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Security officers screen a woman before entering CHUK hospital in Kigali on Tuesday, October 8. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Health

How Marburg prevention measures are being embraced

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Residents during a meeting at Musebeya Sector offices. Ten officials from Musebeya Sector in Nyamagabe District on October 8 submitted their letters of resignation. Courtesy
Rwanda

Nyamagabe: 10 officials resign over misappropriated health insurance funds

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Trade and Industry Minister, Prudence Sebahizi and Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA brief journalists ahead of the second edition of Biashara Afrika –AfCFTA’s flagship business forum on October 8. Courtesy
Business

Boosting domestic industrial output key to AfCFTA realisation –Trade Minister

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
RNP officers and Ruhango District officials pose for a group photo with nine students from Cyove Primary School, during an awards event to honour them for bravely preventing the national flag from falling down.
Rwanda

PHOTOS: Ruhango schoolchildren on brave act of protecting Rwanda flag amid heavy rain

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Officials pose for a photo during the signing ceremony in Kigali on Tuesday, October 8. The fund aimed at improving access to public services, rehabilitating infrastructure, creating employment opportunities.
Infrastructure

Rwanda secures €15m grant from Germany for rural infrastructure

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
The trial of Charles Onana, who faces charges of denying and minimizing the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, began in Paris on October 7.
Crime

Charles Onana’s Genocide denial trial begins in France

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the most common mental disorders affecting between 5–8 per cent of children, predominantly boys.
Health

ADHD: Understanding its effects on learning, daily life

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Rwanda

VIDEO: How schoolchildren saved Rwanda national flag amid heavy downpour

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
The New Times
Featured

FEATURED: ICPAR GOVERNING COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENT ON THE ADOPTION OF IFRS SUSTAINABILITY DISCLOSURE STANDARDS

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Inside the store of a fertilizer blending factory in Bugesera District. Rwanda’s industrial output increased by 4.8 percent In August 2024. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda’s industrial output up by 4.8% in August

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Members of cooperatives and MoneyPhone officials pose for a group photo after a meeting to discuss on how MoneyPhone is transforming access to finance for micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs). Photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: How MoneyPhone Africa Ltd empowers underserved MSMEs, smallholder farmers

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Panelists discuss during the event that marked the beginning of a groundbreaking initiative led by the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) and the African Institute for Mathematical Sciences. Craish Bahizi
Featured

FEATURED: Youth-led innovations take centre stage at NEF Africa SDG Week

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
RURA has announced new fuel prices, with gasoline now set at Rwf1,574 per litre and diesel at Rwf1,576 per litre. File
Energy

RURA slightly reduces fuel prices amid market fluctuations

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer and Company Secretary at I&M Bank (Rwanda), Iddy Rugamba, (R) officially hands over the twelve cars to Assiel Nkusi, president of CODACE Cooperative on Sunday, October 6.
Featured

CODACE receives fleet vehicles through 'Agiserera na I&M Bank' scheme

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Inyambo, Rwanda’s popular long-horned royal cows, that were recently reintroduced to Bigogwe. Courtesy
Culture

Inyambo back to Bigogwe 50 years later —What does it mean for tourism, culture?

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Some people swim in the hot spring in Nyakabuye Sector in Rusizi District. Rwanda is exploring the use of geothermal energy, a form of heat from the Earth's core. Sam Ngendahimana
Energy

How Rwanda is harnessing geothermal energy potential

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Members of Parliament during a parliament session that approved the relevance of the draft law on simplified insolvency for micro and small enterprises (MSEs), on October 7. (courtesy)
Economy

Rwanda initiates bill to ease insolvency for micro, small enterprises

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Uganda’s oil drilling efforts are taking shape as the country looks to develop its oil and gas industry. Courtesy
Africa

Can Uganda’s oil development rid the region of imports?

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
An aerial view of the revamped Amahoro Stadium in the Remera Sports Hub in Gasabo District, as seen on August 11. Landowners in the surrounding area have been given a two-month deadline to submit ‘housing redevelopment designs’ in order to obtain construction permits, to ensure that their properties align with the city’s master plan. Photo Courtesy
Housing

Property owners near Amahoro Stadium given deadline for ‘housing redevelopment’

Tuesday, October 08, 2024
Wamkele Mene, Secretary General of AfCFTA addresses the conference. Rwanda will host the second edition of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Business Forum slated for October 9-11. Courtesy
Business

Rwanda set to host 2nd edition of AfCFTA Business Forum

Monday, October 07, 2024