Rwanda

Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)

Timezone: Central Africa Time (UTC+2)

Rwanda is located in east-central Africa, sharing its border with Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. With a population of approximately 13 million, it is one of the smallest countries in Africa. The major ethnic groups are the Hutu, the Tutsi, and the Twa, and the official languages of the country are English, French, Swahili, and Kinyarwanda.

The country has a temperate climate with two rainy seasons, and due to its terrain, it is popularly referred to as “the land of thousand hills” because of its numerous mountains, hills, valleys, and wildlife. Rwanda operates a presidential republic system of government and is administratively divided into four provinces and the City of Kigali, the capital of Rwanda. The economy is largely agrarian, with agriculture accounting for over 60 percent of foreign exports. The country’s major sources of foreign exchange come from Tourism, Coffee, and Tea. The major challenge besetting the country is overpopulation; it is the most densely populated country in Africa. Overpopulation has created the scarcity of fertile land, which is required for agricultural purposes, giving rise to ethnic land tensions.

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Order on Establishing the National Man and Biosphere Committee

Ministry of Environment and Climate Change, Rwanda

The prime minister’s order establishes the national man and biosphere committee. The committee is charged with promoting and developing the activities of the International Man and Biosphere Programme of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and...

Rwanda • 2010 • Environment and Climate Change

Law Modifying and Complementing Mortgages

Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning, Rwanda

The law sets out to modify and complement mortgages, as contained in the 2009 law relating to the property of a matrimonial home, mortgagee’s remedies in case of default of payment, mortgage sale, and other...

Rwanda • 2010 • Finance

Ministerial Instructions on Fees Paid for Systematic Land Registration

Ministry of Environment and Land, Rwanda

The instructions border on fees paid for systematic land registration in Rwanda. It stipulates that fees shall be paid once for the first land registration process, and in two phases; at the time of adjudication...

Rwanda • 2010 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Order on Determining Prices for Services Rendered in Seed Quality Control

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The order determines the respective prices for services rendered in seed quality control. It stipulates that beneficiaries shall cover costs for inspection and certification for produced and marketed seeds. It also states that symbolic costs...

Rwanda • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Order on Requirements for Issuing Fishing Licenses

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The ministerial order determines the requirements for the issuance of fishing licenses, and the period of validity. It stipulates that fishing in the free waters of Rwanda shall be subject to the availability of a...

Rwanda • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Law Establishing the Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board (RAB)

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

As sanctioned and adopted by parliament, the law establishes the Rwanda agriculture and animal resources development board as a public institution with legal personality, enjoying financial and administrative autonomy. The board has a general mission...

Rwanda • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Order on Modalities of Environment Conservation in Mining and Quarry Extraction

Ministry of Forestry and Mines, Rwanda

The ministerial order focuses on the modalities of environment conservation in mining and quarry extraction. It details the structure and content of environmental impact assessment, environmental conservation plan, environment rehabilitation bond. The order clearly states...

Rwanda • 2010 • Environment and Climate Change

Order on Models of Land Consolidation and Its Productivity

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The ministerial order determines the models of land consolidation and productivity. Land consolidation is a reform of the ministry of agriculture and natural resources targeted at rural development and promoting an increase in agricultural production,...

Rwanda • 2010 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Order Empowering Staff of National Forestry Authority (NAFA)

Ministry of Justice, Rwanda

The ministerial order empowers staff of the national forestry authority (NAFA) to act as judicial police officers. The members of staff empowered include: Director of forestry field programs, head of forest management service, legal officer,...

Rwanda • 2010 • Forestry and Wildlife

Order on Aquaculture and Fishing Zones

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

The ministerial order determines the aquaculture and fishing zones. It highlights the 8 zones of aquaculture and fishing in Rwanda. It also repeals all prior provisions contrary to the ones contained therein.

Rwanda • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Order Governing the Importation and Exportation of Wild Animals

Ministry of National Resources, Rwanda

The ministerial order stipulates that; “It is forbidden to introduce, hold or transport on the national territory organisms harmful to animal specimen whatever their degree of development including formed parasites, eggs, larvae, nymphs and germs....

Rwanda • 2010 • Forestry and Wildlife

Order on Taxes for Mines and Quarries

Ministry of Forestry and Mines, Rwanda

The ministerial order determines taxes applicable to mines and quarries. It covers mining activities related to prospecting license, exploration license, small mine extraction license, concession license, Commercial quarry extraction license, renewal of a license, transfer...

Rwanda • 2010 • Mining

Law on Condominiums

Ministry of Public Service and Labour, Rwanda

The law relates to the organization and creation of condominiums and the setting up of procedures for their registration. It defines condominiums as a joint type of real estate ownership, where portions of the property...

Rwanda • 2010 • Land, Housing and Natural Resources

Law Establishing Akagera National Park

Ministry of National Resources, Rwanda

The law establishes the Akagera national park and clearly defines its boundaries and buffer zones. The management of the park and its buffer zones is placed on the institution in charge of national park management...

Rwanda • 2010 • Forestry and Wildlife

Order on Prohibited Plains to Constructions

Ministry of Environment and Land, Rwanda

The order highlights the prohibited plains to construction in Rwanda. It repeals all prior provisions contrary to this order.

Rwanda • 2010 • Infrastructure and Construction

Order on Stray Cattle and Other Domestic Animals

Ministry of Agriculture and Animal Resources, Rwanda

This represents the ministerial order on regulation and control of straying cattle and other domestic animals in Rwanda. The order prohibits the movement of domestic animals and all tamed wild animals on public roads, urban...

Rwanda • 2010 • Agriculture and Rural Development

Order on Gishwati Forest

Ministry of Forestry and Mines, Rwanda

The ministerial order reserves a part of the Gishwati forest and its boundaries which were inhabited as classified. The part reserved cumulates into three thousand and thirty-two hectares of land (3032ha). It repeals all prior...

Rwanda • 2010 • Forestry and Wildlife