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Zambia President, Hakainde Hichilema addresses delegates at Norrsken House during his state visit in Rwanda last year. President Hicchilema on Thursday declared a national state of disaster and emergency to enable a rapid response to the prolonged drought in the country. File photo
Africa

Zambia declares state of disaster due to drought

Friday, March 01, 2024
Juvénal Habyarimana was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until 1994. His responsibility in the preparation of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi lies in the fact that he planned its conception and supported it in all sectors of civil, political, and military life, between 1990 and 1994. File
Crime

Facts about Habyarimana's role in planning, implementing 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi

Thursday, February 29, 2024
SCIAF and consortium partners Trócaire, CBM UK and five Rwandan partners supported by the Scottish Government during the launch of the Climate Justice Programme at Kigali Marriott Hotel, on February 2024. Photos: Courtesy/ Trócaire Rwanda.
Featured

Weathering the storm: Major climate justice scheme launched in Rwanda

Wednesday, February 28, 2024
Prince Rudasingwa (R) is pictured here with Rayon Sports team doctor Charles Mugemana after he was discharged from CHUK at 3am on Saturday. courtesy
Football

Rudasingwa discharged from hospital after pitch accident

Saturday, February 24, 2024
Some of the over 6,000 homes that were wrecked by disasters on May 3, 2023, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. The government is identifying ‘disaster hotspots’ prone to floods and landslides nationwide to move more families from danger zones before March.
Environment

Govt to identify ‘disaster hotspots’ ahead of three-month heavy rains

Friday, February 23, 2024
Rwanda’s Deputy Inspector General of Police in charge of Administration and Personnel, Jeanne Chantal Ujeneza, and Inspector General of Police (both on the left), Felix Namuhoranye, receive CAR’s Minister of Interior and Public Security, Michel Nicaise Nassin, and its Director General of the National Gendarmerie, Landry Ulrich Depot (both on the right), as the latter pay a courtesy to IGP Namuhoranye at Rwanda National Police headquarters in Kacyiru, Kigali, on February 22, 2024, (Courtesy).
Africa

Rwanda to train 500 CAR police officers as countries ink new cooperation deal

Friday, February 23, 2024
A RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. Rwanda is stepping up its preparedness to respond to epidemics through approaches including testing waste water from passenger airlines for early disease detection purposes. File photo.
Health

Inside Rwanda’s approach to epidemic preparedness

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Health Minister Sabin Nsanzimana (C) chats with senators Cyprien Niyomugabo (R), and Adrie Umuhire in the Senate’s plenary hall, soon after the session on Rwanda’s efforts to prevent and deal with epidemics concluded, on February 19, 2024. Dr. Edson Rwagasore, Division Manager of Public Health Surveillance and Emergency Preparedness and Response at RBC, is seen in the background (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Health

Centre of excellence for highly infectious diseases under construction

Tuesday, February 20, 2024
The New Times

The importance of minimizing out-of-pocket payment for healthcare

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Rwanda launched a Centre of Excellence for Aviation Skills (CEAS) aimed at building local capacity and empowering the labour force in the aviation industry in the region and beyond , on February 14. Sam Ngendahimana
Aviation

Rwanda launches aviation training centre

Wednesday, February 14, 2024
A doctor treats a patient at Masaka Hospital. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Health

Rwandans cautioned on infectious eye disease outbreak in region

Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Adolesecent Girls and Young Women with their Mentors showcasing the running of Safe space sessions.Photo: Courtesy
Featured

Safe spaces: A game-changer for vulnerable adolescent girls and young women

Wednesday, February 07, 2024