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A nurse takes blood sample for HIV testing from a woman. (S. Rwembeho)

Voluntary HIV counselling and testing taken to families

Monday, September 28, 2015
A cleft lip and palate patient undergoing surgery at Rwamagana Hospital last month. Inset is a photo of a child born with cleft lip and palate. (Lydia Atieno)

Cleft lip and palate: Causes, treatment and prevention

Sunday, September 20, 2015
Kellia Uwiragiye during the interview at The New Times premises . (Faustin Niyigena)
People

Meet 24-year-old Uwiragiye, the ‘ear’ for the deaf

Wednesday, September 09, 2015
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How to balance sports and academics

Tuesday, September 01, 2015
Members of the Association of Landmine Survivors and Amputees of Rwanda and other Cases of Disabilities in Kigali on Friday.

Local activists unite against cluster bombs

Sunday, August 30, 2015
Emmanuel Shyaka has defied challenges to aim for the top. (Faustin Niyigena)
Society

Shyaka defies challenges to chase his dreams

Saturday, August 29, 2015
Prof James McWha, the vice-chancellor of the University of Rwanda (C), his wife who is an occupational therapist Lindsay McWha and a student read books at the launch in Kigali yesterday. (All photos by Doreen Umutesi)

University of Rwanda launches occupational therapy degree

Saturday, August 29, 2015
Pedestrians walk through the car-free zone at KN 4 Avenue in the Central Business District yesterday. (T. Kisambira)
Letters

Car-free zones is a great idea that needs careful planning

Tuesday, August 25, 2015
The Centenary House-Ecole Belge street that was yesterday declared the city's first car-free zone. (Timothy Kisambira)

City street declared car-free zone

Thursday, August 20, 2015
Athletes during the opening ceremony of the Special Olympics World Games in Los Angeles in July. (Net)

Rwanda's strides toward inclusion of previously marginalised persons

Monday, August 17, 2015
Officials carry a child who collapsed during a past commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsi in Kigali. A 2009 study established that 29 percent of Rwandans had symptoms of chronic Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. (File)

Who is safe from mental illness?

Sunday, August 16, 2015
Sacyindi (left) and Kayitare at one of the co-ops greenhouse tomato gardens. The two have guided the group to great heights. (Dennis Agaba)
Business

Disabled ex-combatants defy the odds, reap big from greenhouse farming

Monday, August 10, 2015