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An estimated 258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, the highest number on record since the Global Report on Food Crises began reporting data in 2017.

A human-rights approach to the global food crisis

Monday, June 26, 2023
MP David Ole Sankok moves the motion on the use of EAC partner states' local currencies across the region as a precursor of the envisaged single currency, during an EALA plenary on June 21, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania. (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Economy

EALA passes motion to expedite EAC single currency

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
National football team Left-back Emmanuel Imanishimwe with the ball during match against Mozambique at Huye Stadium on Sunday June 18. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Paving the way for Rwanda's sports renaissance: Lessons from small nations

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Workers on duty at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone in 2021.Craish Bahizi

Tax incentives and FDI - part 2 of 2

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
The 600 participants from five countries in the East African Community will conduct the two-week-long exercise at the RDF Command and Staff College Nyakinama in Musanze District. All photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Security

Regional troops in Rwanda for military drills

Sunday, June 18, 2023
Patrick Montjouridès, Senior Project Officer and Technical Lead at GEM Report. Courtesy
Education

Bridging the gaps in education: How can the African child stay in school and learn?

Friday, June 16, 2023
Moussa Faki Mahammat, Chairperson of the African Union Commission delivers remarks during the opening of the retreat in Kigali on June 8. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

PHOTOS: AU retreat seeks to shape Agenda 2063, institutional reforms

Thursday, June 08, 2023
Claude Munyangabo, CEO of BK TecHouse and Mulualem Syoum, Chief Executive Officer of AeTrade Group sign the Memorandum of Understanding at BK TecHouse headquarters on Wednesday, June 7. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: BK TecHouse, AeTrade Group partner to empower MSMEs in Rwanda and Africa

Thursday, June 08, 2023
The Secretary General of the East African Community (EAC), Peter Mathuki, on Tuesday, June 6, received the commander of the bloc’s regional force deployed to eastern DR Congo, Maj Gen Alphaxard Kiugu, at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. They discussed the status of the ongoing effort toward restoration of peace and security in eastern DR Congo.
Security

EAC Secretary General meets regional force commander

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Fidel Ndahayo, the Chief Executive of Rwanda Atomic Energy Board during an interview in Kigali on June 1. Photo: Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Energy

Atomic energy boss talks progress towards nuclear energy solutions in Rwanda

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on Friday, June 2, arrived in Luanda, Angola, to attend the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR) that began Saturday, June 3.
Africa

Prime Minister Ngirente in Angola for ICGLR summit

Saturday, June 03, 2023
East African Community Chiefs of Defence Forces and Chiefs of Defence Staff met for an extraordinary meeting in Bujumbura, Burundi, on Monday, May 29, over the security situation in eastern DR Congo.
Security

DR Congo: Gen Kazura attends EAC meet in Burundi

Tuesday, May 30, 2023