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Rwanda

New Times, Xinhua ink cooperation deal

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Voters cards displayed at a polling station. File.
Rwanda

Electoral reforms: Voters cards scrapped

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
Aly Abdel Aal and Donathile Mukabalisa, (both Centre) at the Parliamentary Builidings in Kigali yesterday. Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Rwanda, Egypt parliaments to share experience in anti-graft efforts

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
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Rwanda

AU may miss 2019 target for Single Airspace of Africa

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
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Rwanda

Sim card fraud: Telecoms to roll out biometric tech

Wednesday, July 24, 2019
President Paul Kagame yesterday met with His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, Prince Charles at Highgrove House in Gloucestershire, UK. They discussed the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, which Rwanda is set to host next year. Village Urugwiro.
Rwanda

Kagame, Prince Charles discuss Commonwealth

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Prime Minister Ngirente and other officials during the meeting with Mohamed-Lemine Raghani, (right, background), the International Monetary Fund Executive Director for the Africa II Group in Kigali yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

IMF backs Rwanda’s vision for self-reliance

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
The funding is set to increase productivity of vulnerable smallholder farmers. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Civil society gets Rwf1.6bn for poverty reduction

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
A teacher conducts a lesson in one of Nyamasheke primary school. Emmanuel Kwizera
Rwanda

Over 3,000 new classrooms to be constructed

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Some of the youth in a group photo. Courtesy.
Rwanda

African youth leaders in Kigali for leadership, entrepreneurship training

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
Dr William Namanya, Director General of Kibungo Referral Hospital. Jean de Dieu Nsabimana.
Rwanda

Ngoma: Locals warned against seeking treatment from traditional healers

Tuesday, July 23, 2019
The National Electoral Commissionu2019s chairperson Prof. Kalisa Mbanda (left) consults with Charles Munyaneza, the Commissionu2019s Executive Secretary during a news briefing yesterday. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

NEC: Supreme Court will rule on eligibility of senators for re-election

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Prosecutor Serge Brammertz addresses the UN Security Council in New York on Wednesday. Net.
Rwanda

UN prosecutor: We have intelligence on whereabouts of key Genocide fugitives

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Exhibitors put up final touches to their stalls in preparation of the 22nd Rwanda International Trade Fair scheduled to open on July 22 at Gikondo showgrounds. Over 450 exhibitors from 25 countries are expected. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Expo 2019: Visitors to buy tickets using Mobile Money

Thursday, July 18, 2019
JICA President Shinichi Kitaoka (second left) together with his assistants holds a conversation with graduates of ABE Initiative at Telecom House in Kigali. (Photo by Julius Bizimungu).
Rwanda

JICA President begins three-day visit to Rwanda

Thursday, July 18, 2019
Health workers in protective gear at an Ebola treatment center in Beni, Eastern DR Congo. Net photo.
Rwanda

WHO declares DR Congo Ebola crisis public health emergency

Thursday, July 18, 2019
A delegate is taken through the functions of Made-in-Rwanda Mara Phone smartphone at the on-going GSMA Mobile 360 Africa conference in Kigali yesterday. Emmanuel Kwizera.
Rwanda

GSMA meet: Experts discuss fake news, the future of media

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
A girl receives HPV vaccine during a past vaccination campaign at a school in Kigali. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Over 70,000 women to be screened for HPV cancer under new project

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Silvestre Munyaneza (L) consults an English language dictionary in class. He said that after he quit consumption of illicit drug his level of performance in class increased significantly. Ru00e9gis Umurengezi.
Rwanda

Anti-drug abuse school clubs are bearing fruits

Wednesday, July 17, 2019
Eleven people died and many others were injured on July 16, 2019. RDF air rescue team transfer patients to King Faisal Hospital. Courtesy
Rwanda

Karongi accident death toll rises to 11

Tuesday, July 16, 2019