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Ecole d’Arts de Nyundo school in Rubavu District was left submerged after the banks of the River Sebeya burst in May, 2020. Rwanda is seeking more funding to cope with such climate change effects.
Environment

Govt seeks $7bn to close climate finance gap by 2035

Friday, September 18, 2026
Ingufu Gin Ltd is among the facilities manufacturing alcoholic beverages that were closed by Rwanda FDA last month. More than 900,000 litres of illicit alcohol have been seized across the country as authorities intensify crackdown on illicit alcohol. Officials have also reported changes in spending patterns, cases of violence and alcohol-related emergencies during the same period. PHOTO/COURTESY.
Health

As illicit alcohol crackdown bites, families count gains

Friday, September 18, 2026
BRALIRWA Plc officials, representatives from the City of Kigali, Nyarugenge District, and Water Access Rwanda pose for a group photo during the launch of the initiative expected to benefit 1,000 people with access to clean water. All photos/Courtesy.
Featured

BRALIRWA’s new social impact initiative brings safe water to over 200 households in Nyarugenge

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Fiji's Minister of Health Dr Atonio Lalabalavu
International

Fiji declares HIV emergency amid rising infection

Thursday, September 17, 2026
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Rwanda

Physical assault cases drop by 33% after illicit alcohol crackdown

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Rwandan residents spent more than Rwf290 billon on travel abroad in the first six months of 2026, according to NISR.
Rwanda

Rwandans spent over Rwf290bn on travel abroad in six months

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Gorilla tourism generated $45.7 million (Rwf67.2 billion) in visitor spending between May and July 2026, Photo/Courtesy
Editorial

Our nature is a gold mine we must protect all cost 

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Rwanda National Police officers inspect vehicle emissions in Kigali. The government plans to more than triple the country’s air quality monitoring network by the end of 2026. PHOTO/COURTESY
Environment

Inside plan to expand air quality monitoring nationwide

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Government officials and participants pose for a group photo at a strategic dialogue on decentralisation held in Kigali on September 15, 2026.Craish Bahizi
Featured

Never Again Rwanda calls for stronger powers at cell level, more decentralised services

Thursday, September 17, 2026
Gorilla tourism accounted for nearly 80 per cent of expenditure by non-resident air travellors to Rwanda from May to July and 2026. Courtesy
Tourism

Gorilla tourism fetches over Rwf67bn in three months

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
A health worker speaks with a pregnant woman and her husband at Mubumba Hospital in Karongi District on December 9, 2022. September is observed as Sexual Health Awareness Month. PHOTO BY OLIVIER MUGWIZA
Health

Breaking the silence around sexual and reproductive health

Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Members of the genocidial group FDLR in eastern DR Congo.
Africa

The ordeal of rape, forced abortions in the FDLR as told by survivors

Tuesday, September 15, 2026