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A student receives a dental check-up from scholars at MKU’s School of Health Sciences.
Featured

FEATURED: Mount Kigali University partners with stakeholders to educate young people about oral hygiene at GS Ndera

Wednesday, May 14, 2025
Medics during a mass test of non-communicable deseases during Car-Free-Day mass sports. Excessive salt consumption is putting millions of lives at risk, nutrition experts have warned. Craish Bahizi
Health

Excess salt linked to high blood pressure, kidney failure, cancer

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Dr Claude Muvunyi, the Director General of the Rwanda Biomedical Centre speaks at the event. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda rolls out five-year plan to combat drug resistance

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
The government of Rwanda plans to spend a proposed budget of more than Rwf7 trillion in 2025-2026 fiscal year. File
Economy

How Rwanda plans to fund, spend Rwf7tn budget for 2025/26

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
According to Ishimwe, one of the most common forms is insomnia, the inability to fall or stay asleep. Internet
Wellness

The hidden toll of insomnia: Unmasking the true cost of sleep loss

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
A view of informal settlement in Kagugu in Gasabo District. Courtesy
Housing

What Kigali city plans for informal settlements in Kagugu, Rwezamenyo

Monday, May 12, 2025
Tanzania’s homegrown electronic genre, Singeli, is officially in the running for UNESCO’s List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity-File
Showbiz

East African showbiz: Chagga’s threat, Konde Gang drama and Singeli's nod from UNESCO

Monday, May 12, 2025
Rwanda began offering visas upon arrival to all Africans in 2018 and transitioned to a visa-free regime in 2023. Only three other countries – The Gambia, Benin, and Seychelles – are visa-free for all African nationals. File

Talk without action: The crisis of leadership in Africa’s integration

Monday, May 12, 2025
Kivu Choice, launched the first-ever 30-metre diameter fish farming cages on Lake Kivu in Nyamasheke District on Friday, May 9. Photos by Craish
Featured

Kivu Choice launches Rwanda’s first 30-metre tilapia cage farms

Monday, May 12, 2025
Car-free days, which encourage physical activity and community health. They may seem like public health initiatives, but they also represent long-term financial savings reduced healthcare costs, better mental health.

Financial wellness: The hidden accelerator for Rwanda’s Vision 2050

Friday, May 09, 2025
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa presents to Parliament the Budget Framework Paper (BFP), on Thursday, May 8. Courtesy
Economy

Govt spending expected to rise by 21% in 2025/2026

Thursday, May 08, 2025
Wildlife and bird photographer Will Wilson during exercise at the launch of 'the Walk with Will initiative.' Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Wildlife photographer's ‘Walk with Will’ raises cancer awareness, funds for patient support in Rwanda

Thursday, May 08, 2025