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Rwandan journalists, alongside their hosts, All-China Journalists Association (ACJA) in a group photo after sharing a meal in Zhejiang, the largest city is Hangzhou, China
Rwanda

Through the heart of China: A journey of culture, cuisine, discovery

Saturday, November 09, 2024
Residents in Kagarama village expressed how the FCAP improved social cohesion and gender equality within their community. Women and men participate in meetings, contributing to the development of their village
Featured

FEATURED: Gicumbi’s chain of giving: How cows empower Mutete Sector families

Friday, October 25, 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
Agriculture

What $10m agri-biotech programme means for Rwanda

Thursday, October 17, 2024
Agric specialists during a seeds multiplication exercise in a greenhouse in Musanze District. Sam Ngendahimana
Agriculture

Inside Rwanda’s new Rwf13bn agri-biotech programme

Monday, October 14, 2024
Christian Shema Bagiruwigize (C) receives Vice Chancellor's Honor Roll recognition presented to her by RICA Vice Chancellor Ron Rosati, and Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente, on September 20, 2024. Photos by Craish Bahizi
Agriculture

Top four RICA 2024 graduates share agricultural aspirations

Tuesday, September 24, 2024
Rwanda's Minister of Local Government, Jean Claude Musabyimana, officially launches the Fortified Whole Grain Alliance (FWGA) in Kigali, on Tuesday, September 3. With him are David Kamau (FWGA), Roy Steiner, Peiman Milani, and Betty Kibaara of the Rockefeller Foundation. Courtesy photo
Featured

PRESS RELEASE: Fortified Whole Grain Alliance sets new ambitious target to combat malnutrition, drive sustainable food systems

Wednesday, September 04, 2024
The Minister of Trade and Industry, Jean Chrysostome Ngabitsinze visits rice farmers in Rurambi marshland in Bugesera District in 2023. The newly initiated Rwanda Food Commodity Board aims at purchasing produce directly from farmers and its mission is to ensure national food security by making staple foods available and affordable. Courtesy

Key insights on the proposed 'Rwanda Food Commodity Board'

Thursday, August 08, 2024
Beekeepers in their farm in Southern Province. Rwanda joined the world to mark World Bee Day on May 20. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Rwanda

Beekeepers warn of decline in food production as bees face threats

Monday, May 20, 2024
Mr Chung Byung-Won, the Korean Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of African Affairs, addresses a group of African journalists at his office in Seoul, South Korea on April 24, 2024. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
International

South Korea to host first-ever Africa summit

Sunday, May 05, 2024
A view of a flooded Ngororero-Muhanga road near Nyabarongo river, after heavy rains that disrupted travel on April 1. Nyabarongo is listed among the rivers that could cause floods. Courtesy
Environment

Rwanda’s rivers ‘likely to burst their banks’ as regional countries face flood crisis

Tuesday, April 30, 2024
Farmers in Rutsiro and Rubavu districts welcomed the bio-fortified beans, sweet potatoes seedlings that will help combat malnutrition. Photos by Germain Nsanzimana
Agriculture

Western Province: Bio-fortified crops introduced to combat malnutrition

Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Agric workers sorting a new Irish potato variety that is grown in a greenhouse in Kinigi Sector in Musanze District. Rwanda, on February 21, promulgated a law governing biosafety, which seeks to ensure that genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are handled, transferred and used safely in the country. PHOTO BY SAM NGENDAHIMANA
Health

Inside Rwanda's biosafety law set to regulate GMOs

Monday, March 04, 2024