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Passengers board buses at Nyabugogo taxi park in Kigali. Buses for transportation of more than 25 persons will pay an import duty rate of 10 per cent instead of 25 per cent. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Economy

From foodstuff to cars: Inside new raft of tax exemptions

Thursday, August 08, 2024
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called for increased funding and support for the response to the mpox outbreak.
Health

WHO calls for urgent action to address mpox surge in 17 African nations

Wednesday, August 07, 2024
Mpox – an infectious disease caused by the monkeypox virus.
Health

Understanding mpox: Symptoms, transmission, prevention and more

Tuesday, August 06, 2024
The World Health Organization Director-General, Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. Internet
Health

Mpox: WHO boss says considering international health emergency

Monday, August 05, 2024
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Health

Uganda records 2 imported mpox cases

Sunday, August 04, 2024
The East African Community One Network Area expanded with the entry of Burundi, effective August 1. Burundi joined Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Uganda, and Tanzania, as partner states that implemented the ONA that effectively reduces the high cost of telecommunications in the region.
Africa

Burundi becomes sixth country to join EAC’s One Network Area, enjoy reduced communication costs

Friday, August 02, 2024
Officials wash hands at the new water sanitation and hygiene facility during the closing ceremony of the project in Rugerero Sector, Rubavu District, on Tuesday, July 30,
Health

EAC on track to combat zoonotic, water-borne diseases

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
Left to right: Therese Kayikwamba Wagner, DR Congo’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Angola's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tete Antonio, who was the host and mediator, and Rwanda's Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, Olivier Nduhungirehe, as well as members of their respective delegations, pose for a picture at the end of the second ministerial meeting on the security and peace situation in eastern DR Congo, in Luanda, Angola, on Tuesday, July 30. Courtesy
Africa

Second Luanda meeting calls for ceasefire in eastern DR Congo

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
People move through a busy Petite Barrière border crossing in Gisenyi Sector, Rubavu District, on Monday, July 29. Photos By Germain Nsanzimana
Health

Rubavu residents call for more hygiene facilities to combat Mpox outbreak

Tuesday, July 30, 2024
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe led the Rwandan delegation in Angola, on Tuesday, July 30. File
Africa

Rwanda, DR Congo ministers meet in Luanda

Tuesday, July 30, 2024
The EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Infrastructure, Productive, Social and Political Sectors, Andrea Aguer Ariik Malueth, speaks, on Monday, July 29, during a technical meeting in Rubavu, Rwanda, to review the successes and challenges of the EAC Water Sanitation and Hygiene project. Malueth emphasised the importance of taking preventive measures to minimise the spread of Mpox.
Health

EAC urges increased public awareness to prevent spread of ‘deadly’ Monkeypox

Monday, July 29, 2024
The COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA), which comes into force today, July 25, 2024.
Business

Tripartite Free Trade Area: A case for or against African integration?

Thursday, July 25, 2024