Ben Affleck, a Hollywood susperstar has paid tribute to the late Aloisea Inyumba, who has been the Minister for Gender and Family Promotion until she passed away on Thursday.

Ben Affleck, who is also a film director, producer and founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, wrote on his twitter account, “Deep sadness to lose a friend & hero, the remarkable Aloisea Inymba, Rwanda’s minister, Gender and Family Promotion”.

He tweeted again: “A. Inyumba will be greatly missed and remembered among others for her liberation and gender credentials/effort(s)! May her Soul Rest in Peace.”

The late Inyumba, who passed on at the age of 48, died of cancer on Thursday, at around 10a.m. She is survived by a husband and two children, a daughter aged 15, and a son aged 10.