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Miners work in a tunnel at GAMICO- Bashyamba Mining Site in Nyarugenge District. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Labour Day: Thousands of mine workers benefit from minimum ‘living’ wage

Thursday, May 01, 2025
Officials pose for a photo at the launch of the KUBAKA (BPMIS 2.0) portal in Kigali on Wednesday. PHOTOS BY CRAISH bAHIZI
Featured

Rwanda launches upgraded building permit platform, revised national urbanisation policy

Thursday, May 01, 2025
National petroleum storage at Rusororo in Gasabo District. Rwanda is set to expand its national petroleum storage capacity from 66.4 million litres to 334 million litres. File
Economy

Rwanda targets 400% growth in storage capacity under new fuel levy

Wednesday, April 30, 2025
The seventh Integrated Household Living Conditions Survey (EICV 7), shows significant improvement in citizens’ well-being—including the lifting of over 1.5 million people out of poverty over the last seven year
Rwanda

Why Rwanda revised its method for measuring poverty

Monday, April 21, 2025
Residents work at a road maintenance project in Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP),. The minimum daily wage for VUP beneficiaries ranges between Rwf1000 and Rwf2500 depending on a district's standard of living.
Rwanda

Govt eyes longer work periods, higher pay for VUP beneficiaries

Sunday, April 20, 2025
The New Times
Energy

65% Rwandan rural households access electricity – survey

Wednesday, April 16, 2025
The City of Kigali has assured households living in disaster-hot spots near Nduba dumpsite that their urgent relocation during the ongoing rainy season. Courtesy
Environment

Households near Nduba dumpsite assured of compensation despite urgent relocation

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Marie-Rose Hodari, a Genocide survivor, gives her testimony during the Our Past Initiative event on Wednesday, April 9, at Nyanza Genocide Memorial in Kicukiro District. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Kwibuka

Nyanza survivor: We were ready to die, but Inkotanyi saved us

Friday, April 11, 2025
President Paul Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame honour the victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi at the Kigali Genocide Memorial on April 7. Photo/Dan Gatsinzi.

Genocide commemoration: Why we remember

Friday, April 11, 2025
Williams Nkurunziza
Art

Echoes of Memory 3

Friday, April 11, 2025
Former First Lady of Namibia, Monica Geingos, widow of the late President Hage Geingob, during the interview with The New Times on Tuesday, April 8. Photo by Willy Mucyo 
Education

Former Namibia First Lady Geingos on leadership, youth empowerment, and her work in Rwanda

Wednesday, April 09, 2025
A jury of Gacaca courts during a hearing in Kigali. The Gacaca system officially concluded in 2012 after processing over 1.9 million genocide-related cases over the course of 10 years. File.
Kwibuka

Inside Rwanda’s reconciliation journey, 31 years after the Genocide

Tuesday, April 08, 2025