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Rwanda Defence Force officer and residents during a tree planting exercise on the banks of Sebeya river in the Congo-Nile Divide region in Rubavu District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda secures $39m to restore Congo-Nile Divide

Thursday, August 08, 2024

One of the electric taxi vans that transport passengers in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

E-mobility investors welcome extended tax exemption on EVs

Wednesday, August 07, 2024

An electric car at a charging station at Kigali Convention Centre on March 30, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Rwanda extends import tax exemption for electric vehicles

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Rubavu residents wade through a flooded residential area in Nyundo sector on May 3, 2023. Rwanda has identified a $7.1 billion funding gap to meet its climate action targets under the Paris Agreement by 2030. File

COP29: Rwanda advocates for doubling of climate change adaptation finance

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

A landscape view of the reforested area. Green Gicumbi project has rehabilitated 1,107 hectares of degraded forests in the past three years. Courtesy

What are Rwanda’s top 10 forestry conservation-related projects?

Monday, July 29, 2024

A residential home destroyed by a fire outbreak in Rubavu town on July 24. All photos by Germain Nsanzimana

Emergency Ministry warns of fire outbreaks during dry season

Friday, July 26, 2024

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Patrick Karera is under criminal investigation.

Environment ministry's Permanent Secretary under investigation

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Lightning killed eight people in Ngororero, Musanze, and Rutsiro districts on Monday, July 8

Lightning kills eight, heavy rain destroys 105 hectares of tea plantation

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Faustin Munyazikwiye, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority. Courtesy

Rwanda seeks to reduce ‘potent greenhouse gases’ from livestock

Monday, July 08, 2024

Police establish fire outbreak at Musanze Tax park. Photo: Courtesy

Emergency Ministry calls for more fire extinguishers in secondary cities

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Four reverse vending machines (RVMs) will soon be strategically installed across the City of Kigali

How new reverse vending machines will boost recycling in Kigali

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

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Kigali to install reverse vending machines for recycling

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Inside a bio-waste treatment facility to convert organic waste into organic fertilisers that was inaugurated at Nduba dumpsite, in the City of Kigali, on June 19. Emmy Dushimimana

Nduba dumpsite facility to treat 5 tonnes of waste daily for organic fertilisers

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa and Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel during the signing of a €12 million grant on Tuesday June 18. Michel

Rwanda, Luxembourg partner to combat deforestation

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

A section of Nyungwe forest under wildfire that inflicted severe damage on part of the forest which is located within the Bweyeye sector of Rusizi district in 2023.Courtesy

Prolonged dry season ‘could lead to forest fires’

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Rwanda National Police officers rescue Kigali residents who got stranded at a flooded street on February 3, 2020. File

Rwanda to benefit from ‘flash flood early warning’ initiative for Central African region

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

10 dead grey cranes on a rice farm of one of the residents at the Umuvamba Valley in Uwinkiko Village, Rwempasha Cell, Nyagatare District, on Saturday, June, 17. Courtesy

Nyagatare: Ten grey cranes poisoned, suspect apprehended

Monday, June 17, 2024

The investment aims to restore degraded land in Southern province. Photo REMA

Rwanda secures Rwf40bn for forest management in Kaduha-Gitwe corridor

Sunday, June 16, 2024

Aerial view of the ongoing construction of Muvumba Dam. Construction of Muvumba Multipurpose Dam project secured Rwf4.5bn from Rwanda Green Fund. Courtesy

Muvumba multipurpose dam protection gets Rwf4.5bn financial boost

Friday, June 14, 2024

A section of Buzinganjwiri forest during its harvesting in Ruli Sector in Gakenke District. Sam Ngendahimana

Six key changes in Rwanda’s new forest law

Thursday, June 13, 2024