Challenges to Accessing and Utilizing Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights Services in Rwanda

Introduction Adolescents, defined according to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations, are individuals aged between 10 and 19 years.1 It is a period of transition from childhood to adulthood, marked by significant and rapid...

Russia coaches Ugandan medics to fight fatal epidemics

(MENAFN) Russia’s health agency, Rospotrebnadzor, has begun training Ugandan medical professionals as part of an initiative to strengthen Africa’s ability to fight infectious disease outbreaks. The program, launched in Kampala, follows the...

Can AI bridge the access to healthcare gap in sub-Saharan Africa?

A nurse organizes blood samples at the Tengani health centre in the Nsanje district of Southern Malawi in November 2014. Riders for Health's biker Mathias Semba will collect the samples to be delivered over 100 kilometres away in Thiolo before...

Predictors of Family Planning Choices in Rwanda: Insights from the 2019-2020 Demographic and Health Survey

Introduction Family planning refers to the deliberate efforts taken individuals or couples to control or space the number of children they have, primarily through the use of contraceptive methods.1 Contraceptive methods are generally categorized...

ViiV Healthcare presents new data demonstrating positive real-world impact of its innovative long-acting injectables for HIV at IAS 2025

Real-world and implementation data describe effectiveness of long-acting Vocabria + Rekambys (cabotegravir + rilpivirine LA (CAB+RPV LA)) for HIV treatment and assess experiences of using Apretude (cabotegravir long-acting (CAB LA) for PrEP) in...

Rwanda High Commission in Kenya marks 31 years of liberation

By Leticia Afandi The High Commission of Rwanda in Kenya has marked 31 years of liberation, a commemoration of the country’s remarkable transformation, from a painful past under an oppressive regime to a future defined by unity, progress, and...

Rwanda’s liberation, a symbol of unity, dignity — Envoy

The Rwandan High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador Christophe Bazivamo, on Friday described his country’s liberation as a turning point not only in ending the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi but in laying the foundation for a new national...

Rwanda president unsure if DRC peace deal will hold, warns against ‘tricks’

Paul Kagame gives cautious welcome to US-brokered agreement, but says success depends on goodwill from warring parties. Rwandan President Paul Kagame has cautiously welcomed a United States-brokered peace deal with the Democratic Republic of the...

Rwanda's Kagame unsure if peace with Congo will hold

His absence led to speculation among Rwandan dissidents based outside the country about his health. David Himbara, a former Kagame adviser turned critic living in Canada, said repeatedly on social media that Kagame was ill.

Rethinking Rwanda’s Online Media: The Challenge of Informing a Responsible Citizenry

1 Members of the Rwandan media fraternity at an event. File Photo. The rise in online media plurality, enabled by fast internet, liberalized media spaces, affordable mobile technologies, and growing media freedoms, has transformed Rwanda’s...

Health disparities and inequalities: A huge burden to Africa

(Credit: Unsplash) This article was exclusively written for The European Sting by Mr. Venuste Ishimwe is currently a 1st-year medical student at University of Rwanda College of Medicine and Health Sciences in Rwanda. He is affiliated with the...

WATCH | Rwanda's Kagame unsure whether peace deal with DRC will hold

"If it doesn't work, they aren't the ones to blame," Kagame said. There was no immediate response from DRC which has regularly accused Rwanda of being the aggressor. Kagame's remarks were his first in public since June 6. He was not seen attending...

UN: Rwanda aided M23’s Congo attack

DAKAR, Senegal -- Rwanda provided "critical" support to the M23 rebels' recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali's access to minerals and fertile ground, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated...

From one psychiatrist in 1995, Rwanda's mental healthcare comes of age

Hamilton’s ‘Mr. Chips’ dishes out fast food in Rwanda

KIGALI, RWANDA Paul Searby might just be the most famous Canadian in Rwanda. But nobody knows his name. The globe-trotting restaurateur from Flamborough is known throughout Kigali as Mr. Chips. “No one calls me Paul,” Searby said from inside Mr....

Speakers highlights, Rwandan President struggle for country’s liberation, economic prosperity on 31st “Liberation Day”

- Advertisement - ISLAMABAD, Jul 5 (APP):The Republic of Rwanda’s 31st ‘Liberation Day’ was held in Islamabad and Speakers highlighted the exemplary and courageous leadership of the President of the Republic of Rwanda, His. Excellency, Paul Kagame...

How Kigali is becoming Africa’s biopharma capital

L-R: Menghis Bairu, the President and CEO of Bio Usawa, Delese Mimi Darko, the Managing Director of the African Medicines Agency, and Nicaise Ndembi, the Deputy Director General of the Africa Regional Office of the International Vaccine Institute....

UN experts say Rwanda supported rebels in Congo and smuggled minerals at ‘unprecedented...

Rwanda has denied any involvement. But U.N. experts say Kigali provided backing to the rebels with an aim to “control the territory of the DRC and its natural resources," using “advanced military equipment, including jamming systems, short-range...

UN experts say Rwanda supported rebels in Congo and smuggled minerals at ‘unprecedented levels’

DAKAR – Rwanda provided “critical” support to the M23 rebels' recent offensive in eastern Congo, which helped secure Kigali's access to minerals and fertile ground, according to a confidential United Nations report seen by The Associated Press....

World Reuters Rwanda's Kagame unsure whether peace deal with Congo will hold

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Rwandan President Paul Kagame said on Friday he was unsure whether a U.S.-brokered peace deal would hold with Democratic Republic of Congo and warned he would respond to any "tricks" from his neighbour. The agreement signed last...