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John Williams Ntwali - investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of The Chronicles newspaper - died in suspicious circumstances in January 2023. According to the NGO Human Rights Watch, "John Williams Ntwali played a crucial role for many victims of human rights violations in Rwanda, and was often the only journalist who dared to report on issues of political persecution and repression ". UNESCO Director Audrey Azoulay called on the authorities "to initiate a full and transparent investigation". The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) promotes what it calls digital learning, leading Sustainable Development Goal 4. UNESCO publishes guides for teachers and policy-makers. For the Organisation, improving educational technology involves promoting Open educational resources through recommendations and technical support for its member states. UNESCO was also behind the 2012 Paris Declaration on OER. Each year, UNESCO's Digital Learning Week is a meeting place for the global community of policy-makers, educators, researchers and private partners to find a common solution to the issues associated with educational technology. Since 2005, the UNESCO King Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa Prize for the Use of ICT in Education has highlighted pioneers in this field. World Biosphere reserve

In 2020, Gishwati-Mukura National Park was designated a World Biosphere Reserve at the 32nd session of the International Coordinating Council of UNESCO's Man and the Biosphere (MAB) Programme.

According to Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, in the Rwandan reserves, "species conservation succeeds when local communities are placed at the heart of the conservation strategy. Measures to protect biodiversity must go hand in hand with measures that meet the needs of these local communities". In Rwanda, the cost of a visit to see the gorillas is $1,500 per person. Under Rwandan law, 10% of these revenues must be returned to the community, which represents around 10 million euros invested in the construction of schools, roads and drinking water supplies. In 1980, there were just 250 mountain gorillas; today there are 1,063, 80% of them in Rwanda.