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A section of Urukumbuzi Real Estate, commonly known as Kwa Dubai, in Kinyinya Sector, Gasabo District, where some houses collapsed due to substandard workmanship. Photo: Courtesy.
Housing

Real estate scams: Nine tips for safe home buying

Monday, February 26, 2024
The government has launched a $300 million (Rwf382 billion) relief project that aims to deploy various measures to mitigate flooding along the Mukungwa River. Photo: Courtesy
Environment

Govt launches Rwf382b project to combat Mukungwa river flooding

Monday, February 26, 2024
A farmer suspends maize cobs on a wooden structure to sun-dry in Mushikiri Sector, Kirehe District. Rains hindered maize drying efforts of farmers in the current harvest season, leading to adjustments in prices that were set on January 19, 2024 (courtesy)
Agriculture

Unusual rains impact maize prices in Rwanda

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Farmers in Rwangingo Marshlanda in Nyagatare District trying to salvage their crops in the aftermath of heavy rains on May 06 2020. Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) announced plans to save the 1,753-hectare Bugarama arable wetland from recurrent floods that have plunged rice farmers into losses in Rusizi District. Photo: Courtesy
Agriculture

Govt to save 1,700 ha Bugarama arable wetland from floods

Sunday, February 25, 2024
L-R: Moses Katusime, General Counsel and Secretary; Richard Kabano, Sales Manager; Paola Musoni, Head of Real Estate at RSSB; and Alain Tuyishime, Marketing and Communications Manager at UDL, display the award in London, UK.
Featured

UDL's Vision City Phase 2 wins global acclaim for sustainable housing

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Experts says that one of the dangers to using too much sugar is that it feeds cancer cells making them grow 10 times faster than normal cells. Courtesy
Health

Health tips from my witty brother

Sunday, February 25, 2024
A powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Türkiye and Syria at midnight on February 6, 2023, followed by a 7.7-magnitude one the next afternoon. In Türkiye, the quakes devastated 11 provinces, killing more than 53,000 people and displacing millions.​
International

Recovery from 2023 Türkiye earthquakes faces many difficulties, says Hatay mayor

Sunday, February 25, 2024
Some of the over 6,000 homes that were wrecked by disasters on May 3, 2023, in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. The government is identifying ‘disaster hotspots’ prone to floods and landslides nationwide to move more families from danger zones before March.
Environment

Govt to identify ‘disaster hotspots’ ahead of three-month heavy rains

Friday, February 23, 2024
A RwandAir plane at Kigali International Airport. Rwanda is stepping up its preparedness to respond to epidemics through approaches including testing waste water from passenger airlines for early disease detection purposes. File photo.
Health

Inside Rwanda’s approach to epidemic preparedness

Thursday, February 22, 2024
Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean-Chrysostome Ngabitsinze, during the interview on Friday, September 23. Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

Govt to reclaim ‘undeveloped land’ in industrial parks

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
The Cyanika border post between Rwanda and Uganda, there are about 550 porous border guards within sectors near the border who, on a daily basis, work closely with security organs and local authorities to detect border-related crimes. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Burera registers decline in smuggling, drugs — officials

Wednesday, February 21, 2024
Kigali Jazz Junction attracted regional and international artistes like Uganda's B2C. File photo
Art

30 years on: What can be done to rejuvenate a stagnating local arts scene?

Tuesday, February 20, 2024