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Neurosurgeon Hari Priya Bandi removes live worm from woman's brain.
International

Live worm found in Australian woman’s brain

Tuesday, August 29, 2023
Traders in the City of Kigali have been fined for unreasonably increasing the prices of maize, Irish potatoes, and rice. Photo Courtesy
Business

Kigali: Traders fined for hiking food prices

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
The New Times

Improved water use keeping malnutrition at bay, but farmers need support

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
Felicite Umwanzintabakure, a resident of Taba cell, Gashinyi sector in Gakenke District.
Agriculture

Gakenke: How women farmers cope with dry spells and floods using climate resilience mechanisms

Thursday, March 09, 2023
A view of a dried beans plantation in Eastern Province. According to RAB at least 78,000 hectares of bean crop farms across the country were affected by dry spells during agricultural season A
Agriculture

80,000 ha of bean crop affected by drought

Saturday, February 25, 2023
A view of the collapse of a maize drying shelter was reported, on February 19, in Rukumberi sector, Ngoma District. Reports indicate that 20 people were injured. Courtesy
Agriculture

Probe into collapse of maize shelters after second incident injures 20

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Heaps of hervested maize belonging to the Gasagara farmers’ cooperative covered for protection from rain near the shelter that collapse in Rusororo Sector, Gasabo District, on February 3, 2023 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Rwanda

Survivors of Rusororo tragic accident narrate horrific ordeal

Saturday, February 04, 2023
Everyone always goes extra for the festive season but January is often about new beginnings. Dan Nsengiyumva
Society

Is ‘Dry January’ worth the try?

Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Agric specialists work in a crop multiplication center in Musanze District. Farmers have raised the need of the new crop varieties that can cope with drought, diseases, pests, and floods. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Rwanda looks to mobilise $24m for climate friendly crops

Friday, January 13, 2023
Farmers spraying pesticides in a maize plantation. Farmers say that drought took its toll on crop production, estimating that overall, maize produce is expected to drop by 40 per cent as a result.
Agriculture

2022: A year of ‘firefighting’ in agriculture

Sunday, December 25, 2022
A worker carries out indoor residual spraying to fight against mosquitoes in Bugesera District. According to statistics from RBC, Rwanda recorded a drop in malaria incidence from 400 per 1,000 in 2016 to 89 per 1,000 in 2021. A new study has linked an invasive insecticide-resistant mosquito to an unprecedented urban outbreak of malaria in Ethiopia, and warned that it can fuel an upsurge of cases in various African countries. Photo: File.
Health

Invasive mosquitoes could fuel malaria upsurge in Africa

Friday, November 04, 2022
A farmer sorts her beans plantation.Rwanda is offering free fertilisers to its farmer as it responds to high food prices, and drought that is threatening to cause crop production failure
Agriculture

Rwanda offers free fertilisers, irrigation as drought bites

Thursday, October 27, 2022