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Radical terraces at Green Gicumbi project in the Northern Province. File
Editorial

Protecting soil is the best defence against El Niño

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
Nelson Mandela with Kofi Annan. UN Photo

Twenty years after Kofi Annan's prophecy, Africa must answer one question whether we delivered

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
The Nasho solar-powered irrigation project is one of Rwanda’s leading irrigation facilities. The country needs at least 693.7 million cubic metres of water storage capacity by 2034 to meet projected
Environment

700m cubic metres annually needed for irrigation water storage by 2034

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
Farmers salvage rice crops washed away by flooding in Nyagatare District in 2020. File photo.
Agriculture

Looming El Niño rains trigger call for conservation agriculture

Monday, August 31, 2026
A worker goes through coffee beans on a drier at a collection centre in Kirehe District. Reliance on the Arabica variety limits Rwanda's coffee competitiveness on the global market.File
Agriculture

Coffee sector seeks new varieties to raise yields

Monday, August 31, 2026
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), smallholders working up to 10 hectares manage roughly 80 percent of the farmland in sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Courtesy

Until farmers can sell what they grow, Africa’s Food System will not transform

Friday, August 28, 2026
King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukidi IV, the Omukama of Tooro Kingdom in Uganda, has died at the age of 34.Courtesy

Who was King Oyo, the late monarch of Uganda's Tooro Kingdom

Friday, August 28, 2026
Winners of the Best of Rwanda Specialty Coffee Competition 2026 pose with officials after receiving their awards in Kigali, on August 27.
Business

NAEB crowns top coffees at Best of Rwanda 2026, setting sights on higher export revenues

Thursday, August 27, 2026
Iconic country musician Dolly Parton has died at the age of 80
Music

Country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Cattles in Nyagatare based farm. Officials told participants of a consultative meeting that the district wants to raise its average milk yield from about 2.3 litres per cow per day to 6.3 litres next year and 15 litre
Editorial

Every hectare must count in the fight for food security

Monday, August 24, 2026
Cattles in Nyagatare based farm. Officials told participants of a consultative meeting that the district wants to raise its average milk yield from about 2.3 litres per cow per day to 6.3 litres next year and 15 litres within three years. File
Agriculture

Nyagatare rallies Kigali-based farmers in bid to modernise livestock farming

Sunday, August 23, 2026
Traders at Inkundamahoro Market in Kigali. Rising fertiliser and food prices amid the Strait of Hormuz crisis underscore the need for resilient agriculture, a key focus of the Africa Food Systems Forum 2026. Bahizi
Featured

Africa can turn the current crisis into resilient food systems. Kigali is where it comes together

Friday, August 21, 2026