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800 more ex-FDLR combatants to return to Rwanda

Friday, November 23, 2018
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Govt to lift restrictions on access to contraceptives for teenagers

Thursday, November 22, 2018
ADEPR Legal Representative Rev. Euphrem Karuranga (right) makes a point during a meeting with the churchu2019s senior clerics at Dove Hotel at Gisozi as NURC President Bishop John Rucyahana looks on yesterday. Nadege Imbabazi.
Rwanda

NURC calls out Pentecostal clerics over divisionism

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Minister for Health Diane Gashumba (right) shares Rwandau2019s experience at a conference as Tanzaniau2019s National Health Insurance Fund Director General, Dr Bernard Konga, looks on in Kigali yesterday. Experts have called for proactive measures to achieve universal healthcare coverage in order to reverse the trend where millions of people are pushed into extreme poverty by unaffordable healthcare. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Experts: Universal health cover will reduce burden on economy

Thursday, November 22, 2018
State Minister for Transport, Eng. Jean de Dieu Uwihanganye, paints a crosswalk to kick-start the countrywide exercise yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

Why the colour for pedestrian crossings changed

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Beekeepers inspect beehives in Nyaruguru District. Net photo.
Rwanda

Beekeepers to use state forests for honey production

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Second-hand wear stalls in a market. Net photo.
Rwanda

Police seize 370 bales of smuggled secondhand clothes in Lake Kivu

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Senators during a previous session. / Nadege Imbabazi
Rwanda

Premier to appear before Senate over family planning interventions

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Bishop Rucyahana. / Nadu00e8ge Imbabazi
Rwanda

Rucyahana meets Pentecostal clerics over reconciliation effort

Thursday, November 22, 2018
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Rwanda

Bandora appeals 30-year jail term for Genocide

Thursday, November 22, 2018
Officials and Musanze residents during a walk before the launch of the RIB service charter. Regis Umurengezi
Rwanda

RIB unveils service charter

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
L-R: Robert Nyamvumba, the Energy Division Manager at the Ministry of Infrastructure; Christophe Bazivamo, EAC Deputy Secretary General of Productive and Social Sectors; and Andrew Mold, Acting Director Sub-Regional Office for Eastern Africa, launch EAC energy security policy framework in Kigali Yesterday. Courtesy.
Rwanda

EAC drafts new policy framework to cut energy costs, ensure reliability

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Some of the housing units that were shoddily constructed in Karongi District. / Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwf200m earmarked for model village in Karongi goes missing

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
O-Level candidates in an examination room at Groupe Scolaire Kicukiro in Kicukiro District on Day 1 of the ongoing national examinations on Tuesday. The Ministry of Education has recorded a total of 1170 absentees who missed the 2018 secondary school leaving exams. Frederic Byumvuhore.
Rwanda

Over 1000 secondary school candidates miss national exams

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Coletha Ruhamya, the Director General of REMA (left) poses with children during a tree plantating event at Vision City. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

Rwanda to receive $7m from environment Fund

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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What’s holding back free movement of people across Africa?

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
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Road accident victims narrate their ordeals

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
DIGP Felix Namuhoranye addressing motorcyclists at Dove Hotel in Gisozi yesterday. / Courtesy
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Road Safety Week: Campaign taken to motorcyclists

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
Different representatives of Eastern African countries discussing about projects to be funded. / Michel Nkurunziza
Rwanda

Rwanda’s sustainable cities to get boost from global environment facility

Wednesday, November 21, 2018
One of the rhinos that was translocated to Rwanda's Akagera national park from South Africa last year. / Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda set to receive critically endangered rhinos from European zoos

Wednesday, November 21, 2018