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Cattle drink water in a farm in Nyagatare. Courtesy
Health

New livestock law tightens controls to protect public health

Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Veterinarians treat a dog at New Vision Veterinary Hospital in Nyarutarama, Kigali. Courtesy
Health

Inside Kigali’s specialised hospital for dogs and cats

Monday, August 10, 2026
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
Inside Nyabugogo abattoir in Kigali. Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Meat prices disrupted amid Rift Valley Fever outbreak

Sunday, July 19, 2026
Rift Valley Fever affects sheep, goats and cattle and humans can get infected. FILE
Agriculture

What to know about Rift Valley Fever as Rwanda responds to latest outbreak

Saturday, July 18, 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
A dog trainer in Kigali watches as his dogs play. File.
Health

Veterinarians urge stronger services for dogs

Saturday, April 25, 2026
Veterinarians perform embryo transfer procedures in cattle at ISAR Songa on October 15, 2019. The world marks World Veterinary Day on Saturday, April 25, 2026. (File)

Veterinarians: Africa’s first line of defence for public health

Saturday, April 25, 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
The Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Telesphore Ndabamenye, presents a draft law on animal husbandry, animal health and fisheries to MPs on Thursday, February 19.
Rwanda

Parliament to scrutinise new bill on animal health

Friday, February 20, 2026