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Some children with disabilities during the launch of the use of the Orbit Reader 20 on April 4, 2022. File
Education

Activists call for schools for children living with multiple disabilities

Sunday, February 05, 2023
(Front left to right) Sharifa, 13, Florence, 14, and Grace, 14, cheer alongside their fellow classmates outside their school in Salima, Malawi to celebrate that trachoma has been eliminated in the coun

I was blind, but now I see – celebrating Malawi’s progress on World NTD Day

Wednesday, February 01, 2023
Bernard Maingain, a Belgian lawyer who has, for several years, condemned the anti-Tutsi hate speeches in eastern DR Congo.
Law

Belgian lawyer on why genocide ideology doesn’t dissolve three decades after dispersion of genocidaires

Monday, January 02, 2023
A health worker conducts the Covid 19 vaccination activity in Kigali. Rwanda raised its Covid-19 vaccination targets the revision means that Rwanda now aims to vaccinate 69.4 % of her population by the end of 2022. Photo by Craish Bahizi
Health

Health: A year of mixed fortunes

Saturday, December 31, 2022
MTN chief executive Mapula Bodibe is blindfolded before experiencing what she later described as "overwhelming".
Health

PHOTOS: When the visually impaired became guides: Inside the world of the blind

Monday, November 14, 2022
A doctor conducts eye screening at Masaka Hospital in Kicukiro District on October 13. Ministry of Health will carry out at least 1,000 cataract surgery on patients during an exercise slated to take place from October 13 to November 30. All Photos by Craish Bahizi
Health

Health ministry to carry out 1,000 cataract surgeries

Friday, October 14, 2022
The New Times

French court absolves Natacha Polony’s genocide denial because it shields the real bastards from scrutiny

Tuesday, May 24, 2022
An eye patient undergoes a screening exercise during launch of the first community optical center at Kibagabaga hospital on October 8, 2020.

Every district now has an eye care treatment infrastructure - officials

Sunday, May 08, 2022
A doctor conducts an eye screening test at Kibagabaga Hospital on October 8, 2020. Speaking at an eye-health event on Thursday, May 5, Dr Tharcisse Mpunga, the State Minister for Primary Health Care, said that health facilities in the country offer services ranging from screening and correcting refractions to surgeries. Experts in eye treatment have called for more efforts to sensitise Rwandans about eye health. / Photo: Dan Nsengiyumva.
Rwanda

Rwandans tipped on eye health

Friday, May 06, 2022
Valentineu2019s Day has become a significant cultural, religious, and commercial celebration of romance and love in many regions of the world. Photo/Net

Valentine’s Day:Are you a believer?

Thursday, February 10, 2022
Some stakeholders in food industry during the workshop intended to increase knowledge on regulations and guidelines related to food safety standards on February 3, 2022 in Kigali.
Featured

FEATURED: New effort to scale up food safety compliance in agro-factories

Sunday, February 06, 2022
The New Times
People

A visually impaired student’s zeal to defy odds

Thursday, January 06, 2022