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New strategies are required to fight corruption, Prime Minister, Dr Pierre Damien Habumuremyi, said yesterday at the opening of a one-day meeting on the role of parliament and their partners in fighting the graft.

The President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Donald Kaberuka, will participate in an extraordinary meeting of the world’s richest nations to discuss the critical issue of food security in Africa.

The World Bank and the Government of Rwanda are set to approve a $100m project that seeks to raise the country’s export revenues from regional markets.

Leadership should not be considered a personal achievement but an opportunity to deliver services for the common good of the people, Dr George Njenga, the Founding Dean of Strathmore Business School, said yesterday.

The refurbishment and expansion of the Kigali-Gatuna highway will cost more than the initially projected budget of Rwf32 billion but it will have a longer lifespan, it has emerged.

A local oil processing firm, Ikirezi Oil Processors, has asked the government to avail 400 hectares of land to enable it to grow raw materials for its business.

Police have arrested a medical doctor and a senior nurse in connection with the case of a woman reported to have lived with several surgical tools in her body.

Plans are underway to connect all mobile telecommunication companies operating in the country to the e-Soko application, the Ministry of Agriculture has said.