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Energy

Stalled construction of Muvumba dam to begin in 2023

Monday, December 12, 2022
Floods have paralyzed traffics in Muhanga Ngororero road near Cyome bridge. Courtesy
Environment

Nyabarongo floods continue to put road transport at risk

Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Vincent Biruta, and Guy Nestor Itoua, ambassador of the Republic of Congo to Rwanda, are joined with other heads of diplomatic missions to the country to plant trees during a special umuganda in Kicukiro District. Courtesy photo
Environment

Focus on climate change fight as Congo celebrates proclamation

Saturday, November 26, 2022
Taxi-moto operators wade through a flooded street in Kigali. Following the heavy rains that killed a motorist and two more people, on November 16 ,the City of Kigali has warned residents not drive during heavy rains. File
Environment

City of Kigali sounds warning as floods kill three people

Thursday, November 17, 2022
Pedestrians wade through a flooded wetland in Kigali on January 28, 2020. more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land in Rwanda potentially loses its topsoil every year . File

Experts weigh in on soil erosion-induced losses

Wednesday, August 10, 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
Farmers try to salvage some of their rice produce washed away by floods in Nyagatare District in 2019. According to the report, more than 745,000 hectares of agricultural land is potentially eroded every year.

Rwanda loses over Rwf800bn annually due to soil erosion –new report

Tuesday, August 09, 2022
The newly constructed dykes worth Rwf3 billion at Lake Muhazi. The dykes are for conserving and protecting its downstream area from devastating floods. Photo: Courtesy.

Rwf3bn dyke on Lake Muhazi to enhance tourism, agriculture

Monday, August 01, 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
An irrigation system in Kirehe District. You must apply for water use permits to irrigate an area of more than one hectare. Photo: File.

1,500 businesses risking prison, penalties over water permits

Monday, July 11, 2022
A view of Nyabarongo river that is the longest river in Rwanda, part of the upper headwaters of the Nile. It turns into Akagera River, which eventually flows into Lake Victoria and forms the Nile River. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Who is polluting River Nyabarongo?

Thursday, June 09, 2022
A satellite photo of Masaka wetland. Feasibility studies are ongoing to pave the way for the development of Masaka wetland into an ecotourism lake.

Masaka wetland to be turned into an ecotourism lake

Wednesday, March 23, 2022