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A water treatment plant at Nyabarongo river in Kigali. The 5th Population and Housing Census, 82.3% of private households in Rwanda have access to improved drinking water. Courtesy

The Global Water Crisis and Climate Change – from Disaster to Opportunity

Wednesday, March 22, 2023
The 22nd annual Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers Meeting (CFAMM) held in person at the Commonwealth Secretariat headquarters, Marlborough House, in London. Courtesy
International

Commonwealth Foreign Affairs Ministers discuss responses to global crises

Thursday, March 16, 2023
Participants follow a panel discussion on the Participation of youths in agriculture during the meeting in Kigali, on March 7. Courtesy
Agriculture

Changing the ‘farming is dirty business’ script to attract the youth

Friday, March 10, 2023
Felicite Umwanzintabakure, a resident of Taba cell, Gashinyi sector in Gakenke District.
Agriculture

Gakenke: How women farmers cope with dry spells and floods using climate resilience mechanisms

Thursday, March 09, 2023
UN Women Country Representative in Rwanda, Jennet Kem, during the interview ahead of International Women’s Day celebrations, Monday, March 6, 2023. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Women

Coding for girls will bridge gender digital divide - UN Women rep

Wednesday, March 08, 2023
Workers remove landslides that blocked a road at Buranga in Gakenke District on April 17, 2022. Due to heavy rains that sometimes cause landslides in Musanze-Kigali road ,the government is building a 32 kilometres road that could be used in case of a landslide emergency. FILE
Infrastructure

Musanze-Kigali highway to get 32 km alternative road

Tuesday, March 07, 2023
Workers sort fresh green beans for export at the Rwanda’s first privately owned packhouse located in the Prime Economic Zone in Masoro on September 8. Craish Bahizi

Six key priorities the Ministry of Agriculture eyes to boost productivity

Saturday, March 04, 2023
Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Acting Executive Secretary, Antonio Pedro speaks during an Innovation Fair and Award ceremony at the 9th Africa Regional Forum on Sustainable Developmon March 1.
Women

Young African girls develop technologies to tackle climate change

Thursday, March 02, 2023
The deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Bo Li, Minister of Finance Uzziel Ndagijimana and Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa during a meeting in Kigali on February 20
Economy

IMF deputy boss visits Rwanda

Monday, February 20, 2023
Delegates at the 36th ordinary session of the African Union (AU) Assembly
Africa

Every young African deserves a passport, activists tell African leaders

Friday, February 17, 2023
Participants follow a presentation during the Forum 2023. Participants include Architecture students from Burundi, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda & Rwanda.
Infrastructure

Architects tasked to address setbacks in greening construction projects

Thursday, February 16, 2023
A view of Nyabisindu settlement, one of the City of Kigali's settlements that will be revamped. The four unplanned settlements selected are Mpazi in Nyarugenge District, Gatenga in Kicukiro District, and Nyabisindu. File
Infrastructure

City of Kigali to use $70m to upgrade major unplanned settlements

Thursday, February 16, 2023