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The Presidents of Botswana and Zimbabwe have expressed gratitude to Rwanda for the role it played in checkmating the activities of terrorists in the  Cabo Delgado province of Mozambique.

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Their gratitude is contained in a joint communique they issued after the two-day Botswana-Zimbabwe Bi-National Commission held in Zimbabwe's prime resort area, Victoria Falls, at the weekend.
''The Heads of State expressed their gratitude to His Excellency Paul Kagame, of the Republic of Rwanda, for the deployment of Rwandan troops to Cabo Delgado to assist in the fight against terrorism and violent extremism,'' the communique stated.

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The Rwanda National Police(RNP) has  disclosed that it has connected thousands of households without electricity to the national grid.

This disclosure was made on Tuesday, during activities commemorating the the Police Month, by the RNP spokesman, John Bosco Kabera, who also said that a total of 30 houses had been built for vulnerable citizens in various parts of the country.

The month-long outreach activities is aimed at supporting community development and harnessing the ideology of community policing towards crime prevention.

In the Northern Province, RNP gave financial support to 5 apiculture projects, paid health insurance fees for 600 families, built 5 houses for vulnerable people, and provided 732 solar panels to different households.

In the Western Province, 7 houses were built for the vulnerable, 1,379 solar panels donated to households, in addition to financially supporting different cooperatives in Rubavu district with Rwf. 40,200,000.

In the Eastern Province, RNP built 7 houses for the vulnerable, provided 1,458 solar panels to households, paid health insurance fees for 1000 families, built 13 cattle spraying facilities, and donated cows to 4 families.

In the Southern Province, 8 houses were built and 1,070 solar panels donated, while in the city of Kigali, 3 houses were built, in addition to awarding the districts and sectors that performed in the fight against the spread of Covid-19.

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Rwanda Chamber of Deputies has adopted a bill to criminalize grazing of domestic animals in protected areas.
The Deputies adopted articles of the bill of Wednesday at its virtual Plenary Sitting of the Chamber of The article was voted for by 57 MPs, rejected by two.

The bill stipulates that any person who enters or grazes a domestic animal in a protected area commits an offense. Upon conviction, such a person is liable to a fine of not less than Rwf100,000 but not more than Rwf3 million. This is the provision in article 52 of the draft law on biological diversity and wildlife.

The vote on all articles of the bill shall resume on a later date due to the annual recess of the legislators.

The National Agricultural Export Development Board (NAEB)in Rwanda has disclosed that the country exported 43,237 kilograms of flowers, earning $467,544 (Rwf456 million) in the first week of February.
According to NAEB the figures reflect a sharp rise in exports when compared to the previous week when the country exported 19,235 kilograms of flowers, which fetched $126,131 (Rwf123 million).
The data suggests that flower export volumes increased by more than 200 percent while revenues rose by over 300 percent.
It attributed the rise to the increase in demand ahead of the February 14 Valentine’s Day.
Pie Ntwari, the NAEB Communication Specialist said, ''Valentine’s [Day] preparation worldwide has led to more demand for the product.” 

Women in Rwanda now occupy 54 of the 80 seats in the countrys Parliament.

The United Nations and the Inter-Parliamentary Union seek a 30 percent minimum benchmark for women representation.

The new world record for women representation in parliament is now  67.5 %, following the announcement of the September 3 parliamentary elections results by the National Electoral Commission.

Even though the Rwanda Government places value on women's roles and has facilitated  several  reforms to aid the growth of women's capacity in civil society,  women's - and human - rights are limited.

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Women in Rwanda have been urged to apply for various positions in the United Nations.

According to  the Human Resource Officer Standing Diversity and Outreach Section at UN, Floresha Berisha,"We want to encourage female candidates to apply. Currently, the organisations have a gender gap; for example, in peacekeeping we have 29 per cent women yet our objective is to have fifty-fifty gender party.''

Berisha who was speaking at  the outreach briefing on UN field careers that seeks to inform Rwandans of opportunities to work with UN and how to apply using its recruitment system (INSPIRA) and practical tips on how to prepare their applications or tests said ''

'The purpose of this outreach is to raise the awareness about job opportunities to work in UN missions' secretariat including peacekeeping operations, Rwanda is ranked the third country in contributing troops to peacekeeping missions and we believe that raising awareness of job opportunities among the nationals of Rwanda we give them the opportunity to apply for the jobs," Berisha said.

"Informing them about the requirements and about the recruitment process, the organisation aims at having diverse geographically and gender balance and multi-talented workforce, having that in mind we would want to raise awareness among all member states," she stated.