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A total of 2,238 tree seedlings have been planted on eight hectares in Gahanga Sector, Kicukiro District, as Rwanda begins its 2026/2027 tree-planting and forestry season. The exercise took place on Saturday, November 7, in Nyabigugu Village, Murinja Cell, bringing together more than 5,000…
A Kenyan court has sentenced religious leader Paul Mackenzie to 200 years in prison for the murder of 191 people, including 190 children, in the Shakahola mass killings, in a landmark ruling that has renewed scrutiny of religious extremism and failures by authorities to prevent the tragedy. The…
In a Musanze factory, AgroPy turns Rwandan pyrethrum into finished crop- protection and veterinary products for Rwanda and regional markets. Since the 1994 Liberation, Rwanda’s agriculture sector has steadily moved beyond the production of raw commodities toward a more ambitious goal: creating…
Kigali and St. Louis in the United States are preparing to establish a formal sister-city partnership, with a visiting delegation of business and civic leaders expected to sign an agreement during a trade mission to Rwanda and Kenya. The agreement would make Kigali the 17th sister city of St…
His acquittal on the treason charge marks a major development in a high-profile trial that has attracted national and international attention. Tanzania’s High Court on Friday acquitted opposition leader Tundu Lissu of treason but found him guilty of the lesser offence of incitement. Lissu, the…
Why non-participation in Africa’s open-skies treaty is stalling its expansion plans KAMPALA / LAGOS — Uganda’s national carrier, Uganda Airlines, is confronting significant legal barriers to its regional growth objectives. The airline’s ambition to tap into profitable intra-African routes has hit…
For years, the reality for many of Rwanda’s smallholder farmers was a cycle of season-to-season survival. Staple crops like maize put food on the table but rarely generated the surplus needed to lift families out of poverty, invest in their futures, or withstand increasingly frequent climate…
Millions of people in Africa still lack reliable access to cooling, even as refrigeration becomes increasingly important for food preservation, healthcare and protection against extreme heat. The gap was a central concern raised by Rwanda’s Prime Minister Justin Nsengiyumva as countries gathered…
Rwanda’s Minister of Environment, Dr Bernadette Arakwiye, has been elected to lead the 38th Meeting of the Parties to the Montreal Protocol (MOP38), taking place in Kigali from November 2 to 6. Her election places her at the centre of discussions involving countries working to protect the ozone…
Residents in several parts of Rwanda reported their houses shaking on Thursday, November 5, after an earthquake struck near Ushirombo in neighbouring Tanzania, sending tremors across the region. Five residents who spoke to Rwanda Dispatch confirmed feeling the tremors, describing moments when…
Countries most vulnerable to climate change are spending a growing share of public revenue servicing debt, leaving fewer resources for climate action as governments prepare for COP31, a new report by ActionAid International says. The report, Debt Fuels the Climate Crisis: How the Finance Flows…
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