author

Do you have an idea for The New Times to cover? Submit it here!
Michel Nkurunziza
Michel Nkurunziza
Graduates celebrate their milestone at Nyagatare Stadium on Friday, November 18.
Featured
All you need to know about 5,702 graduates of University of Rwanda
Sunday, November 20, 2022
A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. COP27 closed on Sunday November 20, with an agreement to provide “loss and damage” funding for vulnerable countries hit hard by climate disasters. Courtesy
Environment
COP27: Vulnerable countries to get compensation for climate change effects
Sunday, November 20, 2022
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente addresses the 8th graduation ceremony of the University of Rwanda in Nyagatare district on Friday, November 18. All Photos by Craish Bahizi
Education
Ngirente announces reforms to improve University of Rwanda funding model
Friday, November 18, 2022
A grey-crowned crane at Umusambi Village in Kigali, a nature reserve and sanctuary for the disabled, rescued endangered birds from captivity. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment
Rwanda’s crane population doubles in five years
Friday, November 18, 2022
Women who sell fresh sardines on the shores of Lake Kivu in Rusizi District. During the operations to crack down on all illegal fishing activities in Lake Kivu, over 30,000 illegal fishing nets and about 3,000 boats have been confiscated over the past three years. Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda
Over 30,000 illegal fishing nets confiscated – report
Friday, November 18, 2022
Taxi-moto operators wade through a flooded street in Kigali. Following the heavy rains that killed a motorist and two more people, on November 16 ,the City of Kigali has warned residents not drive during heavy rains. File
Environment
City of Kigali sounds warning as floods kill three people
Thursday, November 17, 2022
Workers at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. PSF has urged investors and businesses to switch to shift work as an effective employment model. Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda
PSF mulls shift work to deal with new working hours
Wednesday, November 16, 2022
Bank of Kigali in partnership with the Association des Métis au Rwanda has supported saving and development groups of women whose children were abandoned. Photos: Courtesy.
Featured
BK partners with AMERWA to support women with abandoned children
Monday, November 14, 2022
The New Times
Business
Of the Rwandan greenpreneur who won $100,000 at COP27
Monday, November 14, 2022
The Minister of Environment Jeanne d’Arc Mujawamariya speaks at the COP27 UN climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. Photo: Courtesy.
Business
2.2m carbon credits issued in Rwanda
Monday, November 14, 2022
Officials in a group photo at the COP27 in Egypt. More than $150 million climate finance was announced at the 27th climate change conference in Egypt to accelerate Africa’s adaptation to climate change. Photo: File.
Environment
COP27: Over $150m to accelerate Africa’s adaptation to climate change
Monday, November 14, 2022
The New Times
Agriculture
Rwanda on course to grow grapes, produce wine
Monday, November 14, 2022
A scene of disaster where heavy rains destroyed five classrooms in Busasamana Sector in Rubavu District on January 4. Photo: Courtesy.
Environment
Experts call for robust early warning systems for disaster management
Monday, November 14, 2022
The support is part of the End Period Poverty campaign that was sponsored by Bank of Kigali.
Featured
BK supports I Matter Initiative to ‘End Period Poverty campaign’
Sunday, November 13, 2022
Residents draw water in the degraded Rusizi River. Rwanda is set to restore the-now degraded Rusizi River Basin and the Great Rift Valley with $50 million fund pledged by the Bezos Earth Fund. File
Environment
COP27: Rwanda secures funding to restore degraded River Rusizi
Friday, November 11, 2022
Residents wade through a flooded street in Kigali in 2020. Meteo Rwanda has alerted Rwandans that many parts of Northern, Western and Southern Provinces with the exception of Amayaga region will have heavy rains. File
Environment
Meteo warns of heavy rains in November
Friday, November 11, 2022
TVET students during a practical national examination at Don Bosco Gatenga TVET Centre in Kicukiro District, Kigali. Over 10,000 candidates who sat for 2021/2022 advanced-level national exams have been asked to correct errors on their national IDs. Sam Ngendahimana
Education
Over 10,000 students asked to correct IDs to access exam results
Friday, November 11, 2022
Maëlia Dufour, the newly elected President of Berne Union during the interview in Kigali on November 8. Photo: Craish Bahizi.
Featured
Newly elected Berne Union president outlines priorities
Friday, November 11, 2022

Subscribe to The New Times E-Paper