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Teens receive guidance on HIV prevention during a community awareness campaign in Gasabo District in December 2024. Despite Rwanda’s significant progress in managing the epidemic, health experts warn that HIV infections among young people continue to rise, a trend they describe as a serious concern requiring sustained attention. File
Health

Why HIV infections among young people remain alarmingly high

Friday, December 05, 2025
Telesphore Ndabamenye (left) and Solange Uwituze (right) were appointed by President Paul Kagame to the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources on December 1. Courtesy
Agriculture

What awaits two technocrats at the helm of agriculture ministry

Wednesday, December 03, 2025
A church member uses sign language to communicate with deaf congregants during a service. Net Photo

Faith, technology, and rights: Building inclusive communities for persons with disabilities in Rwanda

Wednesday, December 03, 2025
People receive services from local government authorities after community work. Rwanda began its decentralisation process in 2000 to improve governance, reduce poverty, and enhance service delivery by transferring authority and resources to local governments. Courtesy

How decentralization and visionary leadership drive progress

Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Delegates pose for a group photo during the event where World Vision Rwanda unveiled its new strategy for the fiscal years 2026–2030. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

World Vision Rwanda unveils 2026–30 strategy to boost welfare of 2.5 million vulnerable children

Monday, December 01, 2025
More than 470,000 people live in areas that interact with the park, benefitting through employment, small businesses, and daily coexistence with wildlife.
Tourism

How Akagera Park’s Rwf1.2bn community fund will be spent

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Agripreneur Sakina Usengimana, Chairperson of Rwanda Youth in Agribusiness Forum, speaks during the Youth Forward for Agrifood Systems Transformation Forum 2025, on November 25 (courtesy).
Agriculture

New strategy targets over 800,000 youth jobs in agrifood systems

Wednesday, November 26, 2025
Delegates from all over the world meet at the COP30 UN Climate Change Conference in Brazil on November 10. Courtesy

The climate crisis is also a gender crisis

Tuesday, November 18, 2025
President Paul Kagame interacts with Charles Murigande during the 18th Unity Club Forum at Intare Conference Arena on November 8, 2025. Photo by Village Urugwiro

President Kagame asks why Africa is behind, a headscratcher indeed

Monday, November 17, 2025
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, chairs the UN Security Council's high-level meeting on "Practicing multilateralism, reforming and improving global governance" at the UN headquarters in New York on Feb. 18, 2025. (Xinhua/Wu Xiaoling)
International

Global South media, think tanks pool wisdom to improve global governance

Monday, November 17, 2025
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Agriculture

The young visionaries reimagining Rwanda’s climate future

Monday, November 17, 2025
Rwanda’s Military Advisor to the UN, Col Deo Mutabazi, delivers Rwanda’s statement during the Fourth Committee debate on the comprehensive review of peacekeeping operations on November 11. Courtesy
Rwanda

UN peacekeeping missions need realistic mandates, says Rwandan envoy

Thursday, November 13, 2025