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.
Kenya's Tusker FC has visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial in Gisozi to pay tribute to victims of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, as part of its participation in the 2026 CECAFA Kagame Cup in Rwanda.
Rwanda has officially launched the African Academy for Women in Political Leadership, a continental initiative designed to tackle the persistent underrepresentation of women in political leadership and decision-making across Africa.
Rusizi District will host Rwanda’s national Umuganura celebrations for the first time on August 7, 2026, as the country marks the annual cultural festival dedicated to celebrating harvests, unity and self-reliance.
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 has closed 90 factories producing substandard alcoholic beverages and arrested 50 people as part of a nationwide crackdown on unsafe drinks that have raised public health concerns.
Rwanda’s U18 men’s national basketball team has been placed in Group C alongside Cameroon, Tunisia and Senegal for the 2026 FIBA U18 AfroBasket Championship set to take place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, from August 5 to 16.
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.
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