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Dr Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka is a Ugandan vet and scientist working to protect East Africa’s critically endangered mountain gorillas.

Tourism: sustainability is the trend of 2023

ROME – Sustainability is a more topical issue than ever and people are increasingly adopting habits and lifestyles aimed at limiting their impact...

A markstone in Kamwezi sub county that separates Uganda and Rwanda

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Ugandan businessman detained in Rwanda

A 37-year-old businessman from Kamwezi sub-county in Rukiga district is currently being detained in Rwanda. Laban Kakiza, a resident of Kakamba village...

Africa’s leading neobank’s expansion into Rwanda aims at making digital banking accessible to all remote workers & professionals on the continent while ensuring access to fast and reliable internet connection

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Payday re-launches in Rwanda with SpaceX’s Starlink

KIGALI – Payday, the leading Pan-African neobank issuing global (USD, GBP & EUR) accounts to Africans, has announced its re-entry into Rwanda,...

Africa is gradually splitting into two. Internet

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Uganda, Rwanda to get coastlines as Africa splits, study shows

Africa is gradually splitting into two. The Somali and the Nubian tectonic plates are slowly disintegrating from each other, while the Arabian...

After helping set the Chicago to Mackinac Course Record as crew aboard Areté in 2021, James Cyigenza is just getting started

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Rwandan becomes first African to help set a ‘World Sailing Speed Record’

289 nautical miles. 12 hours. Scream reaching 23 knots aboard a “three-hulled rocket ship,” designed for speed over comfort, crossing the finish...

A child holds a pan of locusts at a camp for internally displaced persons in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Image source: UNICEF/Olivia Acland

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5 things you need to know about the world’s least developed countries

Three years after the world began to shut down as COVID-19 took hold, the UN and other partners will gather in Doha,...

Rwanda Minister of Foreign Affairs, Dr.Vincent Biruta and Ayman Safadi, the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates of the Kingdom of Jordan after signing the MoU in Kigali, on February 22. All photos by Craish Bahizi

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Rwanda, Jordan to waive visa requirements on ordinary passports

Rwanda and Jordan will soon waive visa requirements for ordinary passports to accelerate bilateral cooperation between both countries, foreign ministers announced. Dr....

Felix Namuhoranye has been appointed as the new Inspector General of Rwanda National Police on February 20. Courtesy

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Kagame appoints Felix Namuhoranye new Rwanda Police Chief, sacks Gen Bayingana from defense ministry

President Paul Kagame on Monday, February 20, appointed Deputy Commissioner General of Police (DCGP) Felix Namuhoranye as the new Inspector General of...