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Technicians install Starlink internet at a health centre in Rwanda. Healthcare providers in various parts of Rwanda have lauded the impact of Starlink internet. Courtesy
Technology

Medics praise Starlink internet for enhancing service delivery in health centres

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
EAC heads of state have set an ambitious target to increase intra-EAC trade from 15 per cent to 40 per cent by 2030. Courtesy
Business

Rwanda, EAC vow to promote trade ties

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
A tomato farmer harvesting his produce for the market. Rwanda's tomato exports for the fiscal year 2023-2024 reached 13.7 million kilograms. File
Agriculture

Rwanda's tomato exports surge as agricultural innovations take root

Wednesday, October 16, 2024
Foreign Affairs Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe signs the agreement during the fifth ministerial meeting on the peace and security eastern DR Congo, in Angola on October 12. Courtesy
Security

Nduhungirehe lays out three steps to end DR Congo security crisis

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Hotel Muhabura has suspended its operations following a devastating fire that broke out on Monday, October 14. Courtesy
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Hotel Muhabura suspends operations after fire incident

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A traditional ballet performs during the celebration of International Day of Rural Women in Gatare Sector, in Nyamagabe District, on Tuesday, October 15. All photos by Alice Umutesi
Women

PHOTOS: International Day of Rural Women celebrated in Nyamagabe

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Mombasa Port in Kenya. The World Bank has revised the economic growth projection for Sub-Saharan Africa to 3 per cent from 3.4 per cent as earlier indicated in April. Courtesy
Africa

World Bank slightly cuts growth projections for Africa in 2024

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Jean-Claude Niyomugabo at the World Food Forum 2024, on Tuesday, October 15, in Rome, Italy. Courtesy
Agriculture

World Food Forum: RICA graduate says addressing digital divide can help smallholder farmers scale their businesses

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Technology

Cybersecurity experts in Kigali to discuss data governance, protection

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Nyamulagira Volcano in eastern DR Congo has been erupting since October 12. Courtesy
Environment

DR Congo's Nyamulagira volcano erupting – reports

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
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Africa

US banking giant JPMorgan Chase gets Kenya entry approval

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
One of the oldest hotels in Rwanda, Hotel Muhabura is located in Musanze District. Courtesy
Rwanda

Musanze: No one injured in fire outbreak at Hotel Muhabura

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A minibus undergoes mechanical inspection at the Remera-based centre run by Rwanda National Police. Courtesy
Rwanda

Kigali to get second vehicle inspection centre

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Taxi-motor riders during a meeting with City of Kigali and Rwanda National Police officials in which they raised their concerns about motorcycle insurance, at Kigali Pele Stadium on September 4, 2024. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Rwanda

Insurance: Are ever-soaring motorcycle premiums justifiable?

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
Workers at Kigali Leather Ltd, a factory in Kanzenze, Bugesera District. Photo File
Africa

Rwandan hides, skins traders decry challenges in EAC market

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
A view of artist's impression of Nyabugogo wetland that is set to be revamped. Fishing ponds are set to be established as part of the $80 million rehabilitation of five wetlands in Kigali. Courtesy
Environment

Fishing to feature in five Kigali wetlands after $27m rehabilitation

Tuesday, October 15, 2024
People who are vaccinated rose to 708, as of Monday, October 14. Courtesy
Health

Marburg virus: Over 700 vaccinated, recoveries reach 26

Monday, October 14, 2024
Genocidal militia leader Callixte Mbarushimana looks on at the opening of the confirmation of charges hearing at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on September 15, 2011. A hearing to confirm war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against Rwandan rebel leader Callixte Mbarushimana, committed in 2009 against Congolese citizens opened at the International Criminal Court. AFP PHOTO/ANP/Jerry Lampen - netherlands out - belgium out
Crime

Genocide: France drops Callixte Mbarushimana case

Monday, October 14, 2024
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Rwanda

Kagame makes new appointments in RDF

Monday, October 14, 2024
Rwandan peacekeepers from RwanBatt1 sort scholastic materials during a handover event at Kapuri Primary School, on the outskirts of South Sudan’s capital Juba on Monday, October 14. The peacekeepers, serving under the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), took part in humanitarian efforts to uplift local communities. Photo: Davis Higiro
Africa

How Rwandan peacekeepers are helping South Sudan communities

Monday, October 14, 2024