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Niyigena Radjabu

Niyigena Radjabu is a professional Rwandan journalist with three years of experience in the media industry, specializing in investigative reporting on public affairs and Rwanda-related topics. He currently works as a journalist for Umunota.com, one of Rwanda’s leading digital news platforms.

Rwanda Standards Board (RSB) has suspended quality certification for 47 beverage manufacturers after inspections uncovered violations related to the production of alcoholic drinks and misuse of the S-Mark quality certification mark.
Rwanda’s Minister of Local Government, Dominique Habimana, has warned that alcohol abuse, particularly consumption of unregulated alcoholic drinks, is damaging people’s health and threatening the future of young Rwandans.
Rwanda’s Inspector General of Police, CG Felix Namuhoranye, has held talks with Maj. Gen. Obeidallah Abedrabbuh Maaitah, Director of Jordan’s Public Security Directorate, as the two countries seek to strengthen cooperation in policing and public security.
Senator Evode Uwizeyimana has questioned recurring water shortages in Rwanda, saying it is difficult to understand how communities can go for weeks or even months without water while the country experiences destructive floods during the rainy season.
The Rwanda Food and Drugs Authority (Rwanda FDA) has closed 101 alcohol-producing factories across the country over failure to comply with quality and safety requirements, including a government-backed company that produced Ikigage, a traditional sorghum-based beverage.
More than 400 investors have been allocated land in industrial parks across Rwanda, with nearly half of them already developing projects, as the government intensifies efforts to expand industrial capacity and attract investment.
Rwanda’s Parliament has called for urgent improvements in the implementation of the country’s Labour Migration Policy, citing gaps that continue to affect citizens seeking employment opportunities abroad.
The Rwandan government has rejected calls by the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) to be granted political space in Rwanda, insisting that the armed group must first disarm, disband and have its members return to the country.
Rwanda’s Minister of Health, Dr. Sabin Nsanzimana, has urged the public to stop consuming alcoholic drinks locally known as “Ibyuma” after authorities linked the beverages to hundreds of health complications and dozens of deaths.
Rwandan author Barbara Umuhoza is set to release a new book titled ‘The Comeback: Surviving Divorce & Thriving After’, which explores the realities of marriage, emotional healing after separation and the journey of rebuilding life following difficult experiences.