Farmers Set to Reap Big From National Budget
[New Times] With its huge employment capacity that stands at 80 percent of the total population, the government has prioritised key agriculture interventions in this year's budget which is likely to...
View Article19 Gorillas Named in Kinigi
[New Times] 19 baby gorillas, including a set of twins and one female adult, were yesterday given names in a colorful ceremony held at the foot of Virunga Mountains in Kinigi-Musanze District, Northern...
View ArticleKagame Cup Dates Finally Set
[New Times] This year's Kagame Cup Club Championships will be held from July 14-28 in Tanzania, the Council of East and Central Africa Football Association (CECAFA) Secretary General Nicolas Musonye...
View ArticleWomen Leaders Call for Unity
[New Times] A group of women leaders from the USA, Ethiopia and Jordan have called upon all members of society to embrace the power of love which is the best tool to fight against prejudice and...
View ArticleThe Awful Tingling That Is Peripheral Neuropathy
[New Times] Peripheral nerves are the ones that carry sensation from the environment to the brain. They are part of a very efficient circuit where even a wisp of hair can be perceived by the individual...
View ArticleEALA MP Speaks to Students On Genocide
[New Times] Rwanda's representative to the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA), the Legislative arm of the East African Community (EAC), Abdul Karim Harerimana, has called on students to fight...
View ArticleImpact of Alcohol On the Nervous System
[New Times] People at large would be familiar with the abnormal manner in which many people behave after taking alcohol in great of modest quantity. This is always dismissed as alcoholic behavior.
View ArticleHealth Information Sharing Improves Service Delivery
[New Times] Private health service providers are optimistic that the District Health Information System (DHIS2 of sharing medical records with the Ministry of Health will help improve service delivery.
View ArticleHigh Speed Internet to Boost Entrepreneurship in the Country
[New Times] I was privileged to attend the official launch of Broadband Systems Corporation (BSC) on the Rwanda market, an event that was held at the Serena Hotel 31st May, 2012. BSC pledged to provide...
View ArticleAmavubi Stars Out
[New Times] Two goals, one in either half were enough for Nigeria's Super Eagles to eliminate Rwanda's Amavubi Stars from the running to play at the 2013 African Cup of Nations finals tournament in...
View ArticleWho Is the Next Headed for the U.S?
[New Times] Counting Rwandan artists who have shifted base to the US, one realizes that it is a trend rather than a one off.
View ArticleNgororero Village Generates Power From Local Stream
[New Times]For so long, residents of the rural Karera Village, Torero Cell in Ngororero District, believed that electricity was a luxury and out of their reach for them.
View ArticleInflation Drops as Food Prices Fall
[New Times]Rwanda's year-on-year inflation has dropped to 5.57 per cent last month from 5.92 per cent the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR) said Tuesday.
View ArticleA Democratic Society Needs Its Citizens - Sondra Myers
[New Times]Sondra Myers is the author of the handbook The New Rwanda: Prosperity and the Public Good and a senior member of international, local, and cultural projects at the University of Scranton. In...
View ArticleFlowers Pay for Kenyan Farmer Who Abandoned Tea Farming
[New Times]When Richard Wageni abandoned tea farming after 15 years and ventured into flower farming, many of his neighbors and friends ridiculed him.
View ArticleRwanda to Learn From Brazil's School Feeding Programme
[New Times]The Minister of Agriculture, Dr Agnes Kalibata, has said the schools feeding initiative run by the World Food Programme will go a long way in combating hunger and promoting nutrition in...
View ArticleTurkish School Opens in Kigali
[New Times]Hope Kids Academy, an international Turkish school, has opened its branch in the country under a Rwandan-Turkish framework.
View ArticleNBA Star Inspires Local Hoops Players
[New Times]RWANDAN basketball players have the potential to play at the highest level of competition, according to Los Angeles Lakers' Point Guard Steve Blake, who has been in the country conducting...
View ArticleFarmers to Get Tractors on Credit
[New Times]The Ministry of Agriculture plans to import tractors and other farming implements estimated to cost Rwf600 million which farmers will get on credit, at subsidised prices.
View ArticleBill to Increase Access to Reproductive Health Spends Five Years in Parliament
[New Times]A private members' bill meant to enable most Rwandans access reproductive health care services is gathering dust in the lockers of the Lower Chamber of Deputies after making rounds between...
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