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Nyabihu residents watch how heavy rains destroy a bridge on May 7, 2020. File
Infrastructure

Upcountry roads face growing environmental damage - new report

Tuesday, December 16, 2025
Farmers and tea pluckers pose for a group photo during celebrations at Rubaya Tea Factory on December 6. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

How Rwanda Mountain Tea is empowering farmers to grow produce that has earned global reputation

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
Farmers from Shyira Sector in Nyabihu District celebrate after planting 4,000 indigenous tree species in the buffer zone of the Mukungwa River.
Featured

Could land restoration be Africa’s "new economy"?

Tuesday, December 09, 2025
A neighbourhood in Kibagabaga in the capital Kigali. The new district land use master plans for eleven districts, approved by the Cabinet on November 28, are expected to guide sustainable land use and accelerate major urban development projects, according to the National Land Authority. Photo: Courtesy
Infrastructure

Inside new district land use master plans

Tuesday, December 02, 2025
Agaciro Development Fund mobilised its leadership, staff, partners, and residents of Muhima Sector for a tree-planting exercise on Friday, November 28. All photos by Craish Bahizi.
Featured

Agaciro Development Fund champions environmental conservation through tree-planting

Saturday, November 29, 2025
A teenager relaxes with a smartphone. Today’s age of instant convenience shaped by smartphones, streaming, and endless entertainment makes distraction easier than ever. Internet photo

The comfort cage: Why resilience is the most urgent skill for the next generation

Tuesday, November 25, 2025
It featured 19 comic books and eight animations created by 20 Rwandan artists, the display that highlighted the powerful rise of a new generation of illustrators and digital storytellers. 
Art

How young creatives tell Rwandan story through digital art

Friday, November 21, 2025
Rwanda's envoy to Brazil, Lawrence Manzi, and REMA Deputy CEO, Faustin Munyazikwiye, during COP30 in Belém, Brazil, on November 13. Courtesy
Environment

COP30 negotiators warn of slow progress on critical agenda items

Thursday, November 20, 2025
Officials, trainers and participants pose for a photo after the opening session of the workshop in Kigali. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Featured

UNILAK-China project offers training on hazard monitoring

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
A water drainage full of rain water at Gikondo. Rainfall amount ranging between 30 and 150 millimetres is expected across Rwanda from November 11 to 20. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Environment

Expect heavy rains, strong winds in mid-November — weather office

Monday, November 10, 2025
A view of the ongoing construction works of Kivu Belt Water Supply project in Karongi. The project will improve access to safe and reliable water supply in Karongi.
Environment

AfDB approves Rwf14bn grant for climate resilience project in Western Province

Sunday, November 09, 2025
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Rwanda

Rwamagana: Fire guts school dormitory

Monday, November 03, 2025