Month: June 2025

Les terrasses sauvent nos collines: Quand l’agriculture rwandaise s’appuie sur la terre en paliers

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Sur les collines verdoyantes du nord du Rwanda, dans le district de Gicumbi, les courbes régulières de la terre témoignent d’une révolution silencieuse: la terrasse. Loin d’être un simple agencement esthétique, cette pratique ancestrale remise au goût du jour devient un bouclier contre l’érosion, un levier de productivité agricole et une réponse locale aux défis climatiques. Un rempart contre la dégradation environnementale Le Rwanda, surnommé “le pays des mille collines” est confronté depuis des décennies à une problématique majeure: l’érosion des sols. Les fortes pluies saisonnières, combinées à la déforestation…

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Ukraine’s Zelenskyy warns diplomacy in crisis after Trump’s early G7 exit

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Ukraine’s leader was denied a meeting with his most powerful ally, after Donald Trump left the summit a day early. The Group of Seven summit in Canada has ended without leaders issuing a joint statement in support of Ukraine, as Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that “diplomacy is now in a state of crisis”. The summit of major industrial democracies, which wrapped up in the Canadian Rocky Mountain resort of Kananaskis late on Tuesday, had been intended to showcase unity on major global issues. But unlike in previous years, when…

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Guerre Israël-Iran: Trump appelle à une “capitulation sans conditions” de Téhéran

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Donald Trump a appelé mardi à la reddition de l’Iran et assuré que les États-Unis pouvaient aisément tuer le guide suprême iranien, alors que la confrontation militaire entre Israël et Téhéran se poursuit. Donald Trump a considérablement haussé le ton contre l’Iran mardi 17 juin, assurant notamment que les États-Unis “savaient exactement où se cachait” le guide suprême iranien Ali Khamenei mais qu’ils ne comptaient pas le tuer “pour le moment”. Dans un message en lettres majuscules sur sa plateforme Truth Social, le président américain a aussi exigé une “CAPITULATION…

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Derrière le silence: L’impact caché des MST au Rwanda

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Dans les couloirs feutrés du Centre Hospitalier de Kibagabaga, les voix sont basses, les regards fuyants. Ici, comme dans de nombreux centres de santé à travers le pays, les patients atteints de maladies sexuellement transmissibles (MST) viennent chercher un traitement… souvent trop tard. Et souvent, seuls. Malgré les campagnes de sensibilisation, les chiffres dévoilés par le Rwanda Biomedical Center (RBC) dressent un constat alarmant : plus de 18 000 nouveaux cas de MST ont été enregistrés en 2024. Les infections les plus courantes sont la syphilis, la gonorrhée et la…

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Ni iki kihishe inyuma yo kongera kugaragara kwa COVID-19 mu Rwanda?

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Mu gihe benshi bibwiraga ko icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyarangiye burundu, hari ibimenyetso bigaragaza ko yongeye kwigaragaza mu bice bitandukanye by’u Rwanda. Mu byumweru bitatu bishize, ibitaro bikuru bya Kigali (CHUK) hamwe n’ibigo nderabuzima byo mu ntara byatangiye kwakira abarwayi bafite ibimenyetso bya COVID-19, harimo inkorora, umuriro, umunaniro ukabije n’ibibazo byo guhumeka. Icyorezo cya COVID-19 cyongeye gutera impungenge mu Rwanda, ariko ntikiragera ku rwego rw’ihungabana rikomeye. Abaganga n’inzego z’ubuzima barakangurira abaturage kudacogora, kuko uko kwirinda no gukingirwa bigaragaza ko bishobora gutuma iyi ndwara idakwirakwira nk’uko byigeze kuba mbere. Ubuhamya bw’abayirwaye: “Numvaga…

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Uburinganire si intambara y’abagabo n’abagore– Imwe mu myumvire ikibangamira ihame ry’ubwuzuzanye mu Rwanda

