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A total of 20 baby gorillas will be given names at the 2022 gorilla naming ceremony, commonly known as Kwita Izina, on September 2. Photo by Dan Nsengiyumva
Tourism

Kwita Izina: 20 baby gorillas to be named next month

Saturday, August 20, 2022
Workers removing sands in Mpazi drainage at Nyabugogo before upgrading the channel to avoid floods and water pollution in Nyabugogo river in Kigali. / Photo by Craish Bahizi
Environment

Rwanda's top polluters named

Thursday, August 18, 2022
The New Times

Nyandungu Eco-Park gets management, opens to public

Friday, July 08, 2022
A landscape view of former Gikondo industrial park after demolishing properties to conserve wetlands in Kigali in 2020. Under the Kigali City Wetland Master Plan, 3,888 hectares are reserved for conservation. According to the new study, the city has about 37 interconnected wetlands with a total area of about 9,160 hectares.

Study: Kigali City wetlands could generate over $155m annually

Monday, August 08, 2022
Hippos in Akagera National Park. Ten African countries have proposed that hippopotamus be given the highest protection. Photo: Courtesy.

African countries want hippos listed as endangered species

Thursday, August 04, 2022
Rwanda National Police's Rescue Brigade officers during an exercise to rescue people who stranded at a flooded road in Kigali on February 3, 2020. Rwanda is set to roll out flood sensors countrywide to strengthen the early warning system. File

Rwanda set to roll out ‘flood sensors’ to mitigate disasters

Monday, July 18, 2022
The New Times

Nyandungu Eco-Park: The saviour sights, sounds and medicinal herbs of Mother Nature

Thursday, July 14, 2022
Road users wade through a flooded street in Kigali on on January 28, 2020. Kigali to get storm water master plan in two years. File

Kigali to get stormwater master plan in two years

Wednesday, July 13, 2022
Former street vendors' market will be among parts of Gisozi business centre that will be demolished.

Part of Gisozi business centre to be demolished over pollution

Monday, July 11, 2022
A view of the landscape and infrastructure inside Nyandungu Urban Wetland Eco-Tourism Park. (INSET) Some of the birds frequently seen at the park, including; Malachite Kingfishers, Pied Kingfisher, Yellow-billed Kite, Hamerkop, Little Bee-eater, Black-headed Weaver, African Fish Eagle, and Black-headed Heron. / Photos: Will Wilson/Courtesy.

Nyandungu Eco-Park gets management, opens to public

Friday, July 08, 2022
Delegates were served water in glass bottles during the just concluded Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Kigali.
Featured

FEATURED - Plastic-free: Bravo to Rwanda’s sustainability move during CHOGM!

Thursday, June 30, 2022
A woman sleeping under a mosquito net in Bugesera District. In 2020, an estimated 241 million people had malaria, and 627,000 of them died, an increase of 69,000 deaths over the previous year. Photo: File.
Rwanda

Can Commonwealth countries eradicate malaria by 2030?

Thursday, June 30, 2022