London, Feb. 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda and government of Japan have inaugurated the first integrated science and innovations children’s centre- known as Keza Learning centre, which will groom and mould Rwandan kids into little engineers and future innovators in robotic engineering READ ALSO: FREE DRINKS, BREAD FOR FIRST 30,000 MOURNERS AT ARAB MOI’S BURIAL IN KENYA ...

London, Jan. 12, 2020 (AltAfrica)-France and Sweden have pledged to take in hundreds from the group of African refugees brought to Rwanda after they were trapped in Libya for years, according to United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. READ ALSO: RWANDA BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF FIRST LOCALLY MADE MOSQUITO NETS After it was announced earlier this ...

London, Jan. 11, 2020 (AltAfrica)-The first locally made mosquito nets in Rwanda will be distributed to the needy this year according a statement from the Rwandan Ministry of Health Dr Aimable Mbituyumuremyi, Malaria and Other Parasitic Diseases Division Manager, Rwanda Biomedical Centre (RBC), said that out of seven million mosquito nets that are set to ...

London, Dec. 16, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Authorities in Rwanda have begun demolishing homes in the capital Kigali which they say are threatened by “climate dangers”. Officials say the destruction of hundreds of houses built on or near wetlands is necessary to protect people from flooding and landslides after unusually heavy rains. But residents complain that they have ...

London, Dec. 4, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Rwandan government has announced a new programme that will provide cervical cancer prevention options to women aged between 30-49, that have not had a chance to get vaccinated against the Human Papilloma Virus, when they were younger. The new programme set to commence in January 2020, will complement the existing efforts that ...

London, Dec. 2, 2019 (AltAfrica)-At least 10 per cent of housing units to be constructed in a model green city in Kinyinya sector of Gasabo district in Rwanda will be offered to destitute residents from 1st and 2nd Ubudehe categories, according to Rwanda Green Fund. The announcement was made during special Umuganda Community work in Kinyinya sector where ...

London, Dec. 1, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Rwandan President, Paul Kagame on Saturday joined hundreds of residents of Rugando Cell, Kimihurura Sector in Gasabo District to observe environmental sanitation day, known in the country as Community Service Day where he joined residents to build water drainage systems and other road infrastructures. Kagame who was joined by his wife, ...

London, Nov. 9, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Rwanda projects to generate $102 million (about Rwf93 billion) from tea exports in the 2019/2020 financial year, up from $83 million it earned in the year before. The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB) said that in order to generate such revenues, the country expects to export 34,000 tonnes of processed ...

London, Nov. 5, 2019 (AltAfrica)-A Rwandan victim of human trafficking, identified simply as Umutesi has narrated the horror of her journey from Kenya to Kuwait after been promised a better life by sweet talking agents and how she was sold twice to different suitors by fellow African In April 2018, she was enticed by a ...

London, Oct. 29, 2019 (AltAfrica)-Car maker Volkswagen has launched a pilot project in Rwanda to test the viability of electric cars in Africa, the New Times Rwanda newspaper reports. The project is a partnership between Volkswagen and Siemens and will see four Volkswagen Golf model cars, dubbed e-Golf, rolled out in the Capital, Kigali. The ...