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 Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
African swine fever has killed about 82 pigs in Rusizi District, officials reported. File
Rwanda
Rusizi: African swine fever kills 100 pigs
Nyamagabe
Kwibuka
Kwibuka: The ongoing struggle to locate Genocide victims’ bodies
The handover was made by UNESCO Director-General, Audrey Azoulay at Kigali Genocide Memorial in the City of Kigali
Kwibuka
Kwibuka30: UNESCO certifies four Genocide memorials added to World Heritage List
Officials touring Rwamagana Banana Community Processing Centre, RFDA says it needs enough inspectors in agroprocessing factories.
Agriculture
Govt moves to fix inspection gaps in 1,000 food processing factories
Officials and participants pose for a group photo at the meeting in Kigali. Photo: Emmanuel Dushimimana.
Featured
EPD, academic institutions in joint bid to bridge gap between academia, energy industry
The Food Waste Index Report 2024 by the UN Environment Programme has indicated that, on average, each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually. Internet
Environment
Each person wastes 79 kilogrammes of food annually – UN report
President Paul Kagame  chairs a cabinet meeting  that approved several appointments at Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (RFDA) at Urugwiro Village on April 3. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda
Cabinet appoints new officials at food and drugs body
A parent helps a child to write at Autism Rwanda at Kagugu in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health
Early signs of Autism: Stories of parents with Autistic children
A view of a flooded  Ngororero-Muhanga road at Cyome bridge, after heavy rains that  disrupted travel in the region  on April 1. Courtesy
Infrastructure
April rains trigger flooding at Nyabarongo I hydropower plant
Pests known as 'mealybugs' have wreaked havoc on mango crops, causing a shortage in markets across Kigali city. File
Agriculture
Persistent pests trigger mango shortage in markets
CorpsAfrica Rwanda, hosted its third ‘Project Demo Day’  on March 28, 2024,. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured
FEATURED: CorpsAfrica volunteers’ community-led projects seek scale-up financing
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Featured
FEATURED: EPD lauded for accelerating renewable energy technologies for income generation
Rwamagana Solar Power Station , an 8.5MW solar power plant is  the fourth-largest economy in the East African Community. File
Environment
Why global coalition is lobbying Rwanda to endorse ‘end of fossil fuels’ call
A view of  Rusumo falls Hydropower Project. MPs asked MININFRA  to construct houses and repair others for households affected by blasting during the execution of the project. File
Infrastructure
MPs set six-month deadline for construction of houses affected by Rusumo project
Rwanda Cooperative Agency (RCA) has launched an investigation countrywide to detect ‘ghost and dormant cooperatives’. Courtesy
Crime
Govt launches probe to uncover ‘ghost and dormant’ cooperatives
IYACU is a fortified whole maize flour product that One Acre Fund produces from maize grains aggregated from Rwandan farmers.
Featured
One Acre Fund-Tubura provides nutrient- rich maize flour to ECD centres
Two Lake Kivu islands, Shyute and Kamiko that were once deforested and degraded will soon be restored with 156,000 different tree species
Environment
Lake Kivu: Two islands to undergo forest restoration
Women cadres and veterans of the liberation struggle of Rwanda during a tree planting activity to combat desertification in Bugesera District in Eastern Province. Courtesy
Women
Women liberators to combat desertification in Eastern Province

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