PHOTOSTORY
Once a champion, now a beggar: The fall and plea of Team Rwanda icon Jean Bosco Nsengimana
Jean Bosco Nsengimana once stood at the pinnacle of Rwandan cycling. Born in 1992 in Shashwara, Nyabihu District, he rose through the ranks to become one of the country’s most celebrated cyclists. His crowning achievement came in 2015 when…
‘We have no other choice’: The Risk Sharita Island Women Take for Healthcare
By Sam Ngendahimana On a cloudy day in May,Marie Anne Mushimiyimana, eight months pregnant, is on her way home from a medical check-up at Nkanga Health Center six hours away. Visibly tired, she has traveled by boat and on foot…
Comment le Rwanda s’en sort dans la restauration des zones marécageux
Les experts en conservation étudient les amphibiens, tels que les grenouilles, et comment ils peuvent aider à comprendre comment restaurer les zones humides et les rendre plus résilientes face aux changements climatiques. Une étude de 2020 a indiqué que plus…
Deforestation driving up Africa’s temperatures, study shows
Deforestation in Africa’s montane forests is driving a sharper rise in temperatures and cloud levels than climate change alone Deforestation in Africa’s montane forests is driving a sharper rise in temperatures and cloud levels than climate change alone, endangering water…
Rwanda: Meet Mukeshimana, the survivor of a hippo attack
Antoine Mukeshimana gets off a boat to the shore of Lake Rweru, where a hippo attacked him on March 19, 2014. He was photographed here on May 3, 2024, during his visit to his former residence in Bugesera District,…
Meet Misigaro, a passionate fishing boat repairer in Burundi
It is beautiful day in Bujumbura, the capital city of Burundi, one of the ten countries that established the Nile Basin Initiative 25 years ago. We board a minibus from Bujumbura to Rumonge, a rural residential area in the southern…
