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Trump accused of attempted coup

Friday, June 10, 2022
Some of the workers with Fixa. Courtesy photo

Rwandan tech startup selected for Norrsken’s international accelerator

Friday, June 10, 2022
Gasabo residents follow the launch of Baho Neza (Live Well) Mental Health in Gasabo district, a project by Imbuto Foundation that seeks to contribute to the reduction of the mental health burden in Rwanda.

Gasabo: Calls grow for more efforts in addressing mental health

Friday, June 10, 2022
The 11th National Youth Conference on commemoration policy and practices of the 1994 Genocide against Tutsi organized by Never Again Rwanda.

Youth commit to use their talent to back fight against genocide denial

Friday, June 10, 2022
A new look of Kicukiro flyover, which is one of the infrastructure under construction ahead of the CHOGM. The expansion and construction of 13.8 kilometers long Sonatube-Gahanga-Akagera road, including the Kicukiro flyover, are also in the final stages. According to the City Engineer, the flyover will be fully tarmacked by June 15. Photo by Dan Nsengiyumva

CHOGM preps in high gear as D-day draws near

Friday, June 10, 2022
Students have lunch at Kagarama Secondary School. The use of gas for cooking in schools is being constrained by its increasing prices. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.

Rising gas prices threaten adoption of clean energy in schools

Friday, June 10, 2022
Some of Private notaries during the meeting with the Rwanda Land Management and Use Authority in Kigali on March 23. Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

How private notaries have eased land ownership transfer services

Friday, June 10, 2022
Taxi-motor drivers at Gishushu in Kigali.Regardless of the slow momentum, MPs decided that motorists will keep using smart meters. / Sam Ngendahimana

Will mandatory use of smart meters finally pick up?

Friday, June 10, 2022
The price of a litre of diesel has increased to Rwf1, 503, while that of petrol has gone up to Rwf1, 460 / Photo by Craish Bahizi

Govt subsidizes fuel to contain price surge

Thursday, June 09, 2022
CP John Bosco Kabera, the spokesperson of the Rwanda National Police said that the case was handled by Rwanda Investigation Bureau.File

RIB takes over Musanze Airbnb assault case

Thursday, June 09, 2022
Coletha Ruhamya, the Deputy Executive Secretary of Lake Victoria Basin Commission and Gisele Umuhumuza Acting Chief Executive Officer of WASAC exchange the documents during the signing ceremony in Kigali on June 9. Courtesy
Rwanda

WASAC, LVBC sign deal to improve quality and wastewater management

Thursday, June 09, 2022
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Rwanda

Over 400,000 students expected to sit for national exams

Thursday, June 09, 2022
Some of ex-employees of SORWAL , a Huye-based matchstick manufacturer that closed shop in 2008 who were not paid salaries for six months before they were laid off. Courtesy

Ex-workers of auctioned matchsticks plant petition MPs over unpaid arrears

Thursday, June 09, 2022
The East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Martin Ngoga chairing a session to debate on a report by the standing Committee on Communication, Trade and Investment on an on-spot assessment of the status of implementation of the EAC One-Stop Border Post (OSBP) project and the Rusumo hydro electricity project in Arusha on Wednesday, June 8.

EALA to put Ministers, Secretariat to task on House recommendations

Thursday, June 09, 2022
Firefighters working to put out the huge fire that broke out in an inland container depot at Sitakund, near the port city of Chittagong, Bangladesh.
International

Bangladesh begins investigation into deadly container depot fire

Thursday, June 09, 2022
(From L to R): Belgium's Queen Mathilde, Belgium's King Philippe, First Lady of the DRC Denise Nyakeru Tshisekedi and President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi arrive at the National Museum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Kinshasa on June 8, 2022.
Africa

Belgian king expresses ‘deepest regrets’ for abuses in DR Congo

Thursday, June 09, 2022
Members of the Rwanda Military Attachu00e9s Association accompanied by Brig Gen Patrick Karuretwa, the Head of RDFu2019s Department of International Military Cooperation, lay a wreath to pay tribute to the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at Kigali Genocide Memorial on Wednesday, June 8. The officers also visited the Campaign against Genocide Museum. Photo: Courtesy.

Members of the Rwanda Military Attachés Association pay tribute to Genocide victims

Thursday, June 09, 2022
Ellen DeGeneres and partner Portia de Rossi pose for a group photo with staff of the campus after the official inaugurationin Musanze District on Tuesday, June 7. Photos: Olivier Mugwiza.

Ellen DeGeneres Campus: Saving gorillas, taking Rwanda to the world

Thursday, June 09, 2022
The handover ceremony was officiated by the Qatar ambassador to Rwanda, Misfer bin Faisal Mubarak Al-Ajab AL-Shahwani(C) and Emmanuel Mazimpaka, the Red Cross Head of Communication in Kigali on June 8. / Photos: Courtesy.

Rwanda Red Cross receives two new ambulances from Qatar counterpart

Thursday, June 09, 2022
A view of Nyabarongo river that is the longest river in Rwanda, part of the upper headwaters of the Nile. It turns into Akagera River, which eventually flows into Lake Victoria and forms the Nile River. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Who is polluting River Nyabarongo?

Thursday, June 09, 2022