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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
The Food Waste Index Report 2024 by the UN Environment Programme has indicated that, on average, each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually. Internet
Environment
Each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually – UN report
President Paul Kagame  chairs a cabinet meeting  that approved several appointments at Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (RFDA) at Urugwiro Village on April 3. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda
Cabinet appoints new officials at food and drugs body
A parent helps a child to write at Autism Rwanda at Kagugu in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Early signs of Autism: Stories of parents with Autistic children
A view of a flooded  Ngororero-Muhanga road at Cyome bridge, after heavy rains that  disrupted travel in the region  on April 1. Courtesy
Infrastructure
April rains trigger flooding at Nyabarongo I hydropower plant
Pests known as 'mealybugs' have wreaked havoc on mango crops, causing a shortage in markets across Kigali city. File
Agriculture
Persistent pests trigger mango shortage in markets
CorpsAfrica Rwanda, hosted its third ‘Project Demo Day’  on March 28, 2024,. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured
FEATURED: CorpsAfrica volunteers’ community-led projects seek scale-up financing
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Featured
FEATURED: EPD lauded for accelerating renewable energy technologies for income generation
Rwamagana Solar Power Station , an 8.5MW solar power plant is  the fourth-largest economy in the East African Community. File
Environment
Why global coalition is lobbying Rwanda to endorse ‘end of fossil fuels’ call
A view of  Rusumo falls Hydropower Project. MPs asked MININFRA  to construct houses and repair others for households affected by blasting during the execution of the project. File
Infrastructure
MPs set six-month deadline for construction of houses affected by Rusumo project
Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA) has launched an investigation countrywide to detect ‘ghost and dormant cooperatives’. Courtesy
Crime
Govt launches probe to uncover ‘ghost and dormant’ cooperatives
IYACU is a fortified whole maize flour product that One Acre Fund produces from maize grains aggregated from Rwandan farmers.
Featured
One Acre Fund-Tubura provides nutrient- rich maize flour to ECD centres
Two Lake Kivu islands, Shyute and Kamiko that were once deforested and degraded will soon be restored with 156,000 different tree species
Environment
Lake Kivu: Two islands to undergo forest restoration
Women cadres and veterans of the liberation struggle of Rwanda during a tree planting activity to combat desertification in Bugesera District in Eastern Province. Courtesy
Women
Women liberators to combat desertification in Eastern Province
Speaker of Parliament, Donatille Mukabalisa who is also president of Liberal Party (PL), during the National Congress on Sunday March 24,
Politics
Mukabalisa on why Liberal Party endorsed President Kagame
Rwanda National Police has said that it has launched a probe into a black market of stolen cables. File
Crime
Probe into black market for stolen copper cables
Since 2010, WaterAid Rwanda interventions have enabled 955,000 people to have access to clean water.
Featured
FEATURED: World Water Day: How WaterAid Rwanda distributed clean water to almost one million people
The official launch of the Africa Food Systems Annual Summit 2024, at the Kigali Convention Center (KCC)  on March 26. Courtesy
Agriculture
Rwanda to host Africa food systems summit
Different parts of the country, from March 11 to March 20, experienced average maximum temperature ranging between 20 degrees Celsius and 30 degrees.
Environment
Meteo Rwanda explains temperature spike, assures 10-day normal levels

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