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A RwandAir plane prepares to take off at Kigali International Airport. African airlines recorded one of their safest years during 2023, registering no fatal accident for the fourth year in a row. File photo

African airlines mark fourth safe year in 2023

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The aerial view of Kigali Special Economic Zone in Gasabo District. Members of Parliament have raised concerns that buffer zones around six industrial parks are not respected. File

6 industrial parks under scrutiny for pollution

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

The presidential and legislative elections will take place in July 2024. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Elections: Who is eligible to vote, who is not?

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Parents waiting to receive packets of Shisha Kibondo. The nutritious porridge is part of the government’s efforts to address malnutrition and stunting in children. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Gatsibo officials warn against illegal sale of Shisha Kibondo

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Sam Tayengwa, the CEO of TransUnion Rwanda during the interview. Photos by Willy Mucyo

TransUnion Rwanda boss talks credit monitoring conducts, non-performing loans

Tuesday, March 05, 2024

Rwanda has protested against a non-inclusive move by the African Union (AU) towards endorsing the SADC Mission in DR Congo (SAMIDRC). Courtesy

DR Congo: Rwanda protests AU’s non-inclusive move to endorse SADC mission

Monday, March 04, 2024

Congolese refugees in Rwanda during a peaceful march in protest of killings of Tutsi, Banyamulenge and Hema communities in eastern DR Congo in Karongi District at Kiziba camp on Monday, March 4. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza

VIDEO: Congolese refugees protest killings of Tutsi, Banyamulenge, Hema communities

Monday, March 04, 2024

The United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Africa (ECA), Amb Claver Gatete, addressing the 56th Session of the Conference of Ministers of Finance, Planning and Economic Development on March 4 in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe. Courtesy of UNECA.

We cannot ignore climate change challenges, need to respond accordingly - says UNECA boss

Monday, March 04, 2024

RIB arrested Theoneste Rwagasore, a lawyer who deals in land issues in Kigali, on suspicion of soliciting, accepting, or offering illegal benefits on Monday, March 4. File

Kigali lawyer arrested for alleged bribery

Monday, March 04, 2024

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Somalia becomes full member of East African Community

Monday, March 04, 2024

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Chinese medics donate equipment, medicine to Kibungo Referral Hospital

Monday, March 04, 2024

UNECA Executive Secretary Amb. Claver Gatete said the development of infrastructure such as internet connectivity was key to tapping the benefits of AI and that the technology must be shared among countries to avoid inventing the wheel. COURTESY PHOTO

Africa needs right policies, infrastructure to prosper from AI, experts say

Monday, March 04, 2024

Cross-border cargo trucks transporting goods from Tanzania to Rwanda. CRAISH BAHIZI

UNECA calls for boosting intra-Africa trade to spur integrated development

Monday, March 04, 2024

Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, chairman of Sudan's Transitional Sovereign Council. INTERNET PHOTO

Sudan's army chief urges for restoring membership in AU

Monday, March 04, 2024

Some of the housing units at Urukumbuzi Real Estate, known as “Kwa Dubai” in Kinyinya Sector, Gasabo District. One of the houses in the estate collapsed in March last year due to substandard workmanship. Photo: Courtesy

Kwa Dubai: Key questions on impending demolition of houses

Monday, March 04, 2024

VIDEO - From passion to profit: Munyengango on driving ‘healthy Rwanda’ agenda

Monday, March 04, 2024

Agric workers sorting a new Irish potato variety that is grown in a greenhouse in Kinigi Sector in Musanze District. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

Inside Rwanda's biosafety law set to regulate GMOs

Monday, March 04, 2024

Electoral commission staff help a resident during the legislative elections in 2018 in Zindiro in Gasabo District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

2024 polls: What are political parties up to?

Monday, March 04, 2024

The regulations of February 26, 2024, governing leveraged foreign exchange trading in Rwanda were published in the Official Gazette of February 27, and issued by the Capital Market Authority of Rwanda. File

Rwanda moves to regulate online forex trading

Sunday, March 03, 2024

Gen. Mubarakh Muganga, the Chief of Defence Staff of RDF, and other officials launch the programme.The project has a capacity to serve more than 9,000 residents.

Ngoma: RDF, RNP launch clean water supply project to benefit 9,000 residents

Sunday, March 03, 2024