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Presidents Kagame and Macro held talks at the Élysée Palace on Thursday. (Courtesy)
International

PHOTOS: Kagame, Macron hold tête-à-tête meeting at l’Elysée Palace

Friday, June 21, 2024
President Paul Kagame (center) breaks ground for BioNTech manufacturing plant in Kigali with Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo (left) and BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin in June 2022. It is Africa's first mRNA technology vaccines plant.

Africa’s pharma future: United we stand, divided we stall

Friday, June 21, 2024
President Paul Kagame delivers remarks during the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation in Paris on Thursday, June 20. Village Urugwiro
Health

Kagame: Africa should aim for new vaccines, therapeutics

Thursday, June 20, 2024
President Kagame arrives in France for participating at the opening session of the Global Forum for Vaccine Sovereignty and Innovation, on Thursday, June 20. Village Urugwiro
Health

Kagame in France for global forum on vaccines

Thursday, June 20, 2024
An electrician inspects a cash power after connecting a residential house in Kamonyi. Courtesy
Energy

Rwanda needs $1.5bn to achieve universal energy access by 2029

Wednesday, June 19, 2024
President Kagame meets over 8,000 community health workers, at BK Arena on Saturday, June 15. All photos by Dan Gatsinzi
Health

Kagame mulls remuneration of community health workers

Saturday, June 15, 2024
President Paul Kagame meets Richard Mihigo, who is one of the five candidates vying for the position of regional director for the World Health Organization African Region on Saturday, June 15. Photo by Village Urugwiro
Health

Kagame meets Richard Mihigo, Rwanda’s candidate for key WHO post

Saturday, June 15, 2024
President Paul Kagame speaks during the swearing-in ceremony of the newly appointed government official, and dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies at parliament in Kigali on June 14, Photo by Oliver Mugwiza
Politics

Who are the 12 MPs who did not complete their term?

Friday, June 14, 2024
Jeffery Sachs, Senior Lecturer in Economics at the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) of the Erasmus University of Rotterdam, delivers virtual remarks during a panel discussion at the Afreximbank meetings.
Africa

How can Africa navigate increasing polycrises?

Friday, June 14, 2024
Pamela Coke-Hamilton, the Executive Director of the International Trade Centre delivers remarks at the 3rd edition of the African Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum that kicked off in the capital Nassau in the Bahamas. Courtesy
Technology

Time to explore free trade agreement between Africa and Caribbean – ITC’s boss Coke-Hamilton

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
East Africa’s Got Talent judges L-R: Kenya's Citizen TV journalist Jeff Koinange, Tanzanian musician Vanessa Mdee, Rwanda’s DJ Makeda Mahadeo, and Ugandan radio presenter Gaetano Kwagwa. Net photo
Music

What is the fate of East Africa’s Got talent?

Wednesday, June 12, 2024
Health professionals conduct medical drills on how to handle Ebola patients at King Faisal Hospital on October 17, 2022. Rwanda has secured over Rwf150 billion for health emergency preparedness. Photo: Olivier Mugwiza.
Health

Rwanda secures over Rwf150bn for health emergency preparedness

Monday, June 10, 2024