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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Some mountain gorillas from Susa group in Volcanoes National Park. RDB announced that the pilot phase of the park expansion project will kick off in 2024. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Tourism
Rwf317b Volcanoes National Park expansion to be piloted in 2024
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FEATURED: FAO supports Rwanda in eradicating peste des petits ruminants (PPR)
Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes (R) shakes hands with Rwanda’s Senate President François Xavier Kalinda, at Parliamentary Buildings in Kigali, on November 20, 2023. They interacted on ways of strengthening cooperation in education, health, transport, and Parliamentary Diplomacy, among others (Photo by Parliament of Rwanda).
Rwanda
Rwanda, Cuba seek to bolster bilateral ties
Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes who is in Rwanda, was received by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Kigali International Airport on Monday, November 20. Courtesy
International
Cuban Vice President in Rwanda
(L-R) EAC Principal Health Officer, Dr. Eric Nzeyimana, EALA MPs Fatuma Ndangiza and Ayason Mukulia Kennedy, and HELINA President-Elect Steven Wanyee Macharia  address journalists  in Kigali on November 19. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Health
EAC health data governance framework expected in 2024
Participants in the first East African Community (EAC) Annual Inter-parliamentary Forum on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH), or Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) pose for a group photo in Kigali, November 18, 2023. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Health
Why EAC needs to harmonise health data governance
Delegates during the two-day meeting that seeks to deliberate on EAC Regional and Continental Health Data Governance initiatives and Digital Health agenda, and how to leverage digital data for universal healthcare. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Health
Kigali hosts first regional inter-parliamentary forum on digital health, data governance
The NALA Group Chief Operating Officer, Nicolai Eddy, said the company got the licence from Rwanda’s central bank in June 2023. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Featured
NALA promises cheap, reliable payment services in Rwanda
MPs have requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources to indicate how it is implementing strategies to address issues hindering irrigation efforts. Courtesy
Agriculture
Lawmakers task agric ministry to fast-track irrigation schemes
Passengers  board a RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport. Kagame recently said ''Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country.” File
Aviation
Three things to know about Rwanda’s visa-free policy
An artist’s impression of the Centre of Excellence for Aviation Skills (CEAS) to be set up in Kigali. The facility including an aircraft hangar, will partner with higher learning institutions to produce a skilled workforce to meet global aviation training standards and industry demands. COURTESY
Aviation
MPs approve Rwf29 billion funding for aviation centre of excellence
A view of Kigali-Muhanga road that is set to be expanded to four lanes to decongest traffic, which remains a big challenge to the road users. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Infrastructure
Part of Kigali-Muhanga road to be expanded to four lanes under $120m funding
A voter talks to the electoral commission's volunteers before casting her vote during parliamentary elections in 2018. SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Rwanda
What are the 4 key proposed changes to Rwanda's elections law?
RPF-Inkotanyi Secretary-General Wellars Gasamagera said that RPF is at the forefront of the consensual democracy. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Political parties forum roots for Rwanda's consensual democratic system
Officials including Speaker Donatille Mukabalisa (third R), and Rabab Fatima, the UN Under Secretary-General and High Representative (fourth R) pose for a group photo in Kigali, on November 9, 2023 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
Rwanda
UN conference due in Rwanda key to tackling landlocked countries’ problems – official
The Manager of the Open Forum on Agricultural Biotechnology in Africa (OFAB) Project, Vitumbiko Chinoko, speaks during an interview on agricultural biotechnology  in Nairobi, on November 3. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Africa
Expert gives insights on GMO potential, adoption in Africa
Some participants pose for a group photo at the closure of the African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) on November 3, 2023,  in Nairobi, Kenya (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture
Continental conference appeals for adequate agri-tech funding
A worker during seeds multiplication exercise in Musanze. Rwanda will host the second edition of African Conference on Agricultural Technologies (ACAT) in its capital Kigali, in May 2025. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Rwanda to host next Africa agricultural tech conference

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