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Workers sort some e-waste at National E-Waste Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. Rwanda’s total mercury releases into air, water, oil, by-products, and impurities, land and general waste stood at 19,558.85 kilogrammes. File
Environment

Report identifies gaps in curbing adverse effects of mercury pollution

Tuesday, June 27, 2023
Kabazungu residents, Musanze Sector, attend Inteko z’Abaturage' or Citizen Assemblies which takes place every Tuesday, across the country.
Agriculture

Musanze: Farmers seek improved potato seeds to boost livelihoods

Thursday, June 22, 2023
A drone pilot with CHARIS test-flies a drone in Rwanda. The leading 3D geospatial drone data company was chosen chosen as one of the 25 recipients of the prestigious Google for Startups Black Founders Fund in Africa.
Featured

Charis UAS selected for Google for Startups Black Founders Fund

Thursday, June 22, 2023
By using the new farming technique, farmers can improve soil health, reduce erosion, and conserve water resources, leading to higher crop yields. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Conservation agriculture: Farmers advised on ‘smart’ way to boost crop production

Tuesday, June 20, 2023
People representing entities that were awarded for their efforts to address plastic pollution through plastic waste management pose for a photo with Environment Minister Jeanne d'Arc Mujawamariya (C), and the Director General, Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA), Juliet Kabera, on June 5, 2023, in Kigali. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Environment

PHOTOS: Inside Rwanda’s revised green growth blueprint

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Fidel Ndahayo, the Chief Executive of Rwanda Atomic Energy Board during an interview in Kigali on June 1. Photo: Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Energy

Atomic energy boss talks progress towards nuclear energy solutions in Rwanda

Tuesday, June 06, 2023
Some impounded single use plastics that were collected from different shops in Rwanda. File

Rwanda's remarkable journey: Inspiring solutions to the global plastic pollution crisis

Monday, June 05, 2023
Dr Nedovota Mollel looks on a new plant discovered in Arusha.
Africa

World’s newest plant with strange behaviour discovered in Tanzania

Sunday, May 21, 2023
A segment of a place that was damaged by landslides at Myembe, in Kimihurura Sector, Gasabo District in Kigali City. The City of Kigali’s recent assessment found 24,404 plots with about 27,000 houses in high-risk zones despite living in residential areas in 35 sectors of the capital. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Kigali: 6,000 families to be relocated from high-risk zones

Thursday, May 11, 2023
Rose Mukankomeje, the Director of Higher Education Council.(File)
Education

32 varsity students’ innovations to be linked to investors

Monday, May 08, 2023
Podoconiosis is a non-infectious form of elephantiasis caused by long-term contact with irritant red clay soil of volcanic origins. Courtesy
Health

Up to 7,000 Rwandans affected by non-infectious elephantiasis – WHO

Wednesday, May 03, 2023
A rescue team using tractors to help six workers trapped in an illegal mine that collapsed in Huye district last week. Landslides have made the operation difficult. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Hopes fade two weeks after rescue efforts in Huye mine collapse began

Tuesday, May 02, 2023