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U Rwanda, kimwe mu bihugu byashyize imbere politiki ihamye y’uburinganire n’ubwuzuzanye hagati y’abagore n’abagabo, ariko haracyagaragara inzitizi zishingiye ku myumvire itariyo, zibuza abaturage kugera ku nyungu nyazo z’iri hame. Izi nzitizi ntizishingiye ku mategeko, ahubwo zigaragara cyane mu mitekerereze, imico n’imyumvire igiciriritse cyane cyane mu rugo. Imyumvire ikirimo urujijo… Mu murenge wa Rwaza, akarere ka Musanze, twaganiriye na Mukamana Vestine, umugore w’imyaka 38, ufite abana bane, atangaza ko hakiri abagabo binangiye ku bijyanye n’ubwuzuzanye mu rugo. Yagize ati: “Nigeze kugerageza kubwira umugabo ko twafata icyemezo cyo kohereza umwana wacu w’umukobwa…

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Rwanda: Abahinzi bishimira itegeko ryemera ikoreshwa rya “GMO” nk’inzira nshya kandi iboneye

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Mu myaka ishize, mu Rwanda ubuhinzi bwahuraga n’ingaruka zikomeye z’indwara n’ibyonnyi. Imyumbati yibasirwaga na Kabore, ibirayi bikangizwa ku buryo bukomeye n’indwara bita “late blight”, abahinzi benshi bakabura kimwe cya kabiri cy’umusaruro. Ibi byashoye mu bihombo imiryango ibarirwa mu bihumbi, bigira n’ingaruka ku isoko ry’ibiribwa no ku bukungu bw’igihugu. Nyamara nubwo byari bimeze gutya, ibi bibazo bishobora kuba amateka, nyuma y’uko kuwa 21 Gashyantare 2024, u Rwanda rutangaje itegeko ryemeza ikoreshwa ry’imbuto zahinduwe mu buryo bwa siyansi (Genetically Modified Organisms “GMO”). Iri tegeko ryatangajwe mu Igazeti ya Leta, rifatwa nk’intambwe ikomeye…

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Umugore utwite aburirwa gufata ingamba zo kwirinda malariya n’ingaruka zayo

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Malariya ni indwara ikomeye cyane mu bihugu bya Afurika n’u Rwanda rudasigaye, aho ikomeje kuba ikibazo gikomeye mu buzima by’umwihariko ababyeyi batwite n’ubuzima bw’uwo atwite kuko ishobora kugira ingaruka zikomeye ku buzima bwabo. Ingaruka zinyuranye za malariya mu gihe yibasiye umugore utwite Malariya ku mugore utwite ishobora kumutera ibibazo bikomeye, birimo kubura amaraso kuko iyi ndwara  itera gusenyuka k’uturemangingo tw’amaraso bigatuma umugore abura amaraso bikaba byateza umunaniro ukabije, gucika integer ndetse n’ikibazo cyo kubura umwuka. Malariya yibasira ubwonko nayo ni ubwoko bukomeye bwa malariya bushobora gutera ibibazo by’ubwonko, harimo no…

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The effects of having a child at an older age on child development

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In recent years, delayed parenthood has become more common, with many individuals choosing to have children later in life. While this trend offers certain advantages, such as financial stability and emotional maturity, it also raises concerns about potential impacts on the health and development of offspring. Developmental outcomes Maternal age effects: Positive Associations: Some studies suggest that children born to older mothers may experience advantages, including better cognitive performance and a decreased risk of certain psychiatric disorders. These benefits are often linked to the higher socioeconomic status and emotional maturity…

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Whispers of a vanishing Eden: Rwanda’s silent biodiversity crisis

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Despite its reputation as a conservation success story, Rwanda faces an urgent threat its rich biodiversity is slipping away under pressure from human activity, climate change and habitat loss. In the heart of Africa, Rwanda is often praised as a model of environmental recovery and reforestation. But behind the rolling green hills and flourishing national parks lies a growing concern that few are talking about an accelerating loss of biodiversity that threatens the very soul of this “land of a thousand hills.” A growing silence in the forest Nyungwe and…

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