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Workers at Kigali Leather Ltd, a factory in Kanzenze, Bugesera District. Photo File

Rwandan hides, skins traders decry challenges in EAC market

Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Rwandan peacekeepers from RwanBatt1 sort scholastic materials during a handover event at Kapuri Primary School, on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday, October 14. The peacekeepers, serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), took part in humanitarian efforts to uplift local communities. Photo: Davis Higiro

How Rwandan peacekeepers are helping South Sudan communities

Monday, October 14, 2024

Workers laying tracks for the Standard Gauge Railway Phase 2A at Suswa section in Narok, Kenya 6 stations on August 1, 2018

Uganda, Turkish firm Yapi Merkezi ink deal to build standard gauge railway

Monday, October 14, 2024

The city of Arusha in northern Tanzania hosted the first-ever Global Land Rover Festival that attracted more than 1,000 Land Rovers.

Tanzania hosts first Global Land Rover Festival

Monday, October 14, 2024

South Africa’s former finance minister Tito Mboweni died in a Johannesburg hospital on Sunday, October 12. Courtesy

Rwandans, Africans pay tribute to Tito Mboweni

Monday, October 14, 2024

President Paul Kagame has paid his tribute to South Africa’s former finance minister and Reserve Bank governor, Tito Mboweni

Kagame pays tribute to Tito Mboweni as 'a giant voice' for Africa

Sunday, October 13, 2024

South Africa's former finance minister and Reserve Bank governor Tito Mboweni has died on Saturday, October 12. Internet

South Africa's former finance minister Tito Mboweni dies at 65

Sunday, October 13, 2024

Monique Nsanzabaganwa, Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission addresses delegates at Biashara Afrika 2024 in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Dan Gatsinzi

A conversation with Monique Nsanzabaganwa, the Deputy Chairperson of the African Union Commission

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Angolan Minister of Foreign Affairs Téte António welcomes Rwanda's Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe on his arrival to the meeting in Luanda on Saturday, October 12. Courtesy

Rwanda, DR Congo ministers hold fifth round of talks in Angola

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Kipchumba Murkomen addresses journalists in Nairobi.

Kenya to leverage AfCFTA to boost sports industry

Saturday, October 12, 2024

'The Cost of Media Stereotypes to Africa,' the study focuses on electoral processes in Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Egypt and the skewed coverage from giant media entities from the Global North.

Biased Western media eroding investors' confidence, stunting Africa’s growth – study

Saturday, October 12, 2024

Gen. Jackson Elia, the Assistant Inspector General for Human Resources and Training of SSNPS, Inspector General of Police (IGP) CG Felix Namuhoranye during the accomplishment event of joint training in aviation security and public order management on Friday, October 11.

Over 200 Rwanda, South Sudan officers complete joint Police training

Friday, October 11, 2024

A cross-border truck transports Goods from Dar-Salam to Kigali. Market of 1.3 billion people, AfCFTA is set to drive the expansion of small businesses, especially those owned by women and young people. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Customs hurdles block AfCFTA’s SME potential

Friday, October 11, 2024

The President of the All Africa Association for Small and Medium Enterprises, Jasper Ebiekure Eradiri raised the issue of barriers to finance for SMEs during the African Continental Free Trade Area business forum on Thursday, October 10.

Head of African SME association advocates for ‘Afro-centric’ credit facilities

Friday, October 11, 2024

Pallbearers stand in front of coffins during a funeral for victims of a recent ferry accident in Goma, the capital of the North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), on Oct. 10, 2024. (Photo by Zanem Nety Zaidi/Xinhua

DR Congo holds funeral for victims of ferry accident on Lake Kivu

Friday, October 11, 2024

Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente emphasized the crucial role of the World Bank’s International Development Association (IDA) in Rwanda’s development during the Economic Development Assembly on October 10.

World Bank’s concessional financing highly beneficial for developing countries - PM Ngirente

Friday, October 11, 2024

Secretary General of the AfCFTA Secretariat Wamkele Mene delivers his remarks at the Biashara Afrika 2024 in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Courtesy

AfCFTA Adjustment Fund disbursements expected next year – SG Wamkele Mene

Friday, October 11, 2024

Participants follow a presentation during the Biashara Afrika 2024 in Kigali on Wednesday, October 9. Courtesy

Delegates at Biashara Afrika forum highlight bottlenecks impeding intra-African trade

Thursday, October 10, 2024

Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Olivier Nduhungirehe and his Guinean counterpart Morissanda Kouyate, during the signing ceremony in Kigali on October 9. Craish Bahizi

PHOTOS: Rwanda, Guinea sign 12 cooperation agreements

Wednesday, October 09, 2024

Rwanda and DR Congo ministers and delegations during the 2nd Ministerial Meeting on the Security and Peace Situation in the Eastern DRC, in Luanda, Angola on July 31. Courtesy

How Tshisekedi scuttled FDLR neutralisation plan at last minute

Wednesday, October 09, 2024