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Rwanda’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Amb Claver Gatete delivers remarks during a UN Security Council Open Debate on the Rule of Law in New York, on January 12. Courtesy

Foreign interference in judicial matters undermines rule of law – Rwandan envoy

Friday, January 13, 2023

Regional leaders during DR Congo 's peace talks in Nairobi on November 28, 2022. The fourth round of the dialogue between the DR Congo government and armed groups is set to begin in mid-February. File

Inter-Congolese peace talks to resume in February in eastern DR Congo

Friday, January 13, 2023

Gad Niyomugabo, the father of Late Ken Irakoze Mugabo, and the mother while bidding farewell to him at a requiem mass at ADEPR Remera in Kigali, on Friday, January 13. Photos by Craish Bahizi

PHOTOS: Thousands bid farewell to pupil who died in school bus crash

Friday, January 13, 2023

Agric specialists work in a crop multiplication center in Musanze District. Farmers have raised the need of the new crop varieties that can cope with drought, diseases, pests, and floods. Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda looks to mobilise $24m for climate friendly crops

Friday, January 13, 2023

Cross border trucks that transport goods from Dal Es Salaam to Kigali at Rusumo.Intra-East African Community trade continues on an upward trajectory after hitting $10.17 billion in September 2022. Dan Nsengiyumva

Trade among EAC countries hits $10 billion

Friday, January 13, 2023

Ken Irakoze Mugabo died on Monday, January 9, aged 12.

'Ken aspired to greatness' – Father eulogises son killed in bus crash

Friday, January 13, 2023

A health worker conducts the Covid 19 mass testing exercise in Kigali on July 23, 2021. The recently bout of flu which intensified during the rainy season left children and adults sick and weak. File

Health official dispels myths around recent bout of flu

Friday, January 13, 2023

A landscape view of Kigali City's residential area. Plots of lands in Kigali that recently turned into residential zones but have not yet acquired basic infrastructure to facilitate planned settlement are likely to be exempted from paying taxes. Sam Ngendahimana

Why some plots of land in Kigali will be exempt from tax

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu sign the agreement in Kigali on Thursday, January 12. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Why new Rwanda, Turkey deals matter

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Uhuru Kenyatta, Kenya’s former president and facilitator of the East African Community-led peace process in eastern DR Congo, has met with Bertrand Bisimwa in the Kenyan coastal town of Mombasa, on Thursday, January 12.

Kenyatta meets M23 rebel leaders

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Ambassador of China to Rwanda, Wang Xuekun addresses delegates during the ceremony. Photo by Craish Bahizi

PHOTOS: Chinese community in Rwanda celebrate 'Year of Rabbit'

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Bangladesh with residence in New Delhi, Jacqueline Mukangira and Mustafizur Rahman, the Bangladeshi High Commissioner accredited to India during the signing ceremony on January 12.

Rwanda private sector looks to tap into Bangladesh market

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Vincent Biruta, Rwanda’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and his Turkish counterpart, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu during the signing event in Kigali on Thursday, January 12. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza

Rwanda, Turkey sign three cooperation agreements

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Students during the electrical installation exercise at IPRC Kigali. Sam Ngendahimana

Commission on the Status of Women to prioritise innovation, technological change

Thursday, January 12, 2023

MP Omar Munyaneza, Chairperson of the Committee on National Budget and Patrimony speaking to journalists about the tax procedure bill, at Parliamentary buildings, on January 11, 2022. Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Lawmakers to engage public on tax legislations

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Workers sorting new cassava varieties that were multiplied at RAB station in Huye. RAB has already Confined trials for GM cassava and potato to grow the varieties that can resist on pests. Courtesy

Scientists push for GMO seeds as pests threaten crops

Thursday, January 12, 2023

Some of the Made in Rwanda fridges. Rwanda banks in new financing mechanism to make eco-friendly fridges affordable to restore ozone layer.courtesy

Rwanda banks on new financing to help restore Ozone layer

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

The newly elected President of the Senate François-Xavier Kalinda delivers remarks during the swearing-in event on Monday, January 9. Olivier Mugwiza

Choice of new Rwanda Senate president 'reflects power sharing tradition'

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

RRA Commissioner General, Pascal Bizimana Ruganintwali during a press briefing last year. File

Tax refund fraud to attract 5-year jail term

Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Traffic Police officers visit a scene of school bus accident at Kicukiro. A special campaign is going on in which school buses are stopped and put under mechanical inspection to ascertain their roadworthiness, Craish Bahizi

Police steps up inspection of school buses after fatal crash

Wednesday, January 11, 2023