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CANAL+ Rwanda awarded scholarships to five girls to support their academic pursuit and athletic aspirations at Kepler on October 17. Emmanuel Dushimimana

FEATURED: Investing in the future: Canal+ Rwanda awards scholarships to girls at Kepler

Friday, October 18, 2024

Lieutenant General Mohan Subramanian, Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), addresses journalists at the UN office in Juba on Thursday, October 17. Photo by Davis Higiro

Rwandan contingent 'backbone' of UN mission to South Sudan

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Four patients are still under treatment, according to the latest update from the Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) on Thursday, October 17. FILE..

Marburg: Five more patients recover as no new cases confirmed

Thursday, October 17, 2024

October 17 marked exactly twenty days since Rwanda declared the Marburg virus outbreak on September 27. Courtesy

Marburg outbreak: What we know 20 days later

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Kenya’s Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua was on Thursday, October 17, admitted to a hospital in the capital, Nairobi. Courtesy

Kenya’s DP Gachagua falls ill, takes no stand at Senate but trial continues

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Sandrine Umutoni, the state minister for youth and arts during the ministerial roundtable on the Global Africa Creative Economy in Algeria. Courtesy

Minister highlights priority areas to boost Rwanda’s creative economy

Thursday, October 17, 2024

A substandard abattoir in Kamonyi District. RICA recommends that all sorts of slaughtering should be conducted in registered and licensed slaughterhouses, equipped with the necessary tools and personnel for a hygienic and controlled environment.

RICA explains risks in substandard abattoirs

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Bahage Foods Ltd made history as the first Rwandan woman-led business and the fourth ever in Rwanda to export a full container of 22 tonnes of Hass avocadoes.

FEATURED: Making history: First Rwandan women-led business exports full container of avocadoes

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Col. Nittin Mamgain, Sector North Commander of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (R) and Deputy RDF SpokespersonLt. Col. Simon Kabera during a press briefing in Malakal, on Thursday, October 17.

UN official lauds Rwandan peacekeepers in South Sudan

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Senate President Francois Xavier Kalinda, his deputies, Alvera Mukabaramba and Solina Nyirahabimana during the opening session of a two-day retreat at the senate ion Thursday, October 17. Emmanuel Ntirenganya

Rwanda’s five-year development plan takes centre stage during Senators’ retreat

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Davis Manzi, a 38-year-old businessman who was first arrested on July 30, is accused of persuading people to invest in his online business.

Lawyers seek release of $10m online forex fraud case suspect

Thursday, October 17, 2024

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PHOTOS: Elephant "orphans" rescued and rehabilitated in Kenya

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Officials and Rwandan youth who won in the inaugural national Cyberlympics that took place on the margins of the ongoing Africa Cyber Defence Forum (ACDF). Courtesy

FEATURED: Rwandan students emerge winners of national Cyberlympics at Africa Cyber Defense Forum

Thursday, October 17, 2024

I&M Bank Rwanda Plc staff hands over their support to Rubungo Health Centre to support malnourished children in Kibenga cell, Ndera sector, Gasabo District on October 16. Photos by Craish Bahizi

I&M Bank Rwanda commits to support over 9,500 malnourished children by 2026

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Andrew Mold, Acting Director of the sub-regional office for East Africa at UNECA and Adama Ekberg Coulibaly, UNECA's Lead Economist at the Sub-Regional Office for Central Africa, at the launch of the report in Yaounde Cameroon on Wednesday, October 16. Courtesy

What will it take to achieve double-digit growth in Eastern Africa?

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Rwanda Defence Force dismisses false allegations of rape, sexual violence by Rwandan peacekeepers Central African Republic.

RDF dismisses rape allegations in CAR

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Panelists during the recent AfCFTA Business Forum, ‘Biashara Afrika,’ held from October 9-11 in Kigali. Courtesy

Ecobank empowers African SMEs by unlocking opportunities through AfCFTA

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Residents plant bamboo trees near Rugunga drainage. File

Kigali: Three million tree planting drive targets residential, recreational zones

Thursday, October 17, 2024

The City of Kigali has directed residents to use alternative burial sites following the closure of Nyamirambo cemetery in Nyarugenge District. Photos by Craish Bahizi

What next after closure of Nyamirambo cemetery?

Thursday, October 17, 2024

Agric experts work in a farm of new variety of potatoes that are grown in a green house in Musanze District. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana

What $10m agri-biotech programme means for Rwanda

Thursday, October 17, 2024