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Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye hands over EAC chairmanship to South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on November 24. in Arusha Tanzania. Photo Courtesy

South Sudan’s Salva Kiir is new EAC chair

Friday, November 24, 2023

EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki (R) chats with the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (C), and Tanzanian President Suluhu Samia, on November 24, 2023, in Arusha (Courtesy photo).

Somalia joins East African Community

Friday, November 24, 2023

EALA MPs during a plenary session on November 8, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania, the headquarters of the EAC. The assembly is in Kigali in line with the rotational sittings principle in the EAC Partner States’ capitals to bring the community closer to the people. Courtesy photo

EALA: What are the bills, motions regional lawmakers plan to discuss in Kigali?

Friday, November 24, 2023

Delegates during the EAC High-Level Forum on Climate Change & Food Security in Arusha Tanzania on Thursday, November 23.

EAC Heads of State Summit: Climate change, food security top agenda

Friday, November 24, 2023

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks as Kenyan President William Ruto, Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan look on, at the EAC High-Level Forum on Climate Change and Food Security in Arusha, Tanzania on Thursday, November 23. Courtesy

Ngirente calls for climate resilience, de-risking agriculture in EAC

Thursday, November 23, 2023

Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) – legislative arm of the East African Community (EAC) – are convening in Kigali to deliberate on regional affairs. Courtesy

EAC lawmakers convene in Kigali to discuss regional matters

Thursday, November 23, 2023

The Minister of State for Agriculture and Animal Resources, Eric Rwigamba, speaks to journalists after opening a three-day knowledge-sharing seminar for the development of the fifth Strategic Plan for Agriculture Transformation (PSTA5), on November 22, 2023. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Rwigamba urges leveraging tech, innovation as Rwanda develops new agric plan

Thursday, November 23, 2023

MPs during plenary sitting of the lower chamber of Parliament follow Chief Executive Officer of Rwanda Development Board (RDB), Francis Gatare's presentation. Courtesy

MPs urge for inclusion of under four-star hotels in public tenders

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

Some mountain gorillas from Susa group in Volcanoes National Park. RDB announced that the pilot phase of the park expansion project will kick off in 2024. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA

Rwf317b Volcanoes National Park expansion to be piloted in 2024

Wednesday, November 22, 2023

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FEATURED: FAO supports Rwanda in eradicating peste des petits ruminants (PPR)

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes (R) shakes hands with Rwanda’s Senate President François Xavier Kalinda, at Parliamentary Buildings in Kigali, on November 20, 2023. They interacted on ways of strengthening cooperation in education, health, transport, and Parliamentary Diplomacy, among others (Photo by Parliament of Rwanda).

Rwanda, Cuba seek to bolster bilateral ties

Monday, November 20, 2023

Cuban Vice President Salvador Valdes who is in Rwanda, was received by Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation at Kigali International Airport on Monday, November 20. Courtesy

Cuban Vice President in Rwanda

Monday, November 20, 2023

(L-R) EAC Principal Health Officer, Dr. Eric Nzeyimana, EALA MPs Fatuma Ndangiza and Ayason Mukulia Kennedy, and HELINA President-Elect Steven Wanyee Macharia address journalists in Kigali on November 19. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya

EAC health data governance framework expected in 2024

Sunday, November 19, 2023

Participants in the first East African Community (EAC) Annual Inter-parliamentary Forum on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH), or Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) pose for a group photo in Kigali, November 18, 2023. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA

Why EAC needs to harmonise health data governance

Saturday, November 18, 2023

Delegates during the two-day meeting that seeks to deliberate on EAC Regional and Continental Health Data Governance initiatives and Digital Health agenda, and how to leverage digital data for universal healthcare. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA

Kigali hosts first regional inter-parliamentary forum on digital health, data governance

Saturday, November 18, 2023

The NALA Group Chief Operating Officer, Nicolai Eddy, said the company got the licence from Rwanda’s central bank in June 2023. Photos by Emmanuel Dushimimana

NALA promises cheap, reliable payment services in Rwanda

Thursday, November 16, 2023

MPs have requested the Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources to indicate how it is implementing strategies to address issues hindering irrigation efforts. Courtesy

Lawmakers task agric ministry to fast-track irrigation schemes

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Passengers board a RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport. Kagame recently said ''Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country.” File

Three things to know about Rwanda’s visa-free policy

Wednesday, November 15, 2023