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Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
A teacher helps a child while reading a book at Ecole Primaire Kimisange. REB has revealed that Rwanda needs Rwf14 billion to ensure that every pupil or student gets a textbook at school. Photo by Dan Gatsinzi
Education
Rwf14bn needed annually to address book shortage in schools – REB
Thursday, September 21, 2023
University of Rwanda officials (front row on the left) during the PAC hearings on September 20, 2023, at the parliamentary building in Kigali. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Education
UR on spot over ‘excluding’ SMEs from its tenders
Wednesday, September 20, 2023
Prisoners at the High Court for a hearing session in Kigali in 2021. File
Law
Sign language in courts: What does it mean?
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
A view of King Faisal Hospital. The hospital seeks to address a more than Rwf12 billion loss accumulated over time, it has emerged.
Health
King Faisal Hospital outlines measures to mitigate losses
Saturday, September 16, 2023
A view of a flooded Gisozi-Karuruma bridge in Gasabo District. PAC has expressed dissatisfaction with the City of Kigali officials over the delayed construction of that bridge. Courtesy
Infrastructure
CoK faces backlash over delayed bridge construction
Friday, September 15, 2023
Rwanda FDA Director General, Emile Bienvenu (centre in the left row), makes a point during PAC hearings on September 14, 2023, at Parliamentary Buildings in Kigali (Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Health
FDA vows to strengthen food safety checks
Thursday, September 14, 2023
A new proposed bill by the government aims to make it obligatory for residents seeking to harvest forests or trees for various purposes to obtain permits from competent authorities. Sam Ngendahimana
Environment
Rwanda’s ‘tougher’ forest bill stirs public debate
Tuesday, September 05, 2023
Senator William Ntidendereza has passed on at the age of 72. Courtesy
Politics
Senator William Ntidendereza dies at 72
Monday, September 04, 2023
The best performer-students in a test prepared by ADEPR Church for its schools pose for a photo with officials, after being awarded with school materials and fees for the next academic year. (ADEPR)
Featured
FEATURED: Over 28,000 needy students get scholarships from ADEPR
Thursday, August 31, 2023
The policy and legal coordinator at Transparency International Rwanda, Colette Ndabarushimana, speaks to The New Times on July 5, 2023, in Kigali Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya.
Law
Watchdog calls for 'safe spaces' for whistleblowers
Wednesday, August 16, 2023
Officials unveil AGRA’s new five-year Rwanda Strategic Plan, on August 14. All photos: Courtesy.
Featured
AGRA’s Rwanda strategy offers agribusiness opportunities for youth
Tuesday, August 15, 2023
Workers on duty at Inyange Industries in Kigali. The firm is among the 35 companies listed in the Gazette that can import sugar duty-free this year. File
Business
Why 35 Rwandan firms can import sugar duty-free this year
Monday, August 14, 2023
AGRA’s Regional Head, East and Southern Africa, Jean Jacques Mbonigaba Muhinda, during an interview with The New Times, on August 12, 2023, ahead of the launch of a new five-year country strategy in Rwanda (Photos by Emmanuel Ntirenganya).
Agriculture
AGRA to double investment in Rwanda’s agric sector under new strategy
Sunday, August 13, 2023
Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr Vincent Biruta and his counterpart Jin Park, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea after signing the MoU in Kigali on Saturday, August 12. Courtesy
Rwanda
Rwanda, South Korea sign cooperation pacts
Saturday, August 12, 2023
A member of RDF medical personnel and that of US armed force personnel examine a medical condition affecting a child in Bugesera District (courtesy)
Health
Photos: RDF, US medics treat 2,000 Rwandan patients
Friday, August 11, 2023
Automatic cars may soon be considered in driving tests. PHOTO BY PLAISIR MUZOGEYE
Law
Law Reform Commission to complete review of road traffic bill by August 18
Friday, August 11, 2023
Patients wait for medical services in Burera District. The number of vulnerable households eligible for support by the government was slashed by 74.4 per cent from 450,000 to 115,000 in fiscal year. File
Health
Vulnerable households eligible for Mutuelle de Santé support drop by 74%
Thursday, August 10, 2023
Some of the old buses of ONATRACOM and the brand new bus of RITCO during the handover ceremony after the privatization of the former public institution on February 6, 2017. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Law
Rwanda reviews 27-year-old privatisation law: what’s new?
Thursday, August 10, 2023

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