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A woman fetching water at a borehole in Kirehe.Currently nearly 420 million Africans still lack basic drinking water today, or one in three inhabitants and 780 million people. Craish Bahizi
Africa

420 million Africans still lack basic drinking water, continent seeks solutions

Wednesday, February 22, 2023
Journalists that attended the training on water and sanitation posing for a group photo with some of AFWA heads.
Health

Take lead in awareness on water and sanitation, journalists told

Monday, February 20, 2023
Nyiramunuka’ or ‘Kanuka’, which many think has an unpleasant repugnant smell yet in reality it produces one of the best therapeutic essential oils.
Environment

Rwanda seeks to restore over 700 endangered medicinal plants

Thursday, February 16, 2023
MP John Ruku-Rwabyoma, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, was diagnosed with colon cancer, the most common type of gastrointestinal cancer. COURTESY
People

Rwandan lawmaker on how he survived colon cancer

Thursday, February 16, 2023
Members of the Ugandan Parliament from the Committee on Health during a guided tour of the Nyarugenge District Hospital, on Thursday, February 16. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi.
Health

Uganda MPs in Rwanda on health insurance benchmark tour

Thursday, February 16, 2023
The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame received Professor Senait Fisseha , the Director of Global Programs at the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation in Kigali, on Wednesday, February 15. Courtesy
Rwanda

First Lady hosts Susan Buffet Foundation officials

Thursday, February 16, 2023
President Paul Kagame meets with George Bickerstaff, the chair of International Vaccine Institute Board of Trustees, in Kigali on Tuesday, February 7. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Kagame hosts global vaccine body boss 

Tuesday, February 07, 2023
Workers sort garbage at Nduba dumpsite in Gasabo. The City of Kigali’s dumping site is set to be closed to pave the way for the construction of a modern landfill. File
Health

Nduba landfill to be shut down, modern facility in offing

Sunday, February 05, 2023
World Cancer Day is observed annually on February 4, to raise awareness about cancer, and its prevention, detection, and treatment. Photos by Jade Iriza
Health

World Cancer Day: How much do we know about our bodies?

Sunday, February 05, 2023
Regional leaders during the third Inter-Congolese dialogue under the EAC-Led Nairobi Process on December 5. Courtesy

Momentary minuscule dots that we are in this universe, why don’t we live in harmony?

Thursday, February 02, 2023
(Front left to right) Sharifa, 13, Florence, 14, and Grace, 14, cheer alongside their fellow classmates outside their school in Salima, Malawi to celebrate that trachoma has been eliminated in the coun

I was blind, but now I see – celebrating Malawi’s progress on World NTD Day

Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Some of the 12 human trafficking victims intercepted in Rwanda in 2017. Photographed here after talking to journalists in Kigali. File
Crime

Women make up majority of human traffickers in Rwanda – report

Tuesday, January 24, 2023