In a bid to make the local people benefit from tourism revenues, Rwanda Development Board (RDB) and other international partners have developed a new 202km trail along the shores of Lake Kivu in the Western Province which will be sold to tourists as an attraction. (more…)

Rwanda Tea Authority, Ocir-Th�, has said that it is planning to increase tea plantations by 75 percent from 12000ha to 21000ha by 2012. (more…)

Canada has donated 12 patrol vehicles to the Rwanda National Police to help in driver training of police personnel selected for deployment to the United Nations/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) and other peace missions. (more…)

A five-man Rwanda Defence Forces team that has been undergoing training since January 28 will soon be deployed in Guinea Bissau under the United Nations Department of Safety and Security (UN �DSS) to offer protection to the UN Secretary General�s Special Representative in the country, Ambassador Joseph Mutaboba from Rwanda. (more…)

Earnings from coffee export dropped by 19.5 percent to $37m (Rwf21.9b) in 2009 occasioned by the global financial crisis that hit the crop�s prices on the international market. (more…)