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Environment

Over 150,000 displaced by Mozambique floods

Wednesday, January 21, 2026
A flooded residential area in Nyabihu District in May 2023. Rwanda is expected to receive moderate to heavy rainfall during the last ten days of January 2026. Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

Moderate to heavy rains expected late January

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Image taken in Gakenke District starkly reveals the environmental cost of conventional tillage, where bare, disturbed soil is left defenceless against erosion, as evidenced by the sloughing hillside and washed-out field. Such practices compact the soil, severely hindering water infiltration and aggressively depleting the soil of its vital organic matter and nutrients. Photo: Courtesy of RICA

Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Ongoing construction of radical terraces in Nyabihu District as part of the Volcanoes Community Resilience Project. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana.
Rwanda

300,000 hectares need restoration in volcanic region

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Officials celebrate the adoption of COP-21-Paris-Agreement on December 12, 2015. From January 2026, the United States officially is out of the Paris Agreement in January 2026. Internet
Environment

What US withdrawal from Green climate fund means

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Workers sort coffee beans at a drying station in Kirehe District. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Agriculture

Can coffee sector sustain its strongest harvest in years?

Thursday, January 15, 2026
A flooded residential area in Nyabihu District in May 2023. Meteo Rwanda has warned that Nyabihu and Ngororero districts are expected to receive the heaviest rainfall in mid-January. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

Nyabihu, Ngororero to see heaviest mid-January rains

Sunday, January 11, 2026
Renovation works at Huye Stadium are expected to be completed in early February 2026. Courtesy

Renovation at Huye Stadium to be completed in February 2026

Monday, December 22, 2025
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Environment

Rains, strong winds expected in festive season

Sunday, December 21, 2025
The author spent four days with park officials, witnessing firsthand how conservation is carried out in Rwanda’s largest national park and the country’s only home of the Big Five.
Tourism

What 4 days in Akagera National Park taught me about wildlife conservation

Saturday, December 13, 2025
Farmers from Shyira Sector in Nyabihu District celebrate after planting 4,000 indigenous tree species in the buffer zone of the Mukungwa River.
Featured

Could land restoration be Africa’s "new economy"?

Tuesday, December 09, 2025
(Top row) Farmers sort coffee beans in Ngoma District in March 2023. (Bottom row) A miner works at the Bashyamba Mining Site in Nyarugenge District on March 6. Rwanda’s exports continued to rise in the third quarter of 2025, even as the country recorded a slight increase in its trade deficit, according to the National Bank of Rwanda. File
Economy

Coffee, minerals boost exports in Q3 2025

Thursday, November 27, 2025