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President Paul Kagame, who is also the Chairman of Rwanda Patriotic Front (RPF), yesterday called on leaders, especially those in judicial sector, to spearhead the fight against corruption and injustice.

As Rwanda yesterday joined the rest of the world to celebrate the Midwives Week, there is still a shortage of midwives in the country, it has emerged.

The Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB) has so far invested Rwf 286.6 billion since its creation as a merger between the Social Security Fund of Rwanda and Rwanda Medical Insurance Company (RAMA) in March last year.

Projet d’Appui à la Gouvernance locale du Rwanda (PAGOR) which has been funded by the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), supporting the government’s decentralization policy by strengthening local governance in Nyamagabe and Nyaruguru districts, Southern Province, has ended.

The Rwandan franc gained substantially against regional currencies of Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania and Burundi in the first quarter of this year, projecting yet another growth in the country’s economy.

Ministers from the East African Community (EAC) partner states have committed themselves to make projects implemented by the Lake Victoria Basin Commission (LVBC) productive and beneficial to the people of the region.

At least 94.3 percent of Rwandans believe the country is secure and has economic equality as well as freedom of expression, a survey has indicated.

Malawi President Joyce Banda said on Friday she had asked the African Union to prevent Sudan’s wanted leader ,Omar Hassan al-Bashir, from attending a summit in her country, saying his visit would have “implications” for the economy.