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A view of Cimerwa, a cement manufacturing plant in Rusizi District. PHOTO BY Moise Bahati
Environment

Rusizi communities face relocation as CIMERWA pollution concerns grow

Saturday, April 18, 2026
A child watches a video on a smartphone. Digital technology - smartphones, tablets, social media, streaming platforms, and video games - has fundamentally altered childhood experiences. File

Digital childhood, diminished focus: A threat to human capital

Friday, April 17, 2026
Flying foxes holding onto a round wooden branch with their claws.

Urgent call to protect Rwanda’s bats, including critically endangered Hill’s horseshoe bat

Friday, April 17, 2026
Young people attend a commemoration event 'Our Past Initiative' at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on April 9. Collective memory is part of healing. Craish BAHIZI

Kwibuka 32: Sustaining mental health support critical to Rwanda’s continued healing

Friday, April 17, 2026
Minister of Health Sabin Nsanzimana and Sandoz Chief Transformation and Growth Officer Simon Goeller at the signing ceremony in Kigali. Courtesy
Health

Rwanda signs medicines deal with Swiss drug maker

Thursday, April 16, 2026
(L-R) Pierre-Célestin Habiyaremye, President of PsorAfrica and Founder of the Rwanda Psoriasis, Media professional Janet Mbugua, and Frida Dunger Johnsson, Executive Director of IFPA. Courtesy
Featured

Africa’s first psoriasis forum to confront overlooked disease burden in Nairobi

Thursday, April 16, 2026
An electrician works on an electricity supply project in Gicumbi District. With the new financing bill, 200,000 households are expected to gain access to electricity and expand the use of clean cooking energy.
Rwanda

200,000 households to get electricity under new financing

Tuesday, April 14, 2026
Students, who presented their views on Friday, April 10, are actively engaged in schools and communities. Courtesy
Education

Students outline key priorities for 2026/27 budget 

Monday, April 13, 2026
Red-Cross volunteers help a trauma victim during a Walk to Remember from ETO Kicukiro to Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on Saturday, April 11. Photo by Craish BAHIZI. (1)
Kwibuka

Kwibuka 32: Why trauma cases persist despite improved support systems

Monday, April 13, 2026
Masaka hospital in Kicukiro District has received new medical equipment worth Rwf30 million. Photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Health

PHOTOS: Masaka hospital gets new surgical equipment

Friday, April 10, 2026
Some people visit Genocide survivors during a past commemoration week. Courtesy
Kwibuka

Kwibuka: The support Genocide survivors need

Thursday, April 09, 2026
:Rwandans and friends of Rwanda around the world will gather from April 7 to 13 to mark the 32nd commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, which claimed more than one million lives in just 100 days, from April to July 1994. PHOTO BY Sam NGENDAHIMANA
Kwibuka

32 years later, Rwanda remembers

Tuesday, April 07, 2026