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Rwanda receives 50,000 Covid-19 jabs from India

Friday, March 05, 2021
An official from Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) picking Covid-19 vaccine doses from the shelves at cold rooms located in the Kigali Special Economic Zone on Thursday, March 4. Nationwide vaccination will be launched at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District.

Covid-19 vaccine distributed to 50 hospitals countrywide

Friday, March 05, 2021
Some of the beneficiaries of the Armed Forcesu2019 Shop in Kigali.

MPs want Armed Forces’ Shop expanded

Friday, March 05, 2021
Former Permanent Secretary in the Finance ministry, Caleb Rwamuganza, consults with his lawyer Moise Nkundabarashi at Gasabo Primary Court last year.

Court adjourns verdict for ex-finance officials

Friday, March 05, 2021
Yvonne Idamange Iryamugwiza flanked by her lawyers during the hearing at Gasabo Primary Court in Kigali on March 4 ,2021 . / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Yvonne Iryamugwiza arraigned, seeks bail

Thursday, March 04, 2021
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Imbuto Foundation to mark 20 years of impacting lives in Rwanda

Thursday, March 04, 2021
Ground cargo handlers and other officials loading the AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid-19 vaccines in a specialized truck at Kigali International Airport on Wednesday, March 3. The vaccines arrived in two batches, all totaling 342,960 doses. / Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.

10 things to know about Rwanda’s Covid-19 vaccine distribution plan

Thursday, March 04, 2021
Some of the couples who were cohabiting during a mass wedding to legalise their marriage in Ngoma District in 2018. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Activists welcome new policy position on informal marriages

Thursday, March 04, 2021
Workers sort garbages at Nduba Landfill in Gasabo District . / File
Rwanda

Parliament wants further audit into Nduba landfill

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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Kagame hails Covax framework as more African countries receive vaccines

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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Court rejects bail request of two FLN terror suspects

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Peter Mathuki.

Private sector upbeat about new EAC secretary-general

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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Africa

Ebola infects 28 people, kills 11 in Guinea, DRC

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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Why parliament is pushing for mobile money interoperability

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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Lawmakers to push for reforms in public procurement

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
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PHOTOS: Rwanda receives first Covid-19 vaccine from Covax programme

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
A view of a residential neighbourhood in Nyarugunga Sector, Kicukiro District. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.

Will a mortgage bank ease rigours of owning a home?

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
A collection for drying maize produce before selling them to the market in Kamonyi District. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Maize farmers count losses as new prices remain unenforced

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Over 1.2 million farmers have registered on the platform, with over 1,000 retail agro-dealers as well as 30 fertilizer and seed (agri-SMEs) companies. / Photo: Courtesy.
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FEATURED: BK TecHouse, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation partner to boost agriculture

Wednesday, March 03, 2021
Tractors working on a farm. Figures show that more than 60 per cent of the smallholder farmers in Rwanda have less than half arnhectare most of which is on hilly land and therefore need affordable mechanization technologies.

Rwanda turns to power tillers to mechanise agric

Tuesday, March 02, 2021