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MINEMA indicates that over 60 people were killed by disasters. Photo Courtesy
Environment

Disasters kill 60, ravage 600 hectares of crops in four months

Tuesday, April 25, 2023
A flooded wetland where different crops were totally damaged at Masaka in Kicukiro. Courtesy

Reform global financial system now or risk societal collapse

Monday, April 24, 2023
The Genocide survivor was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2014 and declared cancer free a year later.
Health

Born to survive: Resilience in the face of Genocide and breast cancer

Monday, April 24, 2023
One of the robots that were deployed at Kigali International Airport to among others take vitals for travellers exiting or arriving in the country at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. Photo: File.
Technology

Is Rwanda ready to integrate AI into public services?

Tuesday, April 18, 2023
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
A worker searches for Gacaca document at Kacyiru. According to the Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement a total number of 48 million copies of gacaca files have been digitized. File
Rwanda

48 million copies of Gacaca files digitized

Friday, April 07, 2023
President Paul Kagame addresses over 2000 cell executive secretaries at Intare Conference Arena ,in Kigali on March 28. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Politics

Leadership is about sacrifice – Kagame to grassroots leaders

Tuesday, March 28, 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
A water treatment plant at Nyabarongo river in Kigali. The 5th Population and Housing Census, 82.3% of private households in Rwanda have access to improved drinking water. Courtesy

The Global Water Crisis and Climate Change – from Disaster to Opportunity

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
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Environment

UN: Clean energy, technology can be exploited to avoid climate disaster

Tuesday, March 21, 2023
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Environment

Over 100 disaster-related incidents recorded in 15 days

Monday, March 20, 2023
A Long March-3B carrier rocket carrying the Gaofen-13 02, a new Earth observation satellite, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, on March 17, 2023. The satellite will be mainly used in land surveys, crop yield estimation, environmental governance, meteorological early warning and forecasting, as well as comprehensive disaster prevention and mitigation. (Photo by Ying Longfei/Xinhua)
International

China launches new Earth observation satellite

Friday, March 17, 2023