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Classrooms that were damaged by disasters at G.S Kibuye in Karongi on March 9,2022.Rwanda is set to increase the budget allocated to emergencies as stipulated in the new organic law on public finance management. Courtesy

Rwanda to increase emergency budget to respond better to crises

Monday, August 15, 2022
Kenyau2019s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission declared William Ruto as the winner of the presidential election on Monday August 15. / Courtesy

William Ruto elected Kenya’s fifth president

Monday, August 15, 2022
Kimihurura sector's enumerator interacts with a resident during a listing phase ahead of 2022 population census in Gasabo District on August 10. The National Census set to kick off on Aug 16.Photo by Craish Bahizi

National Census set to kick off on Aug. 16

Monday, August 15, 2022
Some impounded single use plastics that were collected from different shop in Rwanda. At least 110 tonnes of single-use plastic items in the country have been collected for recycling under a new initiative.

Over 100 tonnes of single-use plastics collected in two months

Monday, August 15, 2022
Minister of Environment, Jeanne du2019Arc Mujawamariya, during a campaign to transform fuel use motorbike into e-motorbike.

Activists call for more climate funding ahead of GCF meeting

Monday, August 15, 2022
A view of a newly constructed road in Rwampara in Nyarugenge District in 2020. City of Kigali is looking to construct at least 70 kilometres of new roads across the capital this fiscal year.

City of Kigali to build more roads: which neighbourhoods?

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The US Secretary of State, Antony J. Blinken, during a joint news conference with Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vincent Biruta in Kigali on August 11.

Former ICTR prosecutor takes on Blinken on Rusesabagina, Genocide

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The blaze happened in Giza, which lies just across the Nile from Cairo.
Africa

Dozens dead in Egyptian Coptic church

Sunday, August 14, 2022
Author Salman Rushdie poses for a photograph after an interview in central London in 2010.
International

Rushdie’s family ‘extremely relieved’ he’s off ventilator

Sunday, August 14, 2022
Jeanne du2019Arc Mujawamariya, Minister of Environment plants a tree during the launch of an ambitious Rwf31.9 billion landscape restoration project to restore the natural forests of Amayaga.

Rwanda raises $100m funding towards green development

Sunday, August 14, 2022
Mourners observe a moment of silence in honour of Banyamulenge who were killed during Gatumba massacre. All Photos by Craish Bahizi

Banyamulenge make fresh call for justice over Gatumba massacre

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The New Times

Driving instructor arrested for sitting an exam for three people

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The New Times

RBC issues critical appeal for type O blood donations

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The New Times

Cabo Delgado: Mozambican authorities, Rwandan forces help more civilians to return home

Sunday, August 14, 2022
The New Times

A closer look at why women are leaving tech industry in droves

Saturday, August 13, 2022
The New Times

University of Rwanda to introduce master’s programme in biotechnology

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Witnesses were shocked to see Salman Rushdie attacked so brutally.
International

Salman Rushdie on ventilator and unable to speak, agent says

Saturday, August 13, 2022
Over 120 representatives of young and older generations from various districts across Rwanda held a dialogue on cultural norms on August 11.Courtesy

IYD2022: Rwandan youth, elders urge sustained intergenerational dialogues

Friday, August 12, 2022
Prisons in the country, like this one pictured in Ituri, are known for overcrowding.
Africa

Over 250 escaped DR Congo inmates recaptured

Friday, August 12, 2022
The signing ceremony took place in Kigali on August 11.

Rwanda, US biotech firm in joint effort to address biosecurity challenges

Friday, August 12, 2022