Since December 2023, after the government waived taxes by granting an exemption allowing free registration of plots of land, more than 324.000 plots have been registered in all districts

Diane Rwigara, a Rwandan activist known to be among the most critical of President Paul Kagame, has announced her intention to run in July's presidential elections; in 2017 she had been barred from running for 'technical reasons'

326 disaster hotspots, with heavy rains looming in May, have been identified by the Ministry in charge of emergency management

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