Rwanda

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

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

The local office of the Mechanism in charge of the last files of International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the special court in charge of trying those responsible for the Rwandan genocide and other human rights violations, is about to close its doors

The Rwandan Ministry of Health has urged citizens to take precautionary measures, such as regular hand washing, to prevent the spread of the highly infectious 'red-eye disease'

Rwanda Group Trust, a Preston-based charity, raised £48.000 to help the poor in the country in 2023

Rwanda's Meetings, Incentives, Conferences and Events sector recorded significant growth in 2023, generating more than US$91 million in revenue, up from US$64 million the previous year

One hundred new buses started passenger service in Kigali in the frame of the city's commitment to improving public transport

Presidential elections will be held on 15 July 2024, the country's Electoral Commission announced, campaigning will begin on 22 June 2024 and end on 13 July 2024; it is the first time that legislative and presidential elections will be held simultaneously

The National Basketball Association has appointed Rwanda’s Clare Akamanzi as the Chief Executive Officer of NBA Africa

The Rwanda International Students Film Festival, open to students and emerging filmmakers from local and international educational institutions, will organise screenings and workshops, to use the film as medium to promote awareness on human rights issues