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(L-R) High Commissioner Julie Crowley of Canada, Ambassador Nermine Mohamed Essam Eldin Elshafie El Zawahry of Egypt, and High Commissioner Janet Mwawasi Oben of Kenya. Photos by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

PHOTOS: New envoys pledge to bolster ties with Rwanda

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
A scene of an accident in Kamonyi in February. Police revealed that 89 road accidents were registered between January and February, 16 of which were caused by reckless taxi-moto operators. Courtesy.
Health

Accidents claimed 19 lives between February and January – Police

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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Crime

P Diddy's homes raided by federal agents following sex trafficking investigation

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Chinese manufacturers of electric buses have set BasiGo, a Kenya-based company, on course toward its business sustainability but also the start of a significant role in advancing Rwanda's transition to greener transportation. (Photo by Atulinda Allan/Xinhua)
Infrastructure

Chinese-built electric buses winning over Rwandan market

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
A forest that is harvested in Ruli Sector in Gakenke District. Parliament, on March 25, passed a bill governing forests and trees that prohibits Rwandans from cutting immature trees. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Environment

Parliament passes bill prohibiting harvest of immature trees

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
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

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Thomas Ostros, European Investment Bank (EIB Global) Vice President during an interview . Courtesy
Finance

EIB targets to increase financing in Rwanda

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Dr Phoebe Mwiseneza, Rwinkwavu Hospital Director General, said there is need for awareness kidney disease campaigns because the cost of treatment is high. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Health

Kayonza survey: 10% of patients with NCDs unknowingly have chronic kidney disease

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
President Paul Kagame has condemned “primitive politics” driving the collaboration between Congolese and Burundian leaders and their alignment with the FDLR. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Africa

Kagame condemns ‘primitive politics’ driving DR Congo, Burundi, FDLR collabo

Monday, March 25, 2024
Delegates from the East Africa Standby Force (EASF) member states who are convening in Kigali for a four-day session on Monday, March 25. Courtesy
Africa

Eastern Africa Standby Force member states convene in Rwanda for disaster response harmonisation

Monday, March 25, 2024
Minister of Education, Gaspard Twagirayezu delivers remarks during the fifth National Symposium for Foundational Learning held in Kigali on March 25. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Education

Education: Minister calls for collective efforts to advance foundational learning

Monday, March 25, 2024
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Kwibuka

Senegal erects statue in honour of soldier who died saving Rwandans

Monday, March 25, 2024
Aerial view of Kigali Business District. The Kigali International Financial Centre (KIFC) made the biggest leap to rank as the 67th most competitive financial centre globally. File
Finance

Kigali up 14 spots in new global financial centres' index

Monday, March 25, 2024
Some of the attendees of the African Youth Employment Clock launch event on March 21 in Kigali
Rwanda

Innovative tool launched to track youth employment

Monday, March 25, 2024
The new bill is prohibiting the harvesting of ‘immature trees’, and obliging residents to always seek permits to be allowed to cut mature trees. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment

Parliament to deliberate on ‘tough’ forest bill

Monday, March 25, 2024
In December 2020, the South Sudan government launched the export of Gum Arabic, also known as Acacia Gum, for the first time to the international market in a bid to reduce the overreliance on oil revenue. The country has large quantities of the Gum Arabic trees in the central, western, and northern parts of the country. Net photo.
Africa

South Sudan looks to exploit Gum Arabic amid slump in oil export

Monday, March 25, 2024
Smart Education Project Design.
Featured

[FEATURED] Smart Education Project: MINEDUC to establish education, research network for sustainable school, university connectivity

Monday, March 25, 2024
Supporters of Bassirou Diomaye Faye celebrate in Dakar. Net photo
Africa

Senegal: Opposition's Bassirou Diomaye Faye leads race for presidency

Monday, March 25, 2024
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

Monday, March 25, 2024