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Members of Parliament follow a presentation of the 2023-2024 national budget revision proposals to Parliament, on Thursday, February 8
Economy

Budget review: Govt to increase public spending by Rwf85bn

Thursday, February 08, 2024
A woman with her newborn at Kacyiru Hospital. Maternity leave benefits insurance or scheme is a maternity protection scheme that grants working women (mothers) their full (100 per cent) remuneration Craish Bahizi
Health

Six key proposed changes to maternity leave benefits scheme

Thursday, February 08, 2024
Patients wait for services at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District. PHOTO BY CRAISH BAHIZI
Health

Banks, insurance firms to contribute to Mutuelle de Santé as government looks to increase scheme services

Wednesday, February 07, 2024
518 teen mothers were recorded in Gatsibo in six months from July to December 2023. File
Women

Gatsibo records significant decrease in teen pregnancy

Monday, February 05, 2024
Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Uzziel Ndagijimana (R), and Heidy Rombouts, Director General of Development Cooperation at the Belgian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Development Cooperation, sign a cooperation agreement in Kigali on Tuesday, January 30. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Economy

PHOTOS: Rwanda, Belgium sign Rwf130 billion cooperation deal

Tuesday, January 30, 2024
The event gathered stakeholders from relevant Government, civil society and development partners
Featured

Norwegian People’s Aid launches civic space advancement project

Sunday, January 28, 2024
A milk seller serving customers in her milk bar in Kigali. File
Health

The drivers of Rwandans’ increased milk consumption

Saturday, January 27, 2024
Mourners observe a moment of silence to pay tribute to victims of the Holocaust in Kigali, on January 25. The theme of Holocaust Memorial Day 2024 is the ‘Fragility of Freedom’. Photos Emmanuel Dushimimana
Rwanda

Holocaust Memorial Day 2024: The fragility of freedom

Saturday, January 27, 2024
Workers on duty at Pink Mango garment factory at Kigali Special Economic Zone. Photo by Craish Bahizi

Safeguarding workers and communities through occupational health

Thursday, January 25, 2024
One of robots dubbed 'Urumuri', that was deployed to Kigali International Airport to conduct mass screening of temperature during the Covid-19 period. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Technology

7 initiatives placing Rwanda as major player in AI field

Tuesday, January 23, 2024
One of different houses that are in high risk zones in Nyabihu District. According to officials fourteen districts with households in need of urgent relocation from high-risk zones have been identified. PHOTO BY SAMUEL NGENDAHIMANA
Environment

Districts with households in high-risk zones to be resettled identified

Sunday, January 21, 2024
Xavier Niyonsenga, a beneficiary of the Vision Umurenge Programme (VUP), feeds his cow in a cowshed at his home in Gikomero Sector, Gasabo District, on March 3,2022. Rwanda targets to lift 315,000 households out of poverty and extreme poverty within two years. File
Rwanda

Govt plans to lift 300,000 families out of poverty in two years

Wednesday, January 17, 2024