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Technicians work inside the National E-Waste Recycling Facility in Bugesera District. File
Environment

International E-waste Day: Getting Rwandans to recycle electronics

Sunday, October 15, 2023
Dr Vincent Biruta, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation during the diplomatic briefing on October 11. Courtesy
Africa

Rwanda concerned over 2,000 mercenaries in DR Congo, Kinshasa-backed FDLR

Friday, October 13, 2023
Some of the new buses imported by Jali transport firm. The new fleet of 20 buses was unveiled in the capital Kigali on Friday, October 13, and is expected to ease shortages in public transport by per cent. PHOTOS BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Rwanda

VIDEO: 20 new buses to ease shortages in Kigali’s public transport by 6%

Friday, October 13, 2023
( L-R): The Minister of State in charge of Public Investment and Resource mobilization at the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Jeanine Munyeshuli; the Deputy Speaker in charge of Parliamentary Affairs at the Chamber of Deputies, Edda Mukabagwiza; Speaker Donatille Mukabalisa, and Deputy Speaker in charge Finance and Administration, Mussa Fazil Harerimana, during a plenary sitting of the Lower House that approved the relevance of a new bill governing privatisation, on October 12, 2023, in Kigali . (courtesy).
Economy

New privatisation bill to spur private sector-led economy – Munyeshuri

Friday, October 13, 2023
Secretary general of the East African Community, Peter Mathuki. PHOTO | XINHUA via AFP

EAC raises concerns over ‘deteriorating’ DR Congo situation

Friday, October 13, 2023
Members of Parliament have expressed concerns about the sluggish pace of digitising cooperatives, despite the government's substantial investment in this endeavour. CRAISH BAHIZI
Technology

Slow progress in digitising cooperatives sparks parliamentary concern

Friday, October 13, 2023
According to REG in the EDPRS II program from 2013 through 2018, the Government of Rwanda made a clear policy decision to diversify electricity sources. Courtesy
Energy

Rwanda’s energy journey over the past decade

Friday, October 13, 2023
A Kenya Airways (KQ) plane bound for London’s Heathrow Airport landed “safely” after “an alert of a potential security threat,” the airline said in a statement on Thursday, October 12. Internet
Security

Kenya Airways plane lands ‘safely’ after security threat alert

Thursday, October 12, 2023
One of the extraction facilities floating on Lake Kivu which is used to extract gas from deep water.
Energy

Major methane gas exploitation projects on Lake Kivu

Thursday, October 12, 2023
Some of e-waste at the national e-Waste recycling facility in Bugesera industrial zone. File
Environment

E-waste: MPs call on govt to develop effective removal strategy from homes

Thursday, October 12, 2023
Musanze potato farmers in Kinigi Sector preparing for planting. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Farmers urged to embrace crop rotation amid potato farming drop

Thursday, October 12, 2023
The couple with some of the children under their care. Overwhelmed with empathy, in 2021, 33-year-old Muzabibu, and her husband, Jean Bosco Bamuririmbe, aged 40, stepped up to help the children, and their parents, living in dire conditions in Kabarondo.
Society

From poverty to patronage: How Kayonza’s ‘guardian angels’ are changing lives

Wednesday, October 11, 2023