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At least 50 engineering professionals received certificates after completing a five-day intensive training on soft skills, including communication on May 8. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi.
Featured
FEATURED: Engineers conclude five-day intensive training on soft skills
Friday, May 10, 2024
A newly constructed water drainage to curb floods at Kanogo in Kigali. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Environment
Rwanda faces $7 billion funding gap to implement climate action plan
Friday, May 10, 2024
Nadine Umutoni Gatsinzi; Chief Gender Monitor. File
Rwanda
Govt to certify more institutions for gender equality
Thursday, May 09, 2024
Delegates at the meeting organized by One Acre Fund Rwanda to discuss the achievements in agriculture in the last two seasons (2024AB) and the action plan for the 2025AB seasons, in Kigali on Tuesday, May 7. Courtesy.
Featured
One Acre Fund Rwanda boosts the income for over 850,000 farmers
Wednesday, May 08, 2024
One of the 26 houses destroyed by landslides on a hill in Gakenke District on Sunday, May 5. Courtesy
Environment
Gakenke landslides demolish 26 houses, destroy crops
Monday, May 06, 2024
Legal experts from Central African countries pose for a group photo in Kigali on May 3. The statement follows a week-long assembly of the network for environmental lawyers from Central African countries. Courtesy
Environment
Rwanda to host headquarters of Central Africa environmental legal experts’ network
Monday, May 06, 2024
Rwandan exhibitors pose for a photo during the Coffee Expo Seoul 2024”, the biggest coffee exhibition in South Korea, which took place on March 21-24. Courtesy
Economy
Rwanda’s green coffee secures market in Korea
Monday, May 06, 2024
Participants follow a presentation during the training on “Communication Skills for Engineering Professionals” on Thursday, May 3. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Featured
FEATURED: Engineers in Rwanda hone soft skills through specialised training programme
Monday, May 06, 2024
A teacher helps a student to read a book during a class at GS Kimisange. REB has announced plans to spend Rwf12 billion to distribute laptops to 25,000 primary school teachers. Gatsinzi
Education
25,000 primary school teachers to get laptops
Sunday, May 05, 2024
The Gacaca court system, in 10 years, tried more than 1.9 million crimes related to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
Law
Rwanda’s Gacaca courts praised at sciences conference
Sunday, May 05, 2024
Heavy rains have led to the collapse of several houses across the country, according to a report from the Ministry in Charge of Emergency Management (MINEMA). 49 people have also lost lives in the last two months. File
Environment
49 people lose lives as Rwanda records 300 disaster cases in two months
Friday, May 03, 2024
Minister of Environment, Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya disposes plastic waste in a dustbin during the launch of a project to manage single use plastics in 2022. File photo
Environment
Govt calls on legal experts to support global treaties on plastic waste
Friday, May 03, 2024
A view of river Rubyiro burst its banks and damaged rice plantation in Rusizi District. File
Environment
Households along Rubyiro, Cyagara river banks to be relocated amid fears of floods
Thursday, May 02, 2024
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks at the 5th International Network for Governmental Science Advice Conference (INGSA) at Kigali Convention Centre in Kigali on Tuesday, April 30. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda
PM Ngirente advocates for skilled workforce to meet labour market demands
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
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Rwanda
Mine workers’ written contracts increase, safety still key concern
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
Workers on duty at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali special economic Zone. Rwanda marks Labour Day under the national theme “30 years Fostering Youth Led Employment.” Craish Bahizi
Economy
Labour Day: 80% of new jobs filled by young people every year
Wednesday, May 01, 2024
A view of a flooded Ngororero-Muhanga road near Nyabarongo river, after heavy rains that disrupted travel on April 1. Nyabarongo is listed among the rivers that could cause floods. Courtesy
Environment
Rwanda’s rivers ‘likely to burst their banks’ as regional countries face flood crisis
Tuesday, April 30, 2024
A residential area in Rusororo Sector, Gasabo District. Rwanda is developing a strategy to provide subsidies for individuals seeking to purchase affordable housing instead of solely focusing on investors in this sector. .Sam Ngendahimana.
Housing
Authorities mull revised affordable housing subsidy strategy
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

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