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 Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta announcing the decision to have a diplomatic presence in Amman, on Wednesday, August 9, 2023, as the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, looks on. Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwanda to open diplomatic mission in Jordan
Rwanda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Vincent Biruta and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Ayman Safadi, sign three agreements including a visa waiver for holders of ordinary passports, in Amman, on Wednesday, August 9, 2023. Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwandans can now go to Jordan visa-free
Some children during the launch of ADEPR's gospel through football national u13 children camp on August 7, 2023, at Muhanga Stadium, in Southern Province (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
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Finance
Why extending deposit guarantee fund mandate matters
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Environment
New bill proposes mandatory permits for tree harvesting
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya explains to journalists how a new bill governing forests and trees could help Rwanda to utilise carbon market, on August 2, 2023, in Kigali. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Environment
Rwanda counts on new forest bill to tap global carbon market
MPs  during a parliamentary session on June 15, 2023. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda
Extension of Parliamentarians tenure effected, revised Rwanda Constitution published
Two mothers carrying their new born babies at Kacyiru hospital on December 25, 2022. Photos by Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda extends maternity, paternity leave
A view of SP Visiga, a new station that SP Rwanda opened in Dar es Salaam.  According to the firm, its location holds a strategic importance for the trade route between Tanzania and Rwanda (SP).
Business
SP Rwanda expands fuel business to Tanzania
Environment Minister Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks to journalists on the biosafety bill that chiefly seeks to regulate GMOs in Rwanda, on August 2, 2023, at Parliamentary buildings in Kigali. PHOTO BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Agriculture
Minister Mujawamariya sheds light on move to embrace GMOs
Agric specialists during a seeds multiplication exercise in a greenhouse in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
House gives draft GMO law clean bill of health
(L-R) The newly appointed envoys Charles Karamba, Dan Munyuza, Michel Sebera, and Shakila Kazimbaya Umutoni. File
Rwanda
Munyuza picked among new envoys as Ngarambe lands new role
Passengers board RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport in 2020.Airlines could be required to provide, in advance, passenger information and name record data to Rwanda's Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration.
Airlines to be required to share passenger data under new bill
A farmer sorts her cabbage vegetables in Muko Sector, Musanze District.Despite significant progress in producing seeds for key commodities like maize, wheat, and soybeans, Rwanda still imports all its vegetable seeds. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture
Rwanda looks to cut vegetable seed imports
Gérardine Mukeshimana (courtesy photo)
Agriculture
Ex-Agric minister Mukeshimana appointed IFAD vice president
Some expo goers visit Kilimo Trust stand during the National Agriculture Show at Mulindi showground, in Gasabo District, on July 25, 2023 (Emmanuel Ntirenganya)
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Kilimo Trust showcases platform converging agri-business opportunities

Some of the young girls who benefit from Imbuto Foundation sponsorship during the celebration of the International Day of Girl Child in Musanze, on October 11, 2022. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwanda's eight landmark achievements in gender equality
Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Ildephonse Musafiri delivers remarks during the opening of the meeting in Kigali on Monday, July 31. Courtesy
Only 37% of farmers use quality seeds - Agric Minister

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