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Celebrities wearing House of Tayo’s Ijezi, the Rwandan-inspired jersey at the center of growing debate over fashion counterfeits and intellectual property protection. COURTESY
Fashion

Ijezi designer Tayo on ‘the cost of fashion copycats’

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Some substandard alcoholic beverages seized by the Rwanda National Police during an ongoing campaign to crack down on illicit drinks in Rwanda. Courtesy.

What are we eating and drinking? Food safety must come before profit

Friday, August 14, 2026
Workers destroy substandard alcoholic beverages seized by police and local authorities across Rulindo District’s 17 sectors on Sunday, August 9, 2026.
Health

All you need to know about disposal of ethanol, illicit alcohol

Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Farmers during a study tour in wheat farm in Burera District. Rwanda had 16 wheat varieties, 83 protected maize varieties, 12 soybean varieties among others.
Crime

Theft of protected crop varieties to attract Rwf100m fine under new law

Friday, August 07, 2026
Panelists engage in a discussion during a meeting on Tuesday, August 4. The  dialogue  brought together government officials, musicians, producers, investors and other stakeholders on Tuesday, August 4. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Govt taps artistes in campaign against alcohol, drug abuse

Tuesday, August 04, 2026
Inside NBG factory's store in Gasabo District. Authorities seized products worth more than Rwf2.6 billion and imposed fines of nearly Rwf360 million countrywide. Courtesy
Rwanda

Products worth Rwf2.6bn seized as crackdown on illicit alcohol widens

Tuesday, August 04, 2026
An agronomist works in a seeds multiplication centre in Kinigi in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Law

11 things to know about new agriculture law

Tuesday, August 04, 2026
Police firefighters officers on duty at Masaka Farms, one of Rwanda’s leading dairy producers, after a fire tore through its production facility in Kigali's industrial zone on July 11. Courtesy
Environment

Experts on why fires increase in dry weather

Thursday, July 30, 2026
Remains of the plane that was carrying former President Juvenal Habyarimana. Courtesy

Foreign lawyers who became architects of genocide denial

Thursday, May 07, 2026
The National Bank of Rwanda (BNR) has begun withdrawing several older bank note series from circulation following a presidential order issued on February 27. File
Economy

Why central bank is retiring old bank notes

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Some of the men who were granted release on parole at Nyarugenge Correctional Facility on Thursday, March 5. A Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, March 4, approved the release of 1,847 convicts on parole. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza.
Law

PHOTOS: ‘I am coming back a changed man,’ says prisoner released on parole

Thursday, March 05, 2026
The draft law, whose relevance was approved by Parliament on February 19, seeks to consolidate and modernise regulations governing seeds, plant health, agrochemicals and bio-inputs. File
Agriculture

New bill sets stage for modern, market-led farming

Tuesday, February 24, 2026