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A view of Nasho solar powered irrigation project in Eastern Province in Rwanda. Africa needs to up to $257 billion annually to develop its agriculture sector, in order to cushion its food systems from shocks. / File photo
Agriculture

Africa needs $257bn annually for robust agriculture sector – report

Wednesday, September 07, 2022
Photo: Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Seven census questions that will influence national planning

Monday, August 29, 2022
Community members construct terraces to fight erosion and turn soil fertile.
Featured

How WFP is tackling poverty, food insecurity

Friday, August 26, 2022
The New Times

The birds that call Rwanda home

Thursday, August 25, 2022
Catholic faithfuls follow a sermon during Mass on Assumption Day in Kibeho, Nyaruguru District on Monday, August 15. / Photo: Willy Mucyo
Rwanda

Assumption Day: When the Blessed Virgin Mary saw us out in Kibeho

Wednesday, August 17, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. According to the State of Soil Erosion Control in Rwanda May 2022, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda are potentially eroded every year.Courtesy

How soil erosion is posing a threat on food security

Wednesday, August 10, 2022
A traditional table set-up at Ikirenga Cultural Centre in Rulindo District. Sorghum cake, vegetables and milk were important meals in Rwanda. Photos: Dan Nsengiyumva.

Umuganura and the values behind it

Friday, August 05, 2022
Food section of Kimironko Market Kigali - Photo Luqman Mahoro

The highs and lows of feeding the ‘land of a thousand hills’

Monday, August 01, 2022
Students tour Busaga forest in Rongi Sector of Muhanga District. The forest once occupied 300 hectares of land but has been reduced to less than 150 hectares due to agriculture, wood exploitation and settlement. As Rwanda observes the World Nature Conservation Day on July 28, the country has committed to restore two million hectares of degraded and deforested landscapes by 2030. File

Govt banks on private operators to increase forestry sector revenues

Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Rwanda National Police's Rescue Brigade officers during an exercise to rescue people who stranded at a flooded road in Kigali on February 3, 2020. Rwanda is set to roll out flood sensors countrywide to strengthen the early warning system. File

Rwanda set to roll out ‘flood sensors’ to mitigate disasters

Monday, July 18, 2022
The Senatorial Standing Committee on Economic Development and Finance during a tour at the newly constructed apartments to accommodate residents near Mpazi drainage in Nyarugenge District on July 13. The committee has started a tour to 17 districts including Kigali City and districts with satellite and secondary cities to oversee the evolution of sustainable urban development.

Rehoused Kigali families decry inaccessibility for people with disability

Thursday, July 14, 2022
Road users wade through a flooded street in Kigali on on January 28, 2020. Kigali to get storm water master plan in two years. File

Kigali to get stormwater master plan in two years

Wednesday, July 13, 2022