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Ecole d’Arts de Nyundo school in Rubavu District was left submerged after the banks of the River Sebeya burst in May, 2020. Rwanda is seeking more funding to cope with such climate change effects.
Environment

Govt seeks $7bn to close climate finance gap by 2035

Friday, September 18, 2026
Residents wade through a flooded street in Rubavu in May 2023. Photo by Germain Nsanzimana
Environment

Study tracks how districts are adopting climate action plans

Sunday, September 13, 2026
Ngabitsinze speaks during the forum.
Rwanda

Why African countries need early warning systems, shock funds

Saturday, September 05, 2026
Gérardine Mukeshimana, IFAD Vice President, and Equity Bank Kenya Managing Director, Moses Nyabanda during the signing ceremony in Kigali on the sidelines of Africa Food Systems Forum 2026, on September 4. Courtesy
Rwanda

IFAD, Equity Group’s new $200m climate resilience fund to benefit 260,000 farmers

Friday, September 04, 2026
The map of Rwanda before colonisation.

The Munyaga Garrison: Pre-colonial Rwanda's first formal border defense system

Friday, September 04, 2026
The New Times

Africa’s food systems: Twenty-three years after Maputo, what has changed?

Wednesday, September 02, 2026
The Nasho solar-powered irrigation project is one of Rwanda’s leading irrigation facilities. The country needs at least 693.7 million cubic metres of water storage capacity by 2034 to meet projected
Environment

700m cubic metres annually needed for irrigation water storage by 2034

Tuesday, September 01, 2026
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
Nyagatare District is increasing water testing, repairing old boreholes and investing in new water projects. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Rwanda

Why Nyagatare District needs to make borehole water safer for use

Sunday, August 16, 2026
Director of the Eastern Africa Standby Force (EASF) Brig Gen Ronald Rwivanga speaks to the journalists in Uganda. Courtesy
Rwanda

Africa must end reliance on external donors for peace efforts – Rwivanga

Monday, August 10, 2026
The Chamber of Deputies on Monday, August 3, approved a draft law ratifying the African Risk Capacity (ARC) Agreement. Photo by Craish BAHIZI
Environment

MPs ratify continental disaster preparedness agreement

Tuesday, August 04, 2026
A view of a dam that was constructed to facilitate irrigation in Rulindo. File
Rwanda

When is a water abstraction permit required?

Monday, August 03, 2026