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One of over ten houses that were damaged by landslides due to heavy rains in Southern Province. Courtesy
Editorial

Heeding Meteo Rwanda’s advice can save many lives

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) CEO Jean Bosco Iyacu, the Head of Development Cooperation at the Embassy of Sweden, Martina Fors Mohlin and I&M Bank CEO Benjamin Mutimura during the event. Courtesy photos.
Featured

I&M Bank, Swedish Embassy sign guarantee agreement to empower Rwanda's MSMEs

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Beekeeping near Gishwati-Mukura Biosphere Reserve is expected to boost honey production. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Environment

RAB calls for bee-friendly farming amid climate change

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Xavier Niyonsenga, a beneficiary of the Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP), feeds his cow in a cowshed at his home in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, on March 3,2022. Rwanda targets to lift 315,000 households out of poverty and extreme poverty within two years. File
Rwanda

Govt plans to lift 300,000 families out of poverty in two years

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
Chaste Uwihoreye, a clinical psychologist and Country Director at Uyisenga ni Imanzi inititive organization speaks to trainees on mental health
Health

Navigating the complexities of adolescents’ mental health

Wednesday, January 17, 2024
A view of Lake Kivu in Karongi, where some businesses operating on the shores of the lake, have been identified to be polluting Lake Kivu. Photo by Samuel Ngendahimana
Environment

Over 100 offenders penalised for lake pollution, encroachment

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
President Paul Kagame meets with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in Davos on Tuesday, January 16. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Security

Kagame, Blinken discuss regional security

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Patients wait for services at Masaka Hospital on October 13, 2022. Patients or their caregivers could soon be able to pay bills for health services using money on their phones. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Rwanda to roll out tech for health payment, insurance transparency

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Rwanda national team striker Meddie Kagere has officially joined Tanzania's Namungo FC on a six-month loan deal. Courtesy
Football

Meddie Kagere joins Namungo FC on six-month loan deal

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
A section of Huye–Nyamagabe road that was damaged by heavy rains in Kigoma sector of Huye district on Monday, January 15. Courtesy
Environment

What next after heavy rain damages Huye-Nyamagabe road?

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
An inside view of Rwanda’s revamped Amahoro National Stadium, as seen on January 11, 2024. Engineers say the new 45,000-seater sports facility will be ready before the August construction deadline. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Infrastructure

VIDEO & PHOTOS: Amahoro National Stadium engineers “committed to deliver” before August

Tuesday, January 16, 2024
Kenya and Tanzania have agreed to resolve the dispute within three days.
Aviation

Tanzania, Kenya agree to resolve air transport dispute

Monday, January 15, 2024