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A flooded wetland at Masaka in Kicukiro District in April. Officials have pledged to act and stop the loss of 27 million tonnes of soil washed away into rivers every year due to erosion.
Environment

World Environment Day: Rwanda seeks to end annual loss of 27 million tonnes of fertile soil

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Ugirashebuja delivers his opening remarks at the annual Symposium on Peace, Security and Justice at the National Police College in Musanze, on Wednesday, June 5. The two-day meeting is running under the theme, 'Peace and Security in the Evolving Global Dynamics: Implications for Africa'. Courtesy

Justice minister outlines drivers of insecurity, extremism

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
The New Times

Rwanda’s journey to environmental resilience: 30 years of progress

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Children plant a tree as the bank launch the initiative aligns with NCBA's ambitious Change the Story agenda, reflecting the bank’s commitment to environmental sustainability and empowering communities.
Featured

Cultivating a Greener Rwanda: NCBA Bank joins hands with students for World Environment Day tree planting

Wednesday, June 05, 2024
Equity Bank Rwanda Plc Managing Director, Hannington Namara and Claudine Uwera, the Minister of State for the Environment in the Ministry of Environment flag off hybrid and electric cars recently acquired by the bank as part of their commitment to sustainable living, in Kigali on Tuesday, June 4. All photos by Craish Bahizi
Featured

Equity Bank Rwanda launches ‘green loan’ scheme

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
Students of IPRC Kigali retrofitting of fossil fuel motorcycles to electric motorcycles at Rwanda Electric Mobility Ltd in Kicukiro district on June 10, 2021. File
Technology

UR researchers study feasibility of turning Rwanda’s fuel taxi motorcycles into electric

Tuesday, June 04, 2024
The World Environment Day will be marked on June 6 with focus on land restoration, desertification and building resilience against drought.
Editorial

Building resilience against drought one tree at a time

Monday, June 03, 2024
According to the statistics fish production has significantly increased following extensive restoration efforts. Courtesy
Economy

Fish production surges as Rwanda restores two lakes

Monday, June 03, 2024
President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina addresses delegates.
Africa

AfDB puts Africa's 2023 economic growth at 3.1%

Thursday, May 30, 2024
The African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat, President of the AfDB Akinwumi Adesina, Kenya President William Ruto, and Prof Njuguna Ndung'u, Cabinet Secretary for Treasury and Planning during the launch of AfDB’s new ten-year strategy (2024-2033), at the African Development Bank Annual Meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, on Thursday, May 30. Courtesy
Africa

Private sector, green growth central to AfDB’s new strategy

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Sylvestre Nzahabwanayo, the Executive Director of IRDP, speaks to journalists at the event. Courtesy

Civil society stresses importance of enhancing transparency in expropriation, compensation

Thursday, May 30, 2024
Central Bank Governor John Rwangombwa, addresses journalists in Kigali on Wednesday, May 29. Rwangombwa said that the Monetary Policy Committee has lowered the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 7 per cent. Photo by Emmanuel Dushimimana
Economy

Why Rwanda’s central bank lowered benchmark rate

Thursday, May 30, 2024