Female leaders of farming cooperatives receive smartphones to sensitize farmers on agriculture best practices under the #ConnectRwanda initiative

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

At least £370 million has been pledged by the UK to Rwanda as part of the plan to relocate asylum seekers to the African country; in addition, British institutions pledge to pay up to £150.000 for each person relocated