Aimable Twahirwa

Aimable Twahirwa

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Aimable Twahirwa is an award-winning senior science journalist based in Kigali, Rwanda. A journalist for 24 years, he has been covering various development related issues in Rwanda, the Central and the East African region with a growing interest on issues related to wildlife, Biodiversity and nature. Before joining Mongabay as Central and West Africa staff writer, he has published in-depth feature stories for other regional and international media organizations and global news agencies As a senior science writer, he has published for Nature scientific magazine, Inter Press Service (IPS), AllAfrica, Thomson Reuters Foundation (Alert Net), Scidev.Net and many other publications attracting global audience where he worked on long-term reporting projects that came to life in various multimedia combinations. A grantee for both the International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) and the Louise Behan Reporting by the World Federation of Science Journalists (WFSJ), Twahirwa has traveled extensively in East, Central and West Africa, East Asia, Latin America and Europe to cover issues related to climate change and Biodiversity conservation. He is an Excellence in Journalism, Climate Change fellow at the Graduate School of Media and Communications of the Aga Khan University, Kenya in 2022 He has been media trainer and mentor for the Global Health Reporting Initiative of the International Women Media Foundation (IWMF), the African Climate Change and Environment Reporting (ACCER) academy and has also participated as mentor and associate in various initiative by the Solutions Journalism Network (SJN) focusing on climate change solutions.

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Bats may comprise at least 40% of the overall mammal diversity in Rwanda. Image courtesy of Rwanda Wildlife Conservation Association – RWCA.

Discovery of critically endangered bat in Rwanda leads to conservation talks

Aimable Twahirwa 25 Apr 2025
Using renewable energy solutions like solar to power irrigation and other processes along the agriculture value chain is helping countries in the region to lower production costs by avoiding high operations and maintenance costs associated with diesel-powered generators like here in Rwamagana, a district from Eastern Rwanda. The World Resources Institute (WRI)is currently supporting initiatives that integrate renewable energy into agricultural value chains in Africa. Image by Aimable Twahirwa.

Smallholder agriculture blossoming with the use of renewables in Africa

Aimable Twahirwa 31 Mar 2025
Two Aboriginal women in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Image of Élie Nzuzi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

DRC conflict so far ‘devastating’ to Indigenous lands & people: Interview with Samuel Ade Ndasi

Aimable Twahirwa 7 Mar 2025

Armed conflict, not Batwa people, at heart of Grauer’s gorillas’ past decline in DRC park

Aimable Twahirwa, Latoya Abulu 16 Dec 2024

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An excavator and a gold washing station at the Alangong-Bamegod-Inès mine site in the Sangha. This equipment is typical of semi-industrial gold mining, while the water for the washing station is drawn from surrounding streams, raising concerns about contamination. Image by Elodie Toto for Mongabay.
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