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Rwanda Meteorology Agency has warned of “intense and frequent lightning strikes,” especially at the beginning of the forthcoming rainy season

Meteorology agency warns of intense lightning strikes as rainy season starts

Saturday, August 24, 2024

A view of Lake Kivu in Rutsiro District/ Photo by Germain Nsanzimana

REMA reassures public over Lake Kivu methane gas safety

Friday, August 23, 2024

A flood retention dam with a capacity to retain two million cubic metres of flood water along River Sebeya in Rubavu District.

Inside Rwanda's Rwf154 bn budget for climate change adaptation

Monday, August 19, 2024

Workers remove asbestos on one of buildings of the University of Rwanda in Huye. Courtesy

How is removed asbestos safely disposed off?

Monday, August 12, 2024

One of tree nurseries that were established by the government in Eastern province. Courtesy

New project seeks to plant 9 million trees in five years

Saturday, August 10, 2024

Rwanda Defence Force officer and residents during a tree planting exercise on the banks of Sebeya river in the Congo-Nile Divide region in Rubavu District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

Rwanda secures $39m to restore Congo-Nile Divide

Thursday, August 08, 2024

One of the electric taxi vans that transport passengers in Kigali. Photo by Craish Bahizi

E-mobility investors welcome extended tax exemption on EVs

Wednesday, August 07, 2024

An electric car at a charging station at Kigali Convention Centre on March 30, 2021. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Rwanda extends import tax exemption for electric vehicles

Tuesday, August 06, 2024

Rubavu residents wade through a flooded residential area in Nyundo sector on May 3, 2023. Rwanda has identified a $7.1 billion funding gap to meet its climate action targets under the Paris Agreement by 2030. File

COP29: Rwanda advocates for doubling of climate change adaptation finance

Wednesday, July 31, 2024

A landscape view of the reforested area. Green Gicumbi project has rehabilitated 1,107 hectares of degraded forests in the past three years. Courtesy

What are Rwanda’s top 10 forestry conservation-related projects?

Monday, July 29, 2024

A residential home destroyed by a fire outbreak in Rubavu town on July 24. All photos by Germain Nsanzimana

Emergency Ministry warns of fire outbreaks during dry season

Friday, July 26, 2024

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Environment Patrick Karera is under criminal investigation.

Environment ministry's Permanent Secretary under investigation

Thursday, July 25, 2024

Lightning killed eight people in Ngororero, Musanze, and Rutsiro districts on Monday, July 8

Lightning kills eight, heavy rain destroys 105 hectares of tea plantation

Tuesday, July 09, 2024

Faustin Munyazikwiye, the Deputy Director General of Rwanda Environment Management Authority. Courtesy

Rwanda seeks to reduce ‘potent greenhouse gases’ from livestock

Monday, July 08, 2024

Police establish fire outbreak at Musanze Tax park. Photo: Courtesy

Emergency Ministry calls for more fire extinguishers in secondary cities

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

Four reverse vending machines (RVMs) will soon be strategically installed across the City of Kigali

How new reverse vending machines will boost recycling in Kigali

Tuesday, July 02, 2024

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Kigali to install reverse vending machines for recycling

Thursday, June 20, 2024

Inside a bio-waste treatment facility to convert organic waste into organic fertilisers that was inaugurated at Nduba dumpsite, in the City of Kigali, on June 19. Emmy Dushimimana

Nduba dumpsite facility to treat 5 tonnes of waste daily for organic fertilisers

Wednesday, June 19, 2024

Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Yusuf Murangwa and Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister, Xavier Bettel during the signing of a €12 million grant on Tuesday June 18. Michel

Rwanda, Luxembourg partner to combat deforestation

Tuesday, June 18, 2024

A section of Nyungwe forest under wildfire that inflicted severe damage on part of the forest which is located within the Bweyeye sector of Rusizi district in 2023.Courtesy

Prolonged dry season ‘could lead to forest fires’

Tuesday, June 18, 2024