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A specialist on duty inside the forest. Photo by Irene Galera
Environment

How DNA tech is revealing Akagera’s hidden wildlife

Friday, May 23, 2025
A view of the Rusumo hydropower project in Kirehe District. Rwanda is constructing housing units in Kirehe District in the Eastern Province for households affected by blasting during the implementation of the Rusumo hydropower project. File
Housing

$4.2m for households affected by Rusumo dam construction

Tuesday, May 13, 2025
Car-free days, which encourage physical activity and community health. They may seem like public health initiatives, but they also represent long-term financial savings reduced healthcare costs, better mental health.

Financial wellness: The hidden accelerator for Rwanda’s Vision 2050

Friday, May 09, 2025
Access to Finance Rwanda (AFR) administration and staff visited Rukumberi Genocide Memorial, in Ngoma District on Wednesday, April 30. Photos by Kellya Keza
Kwibuka

Access to Finance Rwanda commemorates Genocide victims, supports Gir’inka programme

Friday, May 02, 2025
Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana speaks at the launch of “health intelligence centre on Thursday, April 2. Photos by Kellya Keza
Health

Rwanda to fully digitise health records by December

Tuesday, April 22, 2025
A fence that was set to protect residents who face conflicts against wildlife from Akagera National Park.
Tourism

How tourism revenue sharing scheme’s Rwf3.2bn was distributed

Saturday, April 19, 2025
Eight bodies of victims were laid at Kibungo Genocide Memorial site after being discovered in Remera and Kibungo sectors. Officials urged residents to provide information of unburied victims for a dignfied burial.
Kwibuka

April 14–15, 1994, Kibungo’s 'darkest days' during Genocide against the Tutsi

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
On April 16, 1994, massacres in Rukumberi, now part of Ngoma District, intensified, nearly wiping out the entire Tutsi community in the area.
Kwibuka

April 16, 1994: Genocide massacres peak in Rukumberi

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Gorilla trekking accounted for a big chunk of Rwanda's tourism revenues in 2024. File
Economy

Rwanda’s tourism generates $647m in 2024, eyes over $700m in 2025

Monday, April 14, 2025
Lieutenant-General Roméo Dallaire, a Canadian military officer who was force commander of the UN peacekeeping mission for Rwanda.
Kwibuka

April 12, 1994: ‘The signal for genocidaires to move toward the apocalypse’

Saturday, April 12, 2025
On April 13, an event will be held at the Rebero Genocide Memorial to honour the politicians who were killed for opposing the Genocide. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Kwibuka

How districts are marking 100 days of Genocide commemoration

Thursday, April 10, 2025
Kirehe District Mayor Bruno Rangira, lays a wreath in Akagera River during the commemoration of the Genocide victims. Emmanuel Nkangura
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 31: ‘I pretended to be dead until RPA arrived and rescued me’ – genocide survivor

Wednesday, April 09, 2025