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Some fruitbats that live in some trees in Nyarutarama in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

How bat conservation protects people and nature

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Health workers in full protective gear stand at isolation unit as response teams step up efforts to contain the outbreak. Courtesy photo
Health

Seven things to know about the latest Ebola outbreak in DR Congo

Saturday, May 23, 2026
Health workers carry the body of a suspected Ebola victim for burial at a cemetery in Freetown December 21, 2014. REUTERS/Baz Ratner (SIERRA LEONE - Tags: HEALTH DISASTER) - RTR4IV65
Health

What does the declaration of Ebola as a global health emergency mean?

Monday, May 18, 2026
Hantavirus antibody blood test. Detects antibodies to the hantavirus, indicating past or current hantavirus infection. (Photo by Wladimir Bulgar/Science Photo Li / WBU / Science Photo Library via AFP)
Health

Hantavirus: Rare rodent-borne virus linked to severe disease

Thursday, May 07, 2026
Flying foxes holding onto a round wooden branch with their claws.

Urgent call to protect Rwanda’s bats, including critically endangered Hill’s horseshoe bat

Friday, April 17, 2026
An artist's impression of the National Veterinary Reference Laboratory, a high-security biosafety level three (BSL-3) facility, that is under construction in Rubirizi, Kicukiro Distict. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda to set up $24m lab to detect, respond to zoonotic diseases

Wednesday, November 19, 2025
A case of Marburg virus disease was confirmed by Ethiopia's Ministry of Health in the Southern Ethiopia Region on November 14.
Health

Marburg outbreak confirmed in Ethiopia

Saturday, November 15, 2025
The New Times
Health

Rwanda explores partnerships with Chinese genomics research institutions

Sunday, November 02, 2025
Health workers effectively treated Marburg, with the study highlighting how early detection and a coordinated response helped curb its spread and reduce deaths
Health

Rwanda's Marburg outbreak had lowest death rate, study finds

Thursday, September 11, 2025
The Gorilla Naming Ceremony, better known as Kwita Izina, will take place on September 5. Photo: File
Tourism

Beyond Kwita Izina: What else awaits visitors in Kinigi?

Friday, August 08, 2025
Some islands in Lake Kivu in Karongi District. Rwanda is laying the groundwork to transform several ecologically rich islands on Lake Kivu into a national biodiversity park by 2028. File
Tourism

Rwanda eyes biodiversity park on Kivu islands

Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Delegates pose for a group photo at the inaugural conference and exhibition to advance biosafety and biosecurity in Rwanda on Friday, January 17. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: Kigali: A look at first biosafety, biosecurity conference and exhibition

Thursday, January 23, 2025