MT. KABUYE, Rwanda — Three thousand feet above the nearest village, and accessible only by foot, this prominent peak was once unspoiled African wilderness. For millennia, like most of Rwanda, Mt.

The 2025 Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey (RDHS) showed that the fertility rate among women aged 15 to 49 in Rwanda has decreased to 3.7 children from 4.1 in 2019-2020.

Kigali — Rwanda's population will shoot to 18.2 million people by 2050 at an average growth rate of 2.3 per cent, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has projected. Rwanda, according to UNFPA's ...

KIGALI (Reuters) - Rhino keepers who successfully delivered five endangered black rhinos to Rwanda spent months hugging and coddling them inside their transport boxes to prepare them for the journey, ...

Rwanda has fully vaccinated 10% of its 13 million population against COVID-19, reaching the September global target, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Wednesday. Health authorities in the ...

At a health centre for contraception, 24-year old Placide Dusabe states her intention to wait till her baby is five years old before having another. Here in Rwanda, where couples getting married are ...

The UNHCR says Rwanda doesn't have the capacity to take asylum seekers from the UK. The Refugee Council says the UK is only home to 1% of global refugees and 86% are in developing countries, mostly in ...

Thursday's topics: Guests discuss the military accepting more recruits with criminal records; and Rwanda's government wants to reduce the nation's birth rate. Guests: Walter Fields, Callie Crossley, ...

KWAZULU-NATAL (South Africa) — The sedated, blindfolded lions lay in the dirt, unwitting passengers about to embark on a 30-hour, 4,000km journey by truck and plane from South Africa to Rwanda, whose ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The UK government intended to introduce a five year trial which would see asylum seekers sent to Rwanda via a one way ticket, where they could claim asylum. Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson said ...