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Airport Fire Fighting and Rescue Unit experts performed an exercise on simulating a fictitious aviation related incident at Kigali International Airport on June 2,2022. / Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Kigali International Airport conducts emergency drills

Thursday, June 02, 2022
Brig. Gen. El Hadji Babacar Faye after giving gave a lecture to students of political science and international law at l'Institut Supu00e9rieur de Management (ISM), in Senegalu2019s capital, Dakar.
Rwanda

Genocide: Senegalese General narrates his experience in Rwanda in 1994

Thursday, June 02, 2022
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente delivers remarks during the inaugural Generation Connect Global Youth Summit in Kigali on June 2,2022. Courtesy
Rwanda

Premier Ngirente to launch global youth summit

Thursday, June 02, 2022
The head office of former Banque Populaire du Rwanda that was recently merged with KCB and become BPR Bank Rwanda. Members of Parliament are calling for action to address the issue of the former shareholders of BPR who do not have information about their shares. File
Rwanda

Govt explores options to pay off BPR shareholders

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
The United Nations Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) peacekeepers .
Rwanda

International community has failed DR Congo – Kagame aide

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
A health worker carries out indoor residual spraying (IRS) in Bugesera District recently. IRS, an activity meant to tackle malaria, needed Rwf4.7 billion for next year, but was allocated Rwf2.9 billion. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Health sector: How next year’s Rwf278bn budget will be spent

Wednesday, June 01, 2022
Minister of Foreign Affairs and International cooperation Dr Vincent Biruta addresses the media in Kigali on May 31. Speaking about the relations between DR Congo and Rwanda, Minister Biruta said that even though Rwanda cannot idly stand in case provocations by the DR Congo continue, it remains committed to the path of dialogue for peace between two countries. Photo Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda committed to peaceful resolution of Congo conflict - Biruta

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
Minister for ICT and Innovation Paula Ingabire and Houlin Zhao, Secretary-General of the International Telecommunication Union sign the host country agreement with ITU team on May 26. Courtesy
Rwanda

Rwanda to host global telecommunication meet

Tuesday, May 31, 2022
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Rwanda

First Lady rallies private sector to support surgical treatments

Friday, May 27, 2022
A view of one of the properties destroyed by rockets from the Congolese side of the border, that also injured several residents in two sectors in Musanze district in Rwanda on May 23.
Rwanda

Rwanda will not be drawn into intra- Congo conflict – Govt Spokesperson

Thursday, May 26, 2022
USAID-Hingaweze project staff showcase drycard devices that will be distributed across the country. Farmers are being trained to use the drycards to help them fight Aflatoxin so as to reduce post-harvest losses. Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Could DryCards be the solution to aflatoxins in grains?

Thursday, May 26, 2022
President Paul Kagame addresses African heads of state during a discussion examining the role of Africa in a changing global order at the ongoing World Economic Forum, in Davos on May 25. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Rwanda

Kagame urges leaders to prioritise Africa before partnering with the world

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente consults with Dr Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank, during the banku2019s annual meeting in Accra, Ghana on Tuesday, May 24. The premier said that the governmentu2019s investments in rural areas were part of the drivers of rapid economic recovery from the Covid-19 effect. / Photo: Courtesy.
Rwanda

Premier: Investments in remote areas paved way for early Covid-19 recovery

Wednesday, May 25, 2022
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Rwanda

Kigali Arena rebrands to BK Arena

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Dr Nesar Ahmed Hamraz (seated, centre) with his wife, Dr Melinda Hamraz, and their children pose for a family photo after an interview in Kigali on May 9. Sam Ngendahimana.
Rwanda

How Afghan Colonel, his family found safety in Rwanda

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Canadian Minister of International Development, Harjit S. Sajjan and Shelly Whitman, the Executive Director of Dallaire Institute, speak during the news conference on Monday, May 23. / Photos: Craish Bahizi.
Rwanda

Dallaire Institute welcomes Canada’s support to eradicate child soldiers

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Gabriel Sean Ngoga receives the certificate for completing Future Coders program in Kigali
Rwanda

Future Coders: Rwandan teens on creating websites

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
A view of Gisagara peat power plant that is under construction and sources of peat. Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

How peat power projects were derailed by climate change, Covid-19

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
Jean Damascene Bizimana, the Minister of National Unity and Civic Engagement addresses youths during the annual youth forum u201cIgihango Cyu2019Urunganou201d that took place at Kigali Genocide Memorial on May 20,2022. All Photos by Dan Nsengiyumva
Rwanda

Youth urged to read Rwandan history, fight Genocide denial

Sunday, May 22, 2022
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Rwanda

High school students rallied in crime prevention

Friday, May 20, 2022