So that the local population understands the benefits of nature conservation, every year the Rwandan government ensures that a percentage of tourism revenue is invested in the communities surrounding the national parks

The Rwandan meetings, incentives, conferences and events industry recorded revenues of $95 million in 2023, +48% on 2022, according to the Rwanda Convention Bureau's annual report

From 7 April, Rwandans will remember the genocide of 30 years ago with a week of commemorative events, starting with visit by President Paul Kagame to genocide memorial in Kigali, built over mass graves where 250.000 victims of the massacres were buried

First Lady Jeannette Kagame awarded 216 top-performing girls in the primary, ordinary and advanced levels, tasking them to become pillars of the country's development

Paul Kagame is again a candidate in Rwanda's presidential election, to be held next July 15, in a choice made "uncontested" by the Rwandan Patriotic Front, the party always led by Kagame, who is thus running for a fourth consecutive term