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Rwandan fencer Uwihoreye Tufaha competed in the Women's Epée category against Miho Yoshimura from Japan. File

Paris 2024: Rwanda's medal jinx persists, all eyes on remaining athletes

Friday, August 02, 2024
Rubavu residents wade through a flooded residential area in Nyundo sector on May 3, 2023. Rwanda has identified a $7.1 billion funding gap to meet its climate action targets under the Paris Agreement by 2030. File
Environment

COP29: Rwanda advocates for doubling of climate change adaptation finance

Wednesday, July 31, 2024
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

What are Rwanda’s top 10 forestry conservation-related projects?

Monday, July 29, 2024
King Mutara III Rudahigwa and Queen Rosalie Gicanda with the Kig's advisor, Eugène Muhikira in Egypt. 2021.15.11, collection RMCA Tervuren; unidentified photographer, s.d. All rights reserved
Rwanda

Mutara III Rudahigwa remembered 65 years later

Friday, July 26, 2024
Hydroponic fodder is produced by growing seeds without soil and with minimal water, using about ten times less water than traditional methods. Courtesy
Agriculture

How farmers are saving cows with hydroponic fodder during dry spells

Thursday, July 25, 2024
A pineapple processing plant that will add value to the produce is in the testing phase in Mugesera Sector. Photos: Emmanuel Nkangura
Agriculture

Ngoma: Land consolidation boosts pineapple production

Wednesday, July 24, 2024
Rwanda’s first milk powder factory in Nyagatare District, Eastern Province, is expected to be launched by the end of July. Photos by Olivier Mugwiza
Economy

$45m milk powder factory set to be launched

Tuesday, July 23, 2024
Rwanda's Ambassador to Zambia Emmanuel Bugingo hands over 1,000 metric tonnes of relief maize to Zambia's Vice-President Nalumango, offering crucial support during the severe drought.
Editorial

Rwanda's gesture to Zambia and Zimbabwe shows the power of South-South cooperation

Monday, July 22, 2024
A worker sorting seedlings in Nyagatare. Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB) is engaging farmers and the private sector in hydroponic fodder cultivation. Courtesy
Economy

Rwanda banks on ‘hydroponic fodder’ tech to boost milk production

Monday, July 22, 2024
Emmanuel Bugingo, the High Commissioner of Rwanda to Zambia (L), delivers 1,000 tonnes of maize relief to Zambia’s Vice-President, Mutale Nalumango, to support feed people facing food shortage as a result of drought in the country, on July 18, 2024, in Lusaka (courtesy).
Africa

Rwanda donates 1,000 tonnes of maize to drought-hit Zambia

Friday, July 19, 2024
PL chairperson Donatille Mukabalisa, addresses residents in Bugesera. PL has pledged to plant more forests in Bugesera District. Courtesy
Elections

Drought-prone districts expect more forests for carbon market as PL concludes campaign

Saturday, July 13, 2024
Workers filling milk at a collection centre in Gicuimbi District. Ministry of Trade has revealed that the minimum price of raw milk delivered by dairy farmers to milk collection centres (MCCs) is Rwf400 per litre. Fil
Economy

Dairy farmers to get over 30% more income with new milk prices

Friday, July 12, 2024