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A flood monitoring station at a drainage in Gikondo. The government is strengthening its disaster preparedness and emergency financing systems as the country braces for potentially wetter-than-normal conditions linked to El Niño. PHOTO/FILE
Environment

Inside plan to respond to El Niño disasters

Wednesday, August 19, 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
Some fruitbats that live in some trees in Nyarutarama in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

How bat conservation protects people and nature

Wednesday, July 29, 2026
A group of youths from Kigali City hiking in Rulindo District. Around Kigali, places such as Mount Kigali, the Akabasaza Hiking Trail, Mwendo Hiking Way and the Bumbogo hills have become popular weekend escapes. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

PHOTOS: How Rwandans are turning the hills into their weekend escape

Friday, July 24, 2026
A total of 529 Rwandan citizens voluntarily returned from DR Congo, bringing the total number of returnees received in 2026 to more than 2,800 , on Wednesday, July 22.
Africa

Rwanda welcomes 529 returnees from DR Congo

Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Doctors conduct free heart surgery for children at King Faisal Hospital in Kigali on June 15. Photo by Craish BAHIZI

What Rwanda’s health system has become after three decades

Tuesday, July 07, 2026
Romeo Dallaire with his wife Marie Michaud during a visit to the Kigali Genocide Memorial on Friday, August 11 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Art

Seven books on Rwanda’s liberation journey

Saturday, July 04, 2026
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April 2023. Courtesy
Environment

Govt pitches $86m climate disaster financing plan

Thursday, July 02, 2026
Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) Director General Juliet Kabera addresses members of the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs, National Unity and Security on Tuesday, June 30. Courtesy
Housing

REMA boss calls for end to individual homebuilding

Wednesday, July 01, 2026
‘Col (Rtd)’ Augustin Nshimiyimana, who graduated from Mutobo Demobilisation Centre in 2022, speaks during at Unity Club meeting on the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi and the struggle to stop it.
Africa

Former FDLR ‘Colonel’ on how militia funds its operations

Sunday, June 28, 2026
Former FDLR Combatant, Corpol (Rtd)Laurence Mujawayezu, delivering her testimony, on June 2 at Mutobo Demobilisation Center.
Rwanda

Former FDLR combatant recounts path from trauma to hope

Saturday, June 13, 2026
Minister of youth and arts Dr. Abdallah Utumatwishima speaks at Mutobo Demobilisation Centre in Musanze District, on June 12. 2026. The minister urged youths undergoing a reintegration programme to remain vigilant against genocide ideology, warning that Rwanda’s achievements must not lead to complacency.
Rwanda

From DR Congo’s jungles to Rwanda’s future: Youth urged to safeguard unity, reject genocide ideology

Saturday, June 13, 2026