The IMF’s April 2025 Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa presents a clear warning: regional growth is slowing, debt pressures are mounting, and donor assistance is declining. Yet the report outlines critical opportunities particularly in domestic revenue mobilization, structural reform, and private sector activation that can shape a more resilient …
Kigali — Rwanda has registered a sharp decline in the number of AIDS-related deaths in the last ten years, according to latest reports released by the Rwandan ministry of health. The findings reveal that the post-genocide nation has registered a 78% drop in AIDS-related deaths over the past 10 years, …
The newly-elected mining committee for the Southern Province has been tasked to adopt environmentally-friendly mining practices and fight illegal operations. This was during the elections for the new committee by members of Rwanda Mining Association (RMA). They will serve for three years. RMA chairman Jean-Malic Kalima said the new committee …
As much as 36 per cent of children with HIV have no access to medical care, a joint survey by Rwanda Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS, UNAIDS and Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC) shows. Vianney Byiringiro Rusisiro, a senior paediatric officer at RBC, said effective treatment of HIV-positive children is …
The world Agro-forestry Centre moved to strengthen partnership with natural resources, agriculture and infrastructure ministries in identifying smart agro-forestry systems to help develop 'integrated-food-energy systems' in Rwanda. Announcing the development yesterday in Kigali, Adrie Mukashema, the deputy director general of forest management at Rwanda Natural Resources Authority, said the move …
Government will soon start generating energy from rice husks as part of push to absorb greenhouse gases and as a strategy to fight deforestation. The 'Rice husks to power project' is being implemented in Nyagatare District to produce green energy. Bright Ntare, the programme manager of National Climate Fund (FONERWA), …
Rwanda is now ahead of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the Great Lakes Region in producing major minerals, according to iTSCi, a conflict minerals traceability program.Rwanda produces more tin, wolfram and coltan than any country in the Great Lakes Region, says the global not-for-profit agency that has …
This month marked a major conservation milestone for Rwanda. After more than a decade of absence from the country, the King of the Jungle is back. The Akagera Management Company, a partnership between African Parks and the Rwanda Development Board, translocated seven lions from South Africa to Rwanda. The reintroduction …
Three northern districts of Rulindo, Musanze and Nyabihu have received Rwf700m for funding climate change adaptation measures. The funding, from FONERWA, is meant to ensure green economy as well as address food insecurity and malnutrition in rural communities. FONERWA is a national fund established in 2012 by the Government as …
Groggy on their paws after waking from tranquillisers, lions have returned to Rwanda for the first time since the endangered animal was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide. Seven lions (two males and five females) were transported in a 30-hour journey from South Africa – first by air, then …
Rwanda reintroduced lions, flown in from South Africa, to its Akagera National Park this week after the last indigenous animal was spotted in 2006 and plans to add rhinos within a year as it bids to draw more tourists, park officials said. Safaris are a lucrative business in east Africa …
This report compares the approach to cookstoves of SNV, the Netherlands Development Organisation, with evidence from the sector about how interventions can lead to market transformation. Case studies of improved cookstove and fuels projects in Cambodia, Kenya, Nepal and Rwanda are analysed to examine the potential for successful scale-up and …
A group that runs wildlife parks in Africa plans to move seven lions from South Africa to Rwanda, where conservationists say the lion population was wiped out 15 years ago. African Parks, which is based in South Africa, said on Sunday it would transfer the lions to Akagera National Park …
The Ministry of Natural Resources (Minirena) and Ministry of Agriculture have embarked on a joint campaign for forests landscape restoration to ensure sustainable food security. This was announced at a regional workshop dubbed "Towards a Coordinated Action for Forest Landscape Restoration (FLR) and Sustainable Food and Agriculture (SFA),' which closed …
Rwandans have been urged to efficiently use natural resources and protect them with eco-friendly activities. Evode Imena, the minister of state in charge of mining, made the call while addressing residents of Rutsiro District during national celebrations to mark the World Environment Day, on Friday. "The natural resources have been …
Maggi noodles are popular in Kenya and neighbouring countries East Africa's biggest supermarket chain has withdrawn Nestle's Maggi noodle brand from its shops in five countries, amid concerns over food safety. Nakumatt says the noodles have been withdrawn from shops in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and South Sudan, after demands …
The anti-malnutrition campaign in Rubavu District is bearing fruit, residents said. Residents said this last week during community outreach, where officials from the Ministry of Health visited the area to assess the implementation of the national campaign to improve nutrition status of the vulnerable population such as children under five …
Residents in Kicukiro, a suburb of Rwanda's capital Kigali, have hailed the Chinese government for funding the construction of a new road in the area as they suffered poor road conditions for many years. The 12 million U.S. dollars new road stretches some 6.3 kilometers, linking the districts of Masaka …
Residents of Nyabihu and Musanze districts have expressed optimism after a project designed to mitigate climate change and curb disasters stareted bearing fruit. The four-year scheme, dubbed 'Reducing Vulnerability to Climate Change, in north-western Rwanda; implemented through Community Based Adaptation (RV3CBA) was launched two years ago. It is expected to …
The national environment watchdog has cautioned businesses in the City of Kigali against the continued use of polythene bags to package goods for their customers. Rwanda Environment Management Authority (REMA) made the warning during an inspection exercise last week. The joint inspection was organised in partnership with Rwanda National Police …
The Ministry of Health this morning launched a campaign against malnutrition, which is targeting children between six and 59 months according to information from the ministry. The campaign, which will include screenings, was launched at Gahengeri Health Centre in Rwamagana District and will last until May 29. "This activity will …
