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Umubano Hotel in Kigali. RDB has officially announced the sale of Umubano Hotel, as part of the governmentu2019s plan to divest state-owned assets and companies to the private sector . / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Umubano Hotel up for sale again

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Journalists during the news briefing with Foreign Affairs minister Dr Vincent Biruta in Kigali on Wednesday, August 12. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Five highlights from Minister Biruta's press conference

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District.Rwanda currently hosts over 71,000 Burundian refugees making the country the 3rd highest host of refugees in the region. / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Biruta: Burundian refugees free to return home

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
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Rwanda

For RFI and HRW, lives of Rwandans don’t matter as long as they humiliate their government

Wednesday, August 12, 2020
Zipline technician, Edison Niyomurinzi, explains to a journalist the process of how drones supply blood to hospitals. Rwanda is keen on securing investments for its proposed drone operations centre to host, among others, drone manufacturing and training. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Rwanda seeks investors for Huye-based drone facility

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
A medical staff conducts random Covid-19 tests at Amahoro Stadium site in Remera, Kigali on July 2. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Rwanda pilots home-based management for Covid-19 cases

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District. Even refugees, foreign residents and Rwandans living abroad are concerned with a new civil registration system launched on 10 August . / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

New civil registration system to cater for refugees, Rwandans abroad

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Rusizi abattoir can only slaughter 60 cows, 100 goats, 70 pigs per day due to use of outdated slaughtering methods. / Photo: File.
Rwanda

Rusizi: Meat processors want modern facilities as demand surges

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Businessman Alfred Nkubiri remanded for 30 days

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Your skills are now more relevant than ever – President Kagame to UGHE's MGHD ‘20 graduates

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Former diplomat Kamali Karegesa passes on

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Double genocide conspiracy in the DRC (Part One): When Mukwege meets Fayulu

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Why Consumer Price Index rose by 11.5 per cent

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Workers during the construction activities of new classrooms at Groupe Scolaire Rusheshe in Kicukiro District in May . / File
Rwanda

Education ministry: Construction of 22,505 classrooms is near completion

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
A KK security guard reports to work on a motorbike. Parliament has passed a law with stringent requirements for investors in private security firms with aim to professionalise the industry. / Photo: Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

New law gives police more powers over private security providers

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Virginie Murebwayire, 55, stands in her one-hectare passion fruit farm in Gishari, Rwamagana District. / Photo : JD Nsabimana
Rwanda

Fruit farming remains an untapped business potential

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Some of Moshionsu2019 clothes on display in Kigali. / Photos: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Moshions, Rwanda’s top design brand eyes global shoppers

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
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Rwanda

Lawmakers propose early access to pension benefits

Tuesday, August 11, 2020
Speaker of the Lower House Donatille Mukabalisa during a previous prelinary session. / Sam Ngendahimana
Rwanda

Parliament raises concern over Genocide denier named on Belgian colonial probe commission

Monday, August 10, 2020
Minister of Infrastructure Claver Gatete hands over a cheque worth Rwf86.9 million to Minister of ICT and Innovation counterpart Paula Ingabire yesterday. / Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Connect Rwanda returns with delivery of 1,100 smartphones

Monday, August 10, 2020