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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
Staff of Reportage Properties Rwanda, observe a moment of silence to honour the victims of the Genocide against the Tutsi at Kicukiro-Nyanza Genocide Memorial on on April 10. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Featured

Reportage Properties pays tribute to Genocide victims, roots for unity

Sunday, April 12, 2026
Mourners carry flowers to place at the memorial in remembrance of the Genocide victims in Rwinkwavu.
Kwibuka

‘They came in groups and killed by name’ - Rwinkwavu survivors

Wednesday, April 08, 2026
Illustration highlighting the role of biodiversity as a foundation for business, competitiveness, and economic resilience. Courtesy of UNDP (AI Image)

Nature is business: how biodiversity standards can secure Rwanda’s economic future

Tuesday, March 31, 2026
The Minister of Environment, Bernadette Arakwiye, during a tree planting exercise at the joint celebration of the International Day of Forests, World Water Day and World Meteorological Day on Saturday, March 28.
Environment

Environment minister renews call for water, forest protection 

Sunday, March 29, 2026
A hotel room in Kigali.

Misnamed and misleading: Calling it a lodge doesn’t make it one

Friday, March 27, 2026
Renowned British naturalist David Attenborough has revisited the story of Rwanda’s mountain gorillas in a new Netflix documentary, A Gorilla Story Told by David Attenborough.
Cinema

British naturalist’s Netflix documentary revisits Rwanda’s gorilla legacy

Tuesday, March 24, 2026
Former UK Special Envoy to the Great Lakes Region, Simon Mustard, during a tour of Kigali Genocide Memorial to learn the history of the Genocide against the Tutsi. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Tutsi massacres were strategised into phases marked by a timeframe

Tuesday, March 17, 2026
The report shows that between 2020 and 2025, authorities recorded 1,335 cases of unlawful mineral extraction, largely carried out by young people aged between 18 and 30. Emmanuel Dushimimana
Rwanda

Parliament report exposes drivers of illegal mining in Rwanda

Monday, March 16, 2026
Among the trees planted were 4,000 fruit trees, 3,000 for crops, 3,000 for forests, and 2,000 for other uses.
Featured

Greening Kigali: Equity Bank, partners plant 12,000 trees in Gasabo

Saturday, March 14, 2026
Miners inside a tunnel in Ruli Sector, Gakenke District. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Security

MINALOC, RDB summoned over illegal mining

Friday, March 13, 2026
The firm had expanded operations from Kenya to Rwanda
Energy

Bioethanol users stranded as KOKO pauses Rwanda operations

Wednesday, March 11, 2026