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NEW FACES: Appolonie Mukamasabo, the new mayor of Nyamasheke District (left) and Jacqueline Kayitare, Mayor of Muhanga District. Coutersy.
Rwanda

Women now occupy 33% of mayoral seats

Saturday, September 28, 2019
Media practitioners at a past news conference in Kigali. File
Rwanda

Is the Access to Information Law serving its purpose?

Saturday, September 28, 2019
Musanze District mayoral candidates Jeannine Nuwumuremyi (left) and Emmanuel Niyibizi present their manifestoes to the District Council earlier Friday. Uwumuremyi is currently the head of Rwanda Agriculture Board, Musanze Station, while Niyibizi is a head teacher in the same district. At total of four district mayors and a dozen vice mayors are being elected in todayu2019s by-elections. Photo/Regis Murengezi.
Rwanda

By-elections: Ten districts vote for new mayors, deputies

Friday, September 27, 2019
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Rwanda

Kigali city authorities examine challenges for cancer patients

Monday, September 23, 2019
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Fight obesity to ensure a healthier life

Sunday, September 22, 2019
A nurse takes blood from blood donors at King Faisal Hospital. / Emmanuel Kwizera

Who is eligible to donate blood in Rwanda?

Saturday, September 21, 2019
(L-R) Espu00e9rance Nyirasafari, Alvera Mukabaramba, Franu00e7ois Habiyakare and Dr. Augustin Iyamuremye.File
Rwanda

Kagame names his picks for Senate

Friday, September 20, 2019
L-R: Stephen Rodrigues, the UNDP Resident Representative to Rwanda; Maj Gen Emmanuel Bayingana, the Air Force Chief of Staff, and Col. Jill Rutaremara, Director, Rwanda Peace Academy at the opening of a two-day regional conference on u201cRwandau2019s Journey Towards Sustainable Peaceu201d, in Kigali yesterday. Participants are reflecting on the progress the country has made since the end of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, and speakers on Day I largely attributed the gains made over the years to visionary leadership. / Emmanuel Kwizera

Defence minister: Visionary leadership central to Rwanda’s transformation

Friday, September 20, 2019
POS devices. The value of transaction through POS devices in the first six months of 2019 stood at Rwf100 billion. File.
Rwanda

What’s holding back uptake of cashless payments?

Thursday, September 19, 2019
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan meets his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani ahead of trilateral talks in Ankara. / Courtesy
International

Erdogan hosts Putin and Rouhani for new round of Syria talks

Monday, September 16, 2019
A woman casts her vote. / Courtesy

Democracy is about people and participation

Saturday, September 14, 2019
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Rwanda asks Uganda to probe death of torture victim

Saturday, September 14, 2019