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Rwanda Atomic Energy Board (RAEB) has revised down the estimated cost of its planned Centre for Nuclear Science and Technology (CNST) to about $500 million, down from an earlier estimate of $800 million.
Science

Cost of planned Bugesera nuclear science centre cut to $500 million

Tuesday, July 21, 2026
Mercenaries who were fighting alongside FARDC and its coalition during a war against M23 rebels in eastern Congo. Courtesy...

Mask off: What peace in eastern DR Congo means for the West

Tuesday, July 21, 2026
A report by US-based Institute of International Finance (IIF) placed Rwanda among best-performing emerging economies in sovereign investor relations and debt transparency. FILE
Economy

Why Rwanda's investor relations, debt transparency matter

Saturday, July 18, 2026
President Paul Kagame addresses the RPF-Inkotanyi Bureau Politique meeting in Kigali, on Friday, July 17, 2026. Kagame said Rwanda will continue speaking out about its regional security threats, particularly the presence of the FDLR genocidal militia. PHOTO: VILLAGE URUGWIRO
Security

Kagame vows to keep speaking out on FDLR threat: ‘I will only shut up when I’m dead’

Saturday, July 18, 2026
Samuel Ishimwe and Eric Ibyishaka pose for a photo. the two engineers also worked on tea suitability analysis, examining how climate change could gradually push tea cultivation towards higher elevations. Courtesy
Rwanda

Turning satellite data into solutions for farmers, cities and mines

Tuesday, July 14, 2026
A man stands near the quarry in Nyamabuye Village, Bugesera District, where a section collapsed on July 9, killing 10 workers who were extracting stones and sand. PHOTOS BY THARCISSE MUGABO
Rwanda

Bugesera quarry tragedy: Bereaved families recount their ordeal

Saturday, July 11, 2026
Police and local government officials went to the quarry site where a segment collapsed and killed 10 people on Thursday, July 9, in Bugesera District. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Bugesera mayor urges caution after 1O die in quarry collapse

Friday, July 10, 2026
Police officers on duty as fire engulfed SIGMA Industries LTD in Kigali Special Economic Zone, in Masoro, Kigali on November 26, 2021. File

Insurance should never be the last item on the budget

Friday, July 10, 2026
A view of the quarry site where the incident took place on Thursday, July 9. According to officials, all 10 people who were underneath the collapsed segment, were all killed by the incident. Courtesy
Rwanda

Death toll from Bugesera quarry collapse rises to 10

Friday, July 10, 2026
A view of a quarry site where four people died after a quarry collapsed on Thursday, July 9, in Bugesera District. Courtesy RBA
Rwanda

Four killed after quarry collapses in Bugesera - police

Thursday, July 09, 2026
A section of Rubaya mines, a series of coltan mining sites near the town of Rubaya in Masisi Territory, North Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo. Courtesy Luwowo is one of several validated mining site that respect CIRGL-RDC norms and guaranties conflict free minerals.

Who really profits from DR Congo’s minerals?

Thursday, July 09, 2026
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Women

Patricia Hajabakiga: One woman’s role in public policy after Liberation

Tuesday, July 07, 2026