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A flooded wetland in Kicukiro. Members of the Committee on Land, Agriculture, Livestock, and Environment have voiced concerns regarding the vulnerability of a vast expanse of 1,080,000 hectares at high risk of soil erosion.
Environment

Legislators express concern as a million hectares face soil erosion

Tuesday, August 08, 2023
A landscape view of the reforested area. Green Gicumbi project has rehabilitated 1,107 hectares of degraded forests in the past three years. Courtesy
Environment

Inside Rwanda’s top multi-billion nature conservation projects

Friday, July 28, 2023
The newly constructed dam will serve to retain a portion of the floodwater and release it at a controlled flow rate.

Govt completes construction of River Sebeya flood retention dam

Monday, July 10, 2023
A flooded area in Nyundo sector, Rubavu. Environment and climate change experts have called for a probe into deforestation, land degradation, and mining activities that have triggered the increase in soil erosion and flooding .
Environment

Scientists call for probe into deforestation, illegal mining

Monday, July 03, 2023
Debris of some of houses that were destroyed by disasters, on May 3 in Nyundo Sector, Rubavu District. Heavy-rains-induced disasters killed 135 people on the night of May 2 and May 3, among other damages, according to data from the Ministry of Emergency Management. File
Environment

Rwanda steps up measures to curb disaster tragedy

Saturday, July 01, 2023
Ecole des Sciences de Gisenyi (ESG) is a secondary school located in Rubavu town next to Gisenyi District Hospital.
Rwanda

Genocide: Inside school that sheltered Interahamwe fleeing to DR Congo

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
Residents at a temporary accommodation site for people who were affected by disasters on May 3 in Rubavu District. The disasters killed 135 and over 6000 houses were destroyed countrywide.
Housing

Disasters: Govt to build model villages for displaced families

Thursday, June 08, 2023
Residents at a temporary accommodation site for people who were affected by disasters on May 3 in Rubavu District. The disasters killed 135 and over 6000 houses were destroyed countrywide.
Environment

Landslides: Govt to close over 90 temporary accommodation sites

Wednesday, June 07, 2023
Dukundane Family, a survivors association, held a commemoration event on May 20 in Rubavu to pay tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi who were thrown in the Sebeya River .All photos: Germain Nsanzimana
Kwibuka

Rubavu: Genocide victims thrown in Sebeya River remembered

Sunday, May 21, 2023
President Paul Kagame visits residents affected by disasters in Rubavu District , on Friday, May 12. Courtesy
Rwanda

Kagame visits disaster-hit citizens, promises quick support

Friday, May 12, 2023
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Rwanda

A plan for schools damaged by floods

Saturday, May 06, 2023
The Gisenyi hydropower and water treatment plant is yet to resume operations that were halted due to the heavy rains that caused flooding and landslides in the area.Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Infrastructure

Some hydropower, water treatment plants resume as recovery efforts intensify

Friday, May 05, 2023