Flooding

Do you have an idea for The New Times to cover? Submit it here!
Search Results for "Flooding" (935 articles)
Residents during a tree planting exercise at Mount Rebero in Kicukiro District. The City of Kigali set to plant more trees to mitigate floods and improve air quality in Kigali City.
Environment

Govt set to expand forest cover on three Kigali hills

Thursday, February 06, 2025
A view of some of the demolished properties in process of restoring Gisozi wetland in Gasabo District. Courtesy
Environment

Nine wetlands to be restored in Rwanda

Monday, February 03, 2025
The entrance of Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park . The park boasts of walkways and cycling lanes stretching for over eight kilometres. Courtesy
Featured

What you should know as Rwanda celebrates World Wetland Day

Sunday, February 02, 2025
Houses destroyed by heavy rain in Nyabihu District. Rwanda continues to face natural disasters worsened by climate change. Photo by Olivier Mugwiza
Environment

Report shows effects of 10 major disasters in 2024

Saturday, January 25, 2025
The newly constructed dam to retain a portion of the floodwater and release it at a controlled flow rate at Sebeya river. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Inside govt efforts to rebuild infrastructure destroyed in 2023 floods

Wednesday, January 08, 2025
A view of one of the new water drainage systems constructed in Kigali to curb floods in the capital. Sam Ngendahimana
Editorial

Development and resilience are not mutually exclusive, Kigali can have both

Friday, January 03, 2025
A view of Mpazi drainage in Nyabugogo. The City of Kigali has initiated the construction of culverts in flood-prone areas. Craish Bahizi
Environment

City of Kigali embarks on building culverts in flood-prone areas

Thursday, January 02, 2025
Rwanda launched the rehabilitation of five wetlands that will cost $27 million to be upgraded in Kigali
Environment

Inside nine multi-billion greening projects set to take shape in 2025

Thursday, January 02, 2025
A view of Muhanga City centre, one of the country's secondly cities. File
Infrastructure

How gender-sensitive public spaces will transform Rwanda's secondary cities

Monday, December 30, 2024
Juliet Kabera, the Director General of the Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) speaks during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Wednesday, December 18. Courtesy
Infrastructure

Inside new Rwf30bn plan to develop secondary cities

Friday, December 20, 2024
Residents clear mud and sand from Giciye River in Ngororero District after heavy rainfall. Photo: File.
Environment

Govt mulls new model to safeguard Giciye power plants from floods

Tuesday, December 17, 2024
When violent floods and landslides swept through Rwanda in May 2023, claiming 130 lives and displacing thousands, Kigali’s vulnerability to climate extremes became painfully clear. But the city is fighting back - w

Becoming a city in the forest: Catalyzing Kigali’s climate resilience through nature

Friday, November 29, 2024