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Image taken in Gakenke District starkly reveals the environmental cost of conventional tillage, where bare, disturbed soil is left defenceless against erosion, as evidenced by the sloughing hillside and washed-out field. Such practices compact the soil, severely hindering water infiltration and aggressively depleting the soil of its vital organic matter and nutrients. Photo: Courtesy of RICA

Conservation agriculture: Rwanda’s practical response to climate change and soil degradation

Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Inside a vegetable show room. On Monday, new regulations came into force in Britain banning daytime TV and online adverts for the so-called junk foods.

Why go to the supermarket, when you can go to the local market for food

Thursday, January 15, 2026
Officials celebrate the adoption of COP-21-Paris-Agreement on December 12, 2015. From January 2026, the United States officially is out of the Paris Agreement in January 2026. Internet
Environment

What US withdrawal from Green climate fund means

Thursday, January 15, 2026
A view of the restored forest in Gicumbi District. Forests are among the common carbon market projects that will pay the fees to be implemented in the country
Environment

This is how much it will cost to start carbon credit projects

Wednesday, January 14, 2026
Nine people were killed and six others injured after lightning struck a group of farmers who had taken shelter from the rain in Jarama Sector, Ngoma District.
Environment

Ngoma deaths spotlight hidden lightning risks in low-lying areas

Monday, January 12, 2026
Darren Watkins Jr., popularly known as IShowSpeed is expected in Rwanda during his ongoing Africa Tour. Internet
Tourism

Speed, gorillas and the Internet: Rwanda steps into IShowSpeed’s global spotlight

Thursday, January 08, 2026
Minister of Infrastructure Jimmy Gasore and Minister of Environment Bernadette Arakwiye. Courtesy
Housing

Parliament summons ministers over housing, land use issues

Tuesday, December 30, 2025
Some of the newly introduced electric buses operating in public transport at the Downtown Taxi Park in Kigali. File.
Environment

20 green initiatives that defined Rwanda’s climate agenda in 2025

Wednesday, December 24, 2025
According to the Labour Force Survey Q3 2025 by the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR), 15.5 percent of youth aged 16 to 30 were unemployed in August, compared to 11.7 percent of adults.
Education

Universities step up to bridge skills gap, boost graduate employability

Monday, December 22, 2025
Equity Bank Rwanda officials, together with community leaders, government officials, students, farmers and local residents, planted 9,000 trees in a large-scale environmental and livelihood initiative in Gisagara District on Saturday, December 12. Courtesy Courtesy

Equity Bank embarks on tree-planting drive for a greener future

Friday, December 19, 2025
Delegates follow findings from the Decentralisation Assessment Framework (DAF) during the National Dialogue on the Role of Civil Society in Decentralisation in Kigali on Wednesday, December 17 .
Rwanda

Budget, staffing gaps are slowing decentralisation – new report

Thursday, December 18, 2025
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FEATURED VIDEO: Inside Spiro’s drive to build Rwanda’s e-mobility ecosystem through local assembly, mechanic training

Thursday, December 18, 2025