
Environment

Community along Sebeya river upbeat after two years without floods

Monday, February 02, 2026
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Environment

Residents adopt safety measures as heavy rains loom

Friday, January 23, 2026
Dr Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, Director General of the African Risk Capacity Group, addresses participants during a workshop in Rubavu.hotos by Dan Gatsinzi
Featured

Featured: Rwanda advances drought preparedness through risk modelling, operational planning

Thursday, January 22, 2026
More than 470 disaster incidents have been recorded across Rwanda since the onset of the rainy season in September, leaving at least 67 people dead and 123 others injured.
Environment

Disasters kill 67 in five months as lightning emerges deadliest hazard

Sunday, January 18, 2026
Some of the newly introduced electric buses operating in public transport at the Downtown Taxi Park in Kigali. File.
Environment

20 green initiatives that defined Rwanda’s climate agenda in 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025