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Some imported goods at Dubai Port in Masaka. In February 2025, the Rwandan government announced an environmental levy on imported goods packaged in plastic materials and single-use products. Craish Bahizi
Environment

Imported goods to pay ‘environmental levy’ announced

Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Medics during a neurosurgical operation at Kacyiru District Hospital on January 21, 2020. File
Technology

Rwandan surgeons ready to embrace AI but with caution, responsibility

Friday, February 28, 2025
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers his remarks at the opening of the inaugural Pan-African Surgical Conference in Kigali on Monday February 24. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Health

Access to surgical care should not be luxury, says Ngirente 

Monday, February 24, 2025
Medics during an operation at King Faisal Hospital. Courtesy

Bringing safe surgical care closer to home, in Africa and beyond

Monday, February 24, 2025
RICA has listed four categories of commodities that will require an import permit before they get into the country.
Business

Competition body announces agric, construction commodities to require import permit

Wednesday, February 19, 2025
A makeshift structure that until last month served as the genocidal FDLR command post in Kanyamahoro, Nyiragongo territory, North Kivu, DR Congo, on February 11. Located just three kilometres from the Rwandan border, the position overlooks Munege cell in Busasamana sector, Rubavu District and was a major frontline base for FDLR's special forces, the Commando de Recherche et d'Action en Profondeur (CRAP). All photos by James Munyaneza
Africa

Inside FDLR’s frontline base 3km from Rwanda border

Tuesday, February 18, 2025
All Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Africa

DR Congo crisis: Over 400 Congolese fleeing violence helped move to M23 held Bukavu, Goma

Monday, February 17, 2025
Rwanda plans to implement new tax reforms to expand the tax base, boost revenue, and streamline operations to achieve national development goals, said by the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning Murangwa Yusuf. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Economy

Tax overhaul: The timeline of upcoming changes

Friday, February 14, 2025
Single-use plastic bottles in a supermarket in Kigali. Imported goods packaged in plastic materials and single-use products will pay an extra tax starting in July. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Economy

Rwanda imposes levy on imports packaged in plastics

Wednesday, February 12, 2025
The demand for glass bottles is expected to rise to 24,179 tonnes in 2027, up from 21,816 tonnes in 2023. File
Rwanda

How Rwanda plans to tap into sand reserves for glass bottles production

Thursday, February 06, 2025
The entrance of Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park . The park boasts of walkways and cycling lanes stretching for over eight kilometres. Courtesy
Featured

What you should know as Rwanda celebrates World Wetland Day

Sunday, February 02, 2025
This year’s celebration runs under the theme, “Ubutwari n’Ubumwe bw’Abanyarwanda, inkingi z’iterambere,” loosely translated as “Heroism and Unity, for Rwanda's Development”. Sam Ngenda
Rwanda

Heroes Day: Youth commit to nation-building

Saturday, February 01, 2025