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Rwanda Polytechnic students during a course on the installation of a solar panel. The government is set to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 53% in 2035 as a new target. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda revises greenhouse gas emissions reduction target to 53%

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Residents undergo a mass screening exercise of Non-Communicable Diseases during Kigali Car Free Zone. Courtesy

Heart attack: Why young adults need to take action now

Wednesday, October 15, 2025
A panel discussion during an interactive dialogue led by the Rwanda Association of Local Government Authorities (RALGA), on October 10. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda outlines priorities for upcoming UN climate change summit

Friday, October 10, 2025
The Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye, and the Director General of the Rwanda Standards Board, Raymond Murenzii unveil the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Environment

What to know about Rwanda's new Rwf400bn plan to curb biodiversity loss

Wednesday, October 08, 2025
Delegates during the 2025 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Annual Meeting in Kigali
Rwanda

12 major events to watch in Kigali before 2025 ends

Wednesday, October 08, 2025
Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye delivers her remarks during the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Annual Meeting 2025 in Kigali. Craish BAHIZI
Environment

Rwanda unveils biodiversity strategy as ISO launches first global standard to ‘end war against nature’

Wednesday, October 08, 2025
Raymond Molenje Chief Executive Officer, Kenya Bankers Association (KBA), P.S. of Environment and Climate Change, Dr. Eng. Festus K. Ng'eno and KCB Group CEO, Paul Russo
Featured

Press release: KCB Group deepens sustainable finance with KShs 578.3bn in screened loans, KShs 53.2bn in green loans

Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Students hold seedlings during a tree planting exercise at Groupe Scolaire Musenyi in Gatsibo District. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment

Rwanda joins regional initiative to integrate climate action into education

Tuesday, October 07, 2025
Workers on duty at a youth led firm Green Care that focuses on turning waste into organic fertilizers
Politics

Green patriots: Rwanda’s youth rally communities to restore the land

Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Rwanda’s Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe, delivers remarks at the EAFF Congress in Kigali on September 30. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Africa’s $70bn food import bill sparks urgent call for investment in local farming

Wednesday, October 01, 2025
Prof. Toby Peters, Founding Director of the Africa Centre of Excellence for Sustainable Cooling and Cold-Chain (ACES), addressing participants during the ACES Forum Open Day at the Rubirizi Campus
Featured

How cooling could redefine Africa’s food, health, economic future

Monday, September 29, 2025
Olivier Nduhungirehe, Minister for Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Rwanda, addresses the general debate of the General Assembly’s eightieth session, in New York, on Thursday, September 25. Courtesy of UN.
Africa

Nduhungirehe presses UN to respond to genocide warnings in DR Congo

Friday, September 26, 2025