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 Emmanuel Nkangura
Emmanuel Nkangura
Workers at SteelRwa in Rwamagana District. ‎Nearly 400 property owners living within 500 metres near the firm will be relocated under a plan aimed at creating a buffer zone between the SteelRwa factor. File
Environment
Rwamagana to relocate property owners to create buffer around SteelRwa
Residents during a correction session of their land titles. Courtesy .
Rwanda
Eastern Province land registration drive delivers titles, reduces disputes
Karekezi and his family and the house built for him by the RDF, RNP and local authorities. Photo credit, Emmanuel Nkangura.
Housing
"Today, I am liberated": New house ends years of eviction for Kayonza man
Some of the 70 rhinos translocated to Akagera National Park in Rwanda's Eastern Province on Monday, June 9, 2025. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi.
Environment
How Akagera ended big five poaching
A view of a model village that accommodates residents who were affected by Rusumo Hydropower plant construction works  in Kirehe District. The district plans to channel 74 percent of its Rwf38.1 billion budget for the 202627 fiscal year into programmes that are  improving residents' welfare and boosting household incomes. Courtesy
Rwanda
Kirehe: Citizen welfare takes lion's share of Rwf38bn spending plan
Hippos are among the animals destroying farmers' crops in Kayonza, having been left outside the park's fence.
Society
Wildlife left outside Akagera fence fuels conflict with community
Children pose for a photo during the African Child Day celebrations  in Kageyo, Mwiri, Kayonza district on June 16. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Rwanda
Day of African Child: Parents urged to be positive role models
Farmers work at a maize drying station in Gatsibo District. The subsidy includes 60 percent on damsheets and chopper machines,  warehouses and storage facilities at 50 percent. Olivier Mugwiza
Agriculture
Govt support drives climate-smart farming in Kayonza
Mayor of Kirehe District Bruno Rangira, lays a wreaths in honour of   victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Economy
Private sector urged to use economic power for unity
Data from the Special Guarantee Fund (SGF) show that between July 2025 and April 2026, residents in Eastern Province filed 1,249 wildlife damage claims. Of these, 1,097 were compensated, totaling Rwf194.6 million.
Environment
Wildlife damage claims halve as govt studies primate compensation
Workers during a maize plantation where solar powered irrigation is installed. The district has also partnered with the Rwanda Environment Management Authority to expand solar-powered irrigation systems.
Agriculture
Technology boosts Kirehe’s food security drive
Minister Habimana and other officials visit a pineapple farm near Lake Mugesera on May 16. Photo by Emmanuel Nkangura
Infrastructure
Minister Habimana urges Ngoma residents to protect public infrastructure
Local Government Minister Dominique Habimana and officials during a tour in Kirehe District. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture
Kirehe: Rice farmers seek govt help to recover Rwf64m owed by buyer
The officials said that up to 150 livestock insurance claims fail every month because veterinary reports lack sufficient scientific evidence or clear diagnoses required by insurers. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Why some livestock farmers fail to get insurance payouts
Rwanda plans to increase land under export crops from 79,409 hectares to 97,100 hectares during that period, according to government figures.
Agriculture
Subsidised insurance for greenhouse farms launched
Residents turn up to watch the basketball game Nyamirama Sector in Kayonza District.
Kwibuka
Basketball brings healing to genocide survivors
Doctors conduct a surgery operation . Rwanda currently has about 180 surgeons serving a population of more than 14 million people.
Health
A closer look at efforts to close the gap of surgical care
A decent burial of victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi during the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rukumberi, Ngoma District on Sunday, April 19, 2026.
Kwibuka
Combat those distorting Genocide history, Minister Irere says at Rukumberi

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