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Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
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Business
Govt to insure more crops as farmers bear negative impacts of floods
Monday, May 11, 2020
The bridge that connected Ngoma and Bugesera District. / Courtesy.
Business
The economic impact of disasters on Rwanda in 4 months of 2020
Monday, May 11, 2020
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Central Bank lifts withdrawal limits in SACCOs
Thursday, May 07, 2020
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Rusizi District executive secretary, other officials resign
Wednesday, May 06, 2020
Citizens distribute food to vulnerable people during the lockdown last month.
Govt introduces reforms in food aid distribution to needy families
Monday, May 04, 2020
Volunteers help set up hand washing facilities in rural areas to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The youth on fighting COVID-19, empowering vulnerable families
Sunday, May 03, 2020
Shoppers maintain social distancing at Nyabugogo Fresh Food Market last week. Following the partial lift of the lockdown by Cabinet on Thursday, April 30, market vendors will be compelled to work in shifts as a way of decongesting the market to prevent the spread of coronavirus. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda
Social distancing: Market vendors to work in shifts
Friday, May 01, 2020
Nasho Solar-Powered Irrigation System in Eastern Province./ File.
Rwanda
Why agricultural mechanisation remains low among farmers
Thursday, April 30, 2020
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Rwanda
Govt to set up telemetry stations to monitor floods
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Hundreds of people in Rubavu District, Western Province have been displaced and communities massively overwhelmed by Sebeya River floods. / Courtesy.
Business
End of woes in sight for farmers affected by Sebeya River floods
Monday, April 27, 2020
An excavator clears debris from Mpazi drainage to enable direct flow of water into Nyabugogo River on Wednesday, April 22. The works to expand the drainage stalled after the project supervisor was found to have used fraudulent means to obtain the tender.
Stalled Mpazi project leaves businesses counting losses
Thursday, April 23, 2020
Fidu00e8le Ndayisaba, the NURC Executive Secretary. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda
Rwandans urged to report those spreading genocide ideology
Wednesday, April 22, 2020
Local publishers are availing childrenu2019s stories through e-learning platforms. / Courtesy.
Children & Education
Local publishers, e-learning developers to unveil children’s books online
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
Joseph Habiyaremye, Costica Uwitonze and Jean Claude Udahemuka, Rwandan biomedical engineers, from Integrated Polytechnic Regional Centre Kigali, who made the first locally produced ventilator to respond to COVID-19 pandemic. The locally made ventilator will soon hit the market at a cost of USD2000-4000.
Rwandan biomedical engineers to produce ventilators
Tuesday, April 21, 2020
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Business
10 regional private sector recommendations to mitigate economic impact of COVID-19
Monday, April 20, 2020
Students during last year's national exams. Data entry clerks for 2019 national exams results are complaining of unpaid wages that they were supposed to get early this year.
2019 national exams data entry clerks decry unpaid wages
Monday, April 20, 2020
Janvier Musonera at what is left of his family home in the Kigali suburb of Kimisagara, on Friday, April 17. He is one of several residents whose homes were destroyed by heavy rains that battered the city and other parts of the country on Thursday night. The downpour also destroyed roads, bridges, among others. / Photo: Gad Nshimiyimana.
Rwanda
Nyarugenge families affected by downpour narrate ordeal
Friday, April 17, 2020
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COVID-19: Objects to be wary of touching
Thursday, April 16, 2020

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