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Hectares of crops damaged by floods in Burera and Musanze districts. Photo: File
Environment

Northern Province hit by 1,500 disaster cases over past five years

Monday, April 17, 2023
The New Times

Let us not build our homes on sand only

Wednesday, March 29, 2023
A view of a damaged potato plantation in Musanze District on March 22. Hailstorm struck four sectors of Musanze district on Wednesday evening, causing damage to crops and over 200 houses. Courtesy
Environment

PHOTOS: Hailstorm damages over 200 houses in Musanze

Friday, March 24, 2023
A flooded wetland where different crops were totally damaged at Masaka in Kicukiro in April 2022.
Environment

Weather agency warns of imminent river flooding as water levels rise

Friday, March 24, 2023
The New Times
Environment

Over 100 disaster-related incidents recorded in 15 days

Monday, March 20, 2023
Two people in Gakenke District were on March 15 struck by lightning and died instantly. Internet photo
Environment

Lightning kills two, injures 8 schoolchildren

Thursday, March 16, 2023
The New Times
Environment

Meteo Rwanda explains rare heatwave in Kigali

Thursday, March 09, 2023
The training brought together sixity-five members of Rwanda's emergency response team during the AVoHC-SURGE training in Karongi District
Featured

FEATURED: WHO trains Rwanda’s emergency response team for greater preparedness

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Workers remove landslides that blocked a road at Buranga in Gakenke District on April 17, 2022. Due to heavy rains that sometimes cause landslides in Musanze-Kigali road ,the government is building a 32 kilometres road that could be used in case of a landslide emergency. FILE
Infrastructure

Musanze-Kigali highway to get 32 km alternative road

Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Delegates at In the 9th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Development Forum (ARFSD-9) held in Niamey, Niger. Courtesy
Africa

Global action needed for equitable resource distribution in Africa

Thursday, March 02, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente speaks at the opening of the 18th National Dialogue Council, commonly known as 'Umushyikirano', in Kigali on Monday, February 27, 2023. Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture

Agric output to double with Rwf31bn fertiliser subsidy – Ngirente

Monday, February 27, 2023
A flooded maize plantation. Meteo alerted residents that the expected rainfall from March to May may lead to extreme weather events such as flooding, landslides, strong winds and other extreme weather-
Environment

Forecaster warns of floods in parts of the country

Saturday, February 25, 2023