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Some cows struck by lightning in Nyagatare in 2021. Courtesy.
Environment

Rwanda's lightning hotspots: Why some areas are more prone to strikes

Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Lightning strikes killed four people and injured eight in Murambi Sector, Karongi District on Sunday, January 5.
Environment

Lightning strike kills four, injures eight in Karongi

Monday, January 06, 2025
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Africa

Cyclone Chido: Death toll rises to 73 in Mozambique

Friday, December 20, 2024
Some of dozens of houses affected by winds in Kirehe’s Mpanga Sector on October 26. Courtesy
Environment

Govt pledges support to disaster hit communities in Kirehe

Monday, October 28, 2024
Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Roads and Transport, Davis Chirchir, and EAC Partner States Ministers sign the report of the 19th Sectoral Council on Transport, Communications and Meteorology in Mombasa, Kenya. Also in the photos are the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Andrea Aguer Ariik and Partner States’ Permanent/Principal Secretaries.
Africa

EAC countries urged to eliminate barriers to transportation

Saturday, October 26, 2024
Lightning killed three children in Bumbogo Sector of Gasabo District, on the evening of October 24.
Environment

Lightning, landslide kill 5 children in Kigali

Thursday, October 24, 2024
Hailstorm ravaged farmers’ crops in Gakenke District on the evening of October 1. Courtesy
Environment

Hailstorm ravages crops in Gakenke, forecaster warns of heavy rains in October

Wednesday, October 02, 2024
Rwanda Meteorology Agency has warned of “intense and frequent lightning strikes,” especially at the beginning of the forthcoming rainy season
Environment

Meteorology agency warns of intense lightning strikes as rainy season starts

Saturday, August 24, 2024
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Religion

Over 550 pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures rise

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
One of the 26 houses destroyed by landslides on a hill in Gakenke District on Sunday, May 5. Courtesy
Environment

Gakenke landslides demolish 26 houses, destroy crops

Monday, May 06, 2024
People pull a car submerged in flood water along Thika Road in Nairobi, capital of Kenya, on May 1, 2024. (Photo by Joy Nabukewa. Xinhua)

Now that floods have come to cities, govts will be forced to act

Tuesday, May 07, 2024
Heavy rains have led to the collapse of several houses across the country, according to a report from the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA). 49 people have also lost lives in the last two months. File
Environment

49 people lose lives as Rwanda records 300 disaster cases in two months

Friday, May 03, 2024