 Meanwhile, Rwandan foreign minister Vincent Birota says his country does not use the Israel-made software Pegasus to surveil targets. The Pegasus project, an investigation by a consultium of international media and NGOs, recently revealed how the Pegasus spyware, manufactured by the Israeli company NSO Group, was abused by government clients to spy on journalists, activists and politicians. The targets appeared on a list of about 50,000 phone numbers that belonged to persons of interest of NSO clients. Several African countries listed, including Togo, Morocco and Rwanda.