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Rwandans and friends of Rwanda during Rwanda Day in Belgium on June 10, 2017.

Double legitimacy: A danger to African governance

Monday, June 03, 2024
Ronald Niwenshuti.
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FEATURED: What awaits taxpayers who miss one-time voluntary disclosure opportunity?

Monday, June 03, 2024
Although Viral Hepatitis C (HCV) has claimed several lives and has no effective vaccine, it can be treated and cured. Rwanda has established interventions to eliminate the infection.
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FEATURED: From screening to treatment: Rwanda’s strategy towards Hepatitis C elimination

Monday, June 03, 2024
Children given milk as a sign of providing nutritious foods
Rwanda

Malayika Murinzi: Celebrating the ‘guardian angels’ helping raise abandoned children

Monday, June 03, 2024
Assumpta Ingabire, the Director General of NCDA, and Pauline Okumu, the National Director of World Vision Rwanda officially launch ‘Enough’ campaign on May 30. Photos by Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: World Vision Rwanda launches ‘Enough’ campaign to end child malnutrition, stunting

Sunday, June 02, 2024
The weeklong campaign was aimed to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and empower women and girls to prioritize their menstrual health for better well-being, concluded on May 28 . All photos by Craish Bahizi
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FEATURED: AHF, partners on campaign to lessen stigma, empower women, girls in menstrual hygiene management

Saturday, June 01, 2024
President Kagame and other dignitaries officially inaugurate BioNTech’s vaccine manufacturing plant in Kigali on December 18, 2023. The plant is set for $145 million in funding. Courtesy
Health

BioNTech's vaccine plant in Rwanda gets over Rwf180bn boost

Friday, May 31, 2024
The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina, Kenya President William Ruto, and Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and Planning during the launch of AfDB’s new ten-year strategy (2024-2033), at the African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 30. Courtesy
Africa

Private sector, green growth central to AfDB’s new strategy

Thursday, May 30, 2024
The Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana, and the Ag. Director General of Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development, Waleed Al-Bahar, during the signing of a concessional $20 million (about Rwf 26 billion) loan agreement on the sidelines of the African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 30. The funds will go toward rehabilitation of Muhanga-Nyange road. Courtesy.
Infrastructure

Rwanda, Kuwait sign $20 million deal for Muhanga-Nyange road upgrade

Thursday, May 30, 2024
A health worker conducts Hepatitis mass testing exercise at Remera Health Center in Kigali on July 28, 2022. Craish Bahizi
Health

Inside Rwanda’s fight against Hepatitis B

Thursday, May 30, 2024
A health worker conducts the covid 19 mass testing in Kigali on July 17, 2021. Craish Bahizi

The utility of simple and clear public health communication

Thursday, May 30, 2024
A group of youths during a guided tour of the newly restored Gishwati-Mukura National Park. Courtesy
Environment

Number of chimpanzees on rise in Gishwati- Mukura park

Wednesday, May 29, 2024