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Rwanda Rwanda
Official Name: The Republic of Rwanda
Region: Central and eastern Africa, Great Lakes
Borders:
Capital: Kigali
Official languages:
- Kinyarwanda
- French
- English
Ethnic groups
- Hutu 84%
- Tutsi 15%
- Twa 1%
Government: Unitary parliamentary democracy and Presidential republic
- President: Paul Kagame
- Prime Minister: Pierre Habumuremyi
Independence: 1 July 1962 | Colonial Power: Belgium
Area: 26,338 km2
Currency: Rwandan franc (RWF)
Internet TLD: .rw | Calling Code: +250
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- Wednesday 27 March 2013
March 25, 2012 (KAMPALA/JUBA) – Police in Uganda last week summoned a renowned gospel singer, in relation to a political song that they claim could cause diplomatic row with other countries. Ugandan gospel singer Maggie Kayima (New (...)
- Sunday 31 October 2004
By MOHAMED OSMAN, Associated Press Writer
KHARTOUM, Sudan, Oct 31, 2004 (AP) — About 100 Rwandan troops arrived Sunday in Sudan’s troubled Darfur region aboard two U.S. Air Force transport planes, joining a tiny but growing African (...)
- Thursday 9 November 2006
By Chuei Deng Mareng
Nov 8, 2006 — Genocide has been a dichotomy in international relations in which the moral and legal issues have become the theatre for arguments. Some scholars have argued that the Rwanda’s genocide has changed the (...)
- Tuesday 22 February 2005
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia, Feb 21, 2005 (ENA) — Utility and ministry experts from nine African countries began a two-day deliberation here on Monday on the establishment of the Eastern African Power Pool (EAPP).
EAPP will be established by (...)
- Monday 1 November 2004
EL FASHER, Sudan, Oct 31 (AFP) — One hundred Rwandan troops arrived in the Darfur town of El Fasher on Sunday as part of an expanding African Unionmission to monitor a shaky ceasefire for the conflict-ravaged province in western Sudan, (...)
- Saturday 5 March 2005
KIGALI, March 5 (AFP) — Rwanda is ready to send troops to Sudan to be part of a UN mission planned for the country now a peace settlement has been signed to end a 21-year civil war, a military source in Kigali said Saturday.
"Within (...)
- Wednesday 5 December 2012
Communiqué: 14th Ordinary Summit of EAC Heads of State
November 30, 2012
Theme: Investing in 21st Century Infrastructure for Deeper Integration
1 THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE, HE PRESIDENT MWAI KIBAKI OF THE REPUBLIC OF (...)
- Monday 18 October 2004
KIGALI, Oct 17 (Reuters) - A battalion of Rwandan peacekeeping troops scheduled to arrive in Sudan’s Darfur region this weekend will be delayed by a week because of logistical problems, Rwanda said on Sunday.
The Rwandan troops are (...)
- Wednesday 22 February 2012
February 21, 2012 (KHARTOUM) – Darfur rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) released Sudanese interpreters and a Yemeni police advisor, the rebels and the hybrid peacekeeping mission (UNAMID) confirmed on Tuesday. A (...)
- Monday 3 September 2012
September 2, 2012 (ADDIS ABABA) - Ethiopia on Sunday held the funeral of the country’s long-time Prime Minister, Meles Zenawi, who died last month due to an undisclosed illness. Orthodox Christian women are pictured during a funeral (...)
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