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Farmers salvage rice crops washed away by flooding in Nyagatare District in 2020. File photo.
Agriculture

Govt steps up measures to shield agriculture from global shocks

Friday, July 10, 2026
Patients admitted at Butaro Hospital in Burera District. Addressing MPs, Minister of Health Dr Sabin Nsanzimana said that Rwanda needs at least 3,000 hospital beds to ease pressure on health facilities across the country. Dan Gatsinzi.
Health

3,000 hospital beds needed to end overcrowding, says health minister

Thursday, July 09, 2026
Doctors conduct free heart surgery for children at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali on June 15. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

What Rwanda’s health system has become after three decades

Tuesday, July 07, 2026
Antioxidants are substances that neutralize free radicals and help protect the body from oxidative damage.

Why antioxidants matter for your health

Friday, July 03, 2026
Dr. Isabelle Mukagatare, Head of the Department of Biomedical Services at Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) and Marc Haribou, bioMérieux Vice President for Africa during the handover ceremony on Friday, June 26. Photos by Kellya Keza
Featured

New equipment to speed up Rwanda’s detection of Ebola, other high-risk infections

Thursday, July 02, 2026
Access Bank Rwanda officials and AVEGA Agahozo leaders pose at AVEGA Head office. All photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

Access Bank Rwanda Plc supports AVEGA mobile clinic to deliver care to Genocide widows

Friday, June 26, 2026
Medics inside IRCAD Africa Campus in Kigali on October 6, 2023. The $32 million state-of-the-art facility stands as the continent's premier center for training and research in minimally invasive surgery.

A sovereign bet on science could save millions of lives

Thursday, June 25, 2026
Athanase Nduwumuremyi, Coordinator of OFAB Rwanda Chapter (R) explaining about the performance of biotech cassava to Sylvia Kyeyune in Rubona, Huye District, on June 18. Courtesy
Agriculture

Rwanda nears release of first biotech crops

Wednesday, June 24, 2026
Doctors perform a kidney transplant procedure during the launch of kidney transplant surgery services at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali, on May 28, 2023. Courtesy photo.
Health

Kidney transplants performed in Rwanda pass 100 mark

Monday, June 22, 2026
Kosmotive founder Blandine Umuziranenge (second right) receives the Girls Innovation Award during the YouthConnekt summit in October 2019. Courtesy.
Business

Inside Rwandan enterprises shortlisted for Africa’s Business Heroes

Thursday, June 18, 2026
Doctors conduct free heart surgery and treatment at King Faisal Hospital under a Rwanda–Israel medical mission, on Tuesday, June 16. All Photos by Craish Bahizi
Health

Hope restored: 25 children get free heart surgery in Rwanda–Israel mission

Wednesday, June 17, 2026
Children pose for a photo during the African Child Day celebrations in Kageyo, Mwiri, Kayonza district on June 16. Photos by Emmanuel Nkangura
Rwanda

Day of African Child: Parents urged to be positive role models

Tuesday, June 16, 2026