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The Brazilian setter Mathaus Wojtylla Mesquita Campos joins REG volleyball Club on a three-year deal. Courtesy
Volleyball

Volleyball: Who is REG new signing Mathaus Mesquita Campos?

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Girls in Gisagara show free pads that they got from an activist. In 2019, the Rwandan government added sanitary pads to the list of goods that are VAT exempted in a bid to ease their affordability. Photos: Courtesy
Health

Beyond the pad: Breaking barriers to menstrual health and equality

Wednesday, October 02, 2024
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), most outbreaks of Marburg disease have occurred in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Health

Marburg: How past outbreaks unfolded

Saturday, September 28, 2024
A view of the border 'La petite barriere' between Rwanda and DR Congo in Rubavu District. File.

Rwanda and DR Congo: A complex relationship shaped by history, colonialism

Saturday, September 28, 2024
Delegates at a two-day 'Gender Responsive Leadership' training for regional law enforcement institutions on Tuesday, September 24,
Law

Rwanda hosts gender responsive leadership training for regional law enforcement agencies

Thursday, September 26, 2024
Twenty-six senators are set to serve in the Upper House for a five-year term.
Politics

PHOTOS: Who are the 26 senators in fourth legislature?

Wednesday, September 25, 2024
Islamic Cultural Centre located in the Nyamirambo Sector of Kigali, is home to one of the largest mosques in Rwanda, established in 1979
Religion

Top seven religious tourism sites in Rwanda

Saturday, September 21, 2024
Sheep and goats in Eastern Province. Rwanda is dealing with Rift Valley Fever under One Health approach to protect the life of animals and humans. FILE
Health

Rwanda tackles RVF using ‘One Health’ approach: success story from Ngoma District

Friday, September 20, 2024
The Archbishop of Canterbury, The Most Rev Justin Welby and other Reverands inaugurate the covenant place at Gahini in Kayonza District on February 18, 2017. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Religion

Can religious tourism in Rwanda generate millions?

Friday, September 20, 2024
Uwamaliya now sells fresh strawberries and homemade jam in local markets where a box of strawberries goes for Rwf2,300
Agriculture

Is strawberry farming in Rwanda a blossoming industry?

Thursday, September 19, 2024
Workers sort fresh chilli for export at NAEB in Kigali. Fisher Global Ltd based in Rwamagana District, exports 20 containers of dried chilli (amounting to about 300 tonnes as a container holds 15 tonnes) to the Asian country annually. File
Business

Rwanda needs $470m to unlock chili industry

Monday, September 16, 2024
EAC Secretary General Veronica Nduva (3rd right) in a group photo with participants at the two-day roundtable discussion. In the front row are (from left) Prof Njuguna Ndung’u of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, EAC Deputy Secretary General Annette Ssemuwemba, Dr Joy Maria Kategekwa of AfDB, Allen Asiimwe of TradeMark Africa, and Amani M’Bale of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, on Wednesday, September 11. COURTESY OF EAC
Africa

Region’s Central Banks urged to embrace technology, facilitate cross-border trade

Wednesday, September 11, 2024