A report on Rwanda and Kigali

Kigali's first European-style house built for Richard Kandt, now the Kandt House Museum of Natural History
The view across Kigali in Rwanda at night
A reconstruction of the ancient King's Palace at Nyanza
Suburbs on the slopes of Mount Kigali
Map showing major suburbs of Kigali
Juvénal Habyarimana, president from 1973 to 1994
Kigali Golf Club in Nyarutarama
Human skulls at the Nyamata Genocide Memorial
The Green Mosque (Masjid-al-Fatah) in Nyamirambo
Rwandan President Paul Kagame
Buildings in Kigali CBD, including Kigali City Tower (right)
Chamber of Deputies building
A market in Kigali
Provinces of Rwanda
Kigali City Hall (right)
The Kagera and Ruvubu rivers, part of the upper Nile
Rwanda National Police car on a Kigali street
Lake and volcano in the Virunga Mountains
Traditional dancers at Gasogi village in the east of Kigali
Volcanoes National Park is the home of the largest population of Mountain Gorillas in the world.
Pupils at Kagugu Primary School in Kigali, using laptops provided by the One Laptop per Child scheme
Giraffe in Akagera National Park
View of Amahoro Stadium
Estimated development of real GDP per capita in Rwanda, since 1950
Dual carriageway on the approach to Kigali CBD
Coffee beans drying in Maraba. Coffee is one of Rwanda's major cash crops.
Buses and minibuses at Nyabugogo bus station
Mountain gorillas in Volcanoes National Park
Rural water pump
Rural children
Children in a Rwandan primary school, using laptops supplied by the One Laptop Per Child program
Butaro Hospital at Burera, Northern Province
Historical development of life expectancy in Rwanda
Roman Catholic church in Rwamagana
Traditional Rwandan intore dancers
Rwandan woven agaseke basket
Adrien Niyonshuti, "one of the most famous people in Rwanda", competing in the cross-country mountain biking event at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Topography of Rwanda
Graphical depiction of Rwanda's product exports.
Rwanda produced 2.6 million tons of banana in 2019, its largest cash crop.
Rwanda electricity production by source
A plate of ugali and cabbage.

Kigali is the capital and largest city of Rwanda.

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One million people live in the capital and largest city Kigali.

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A reconstruction of the King of Rwanda's palace at Nyanza

Rwandan Civil War

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A reconstruction of the King of Rwanda's palace at Nyanza
Hutu army officer Juvénal Habyarimana (pictured) became President of Rwanda after a 1973 coup.
Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni with Ronald Reagan at the White House in October 1987
The Virunga Mountains, the RPF base from 1990 to 1991
The town of Ruhengeri, with the Virunga Mountains in the background
The partition of Rwanda following the RPF offensive in February 1993. For the first time, the Rwandan Government acknowledged that it had lost part of the country.
The Arusha International Conference Centre, venue for peace talks to end the war
French soldiers in Kigali, August 1994
Vice president and de facto Rwandan leader Paul Kagame with United States Secretary of Defense William Perry in July 1994
Refugee camp in Zaire, 1994

The Rwandan Civil War was a large-scale civil war in Rwanda which was fought between the Rwandan Armed Forces, representing the country's government, and the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1October 1990 to 18 July 1994.

By mid-June they had surrounded the capital, Kigali, and on 4July they seized it.

A Dassault Falcon 50 similar to the one involved in the assassination

Assassination of Juvénal Habyarimana and Cyprien Ntaryamira

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A Dassault Falcon 50 similar to the one involved in the assassination
Rwandan President Juvénal Habyarimana in 1980
Burundian President Cyprien Ntaryamira in 1993
Map of the airport and its surroundings

On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda.

Kigali International Airport

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Mil Mi-17 Rwanda Air Force - Darfur support, U.S. Army Africa, Kigali, Rwanda 090114
Rwandair Express Aircraft at Kigali airport

Kigali International Airport, formerly known as Kanombe International Airport, is the primary airport serving Kigali, the capital of Rwanda.

United Nations Assistance Mission for Rwanda

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Established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 872 on 5 October 1993.

Established by United Nations Security Council Resolution 872 on 5 October 1993.

A school chalkboard in Kigali. Note the names "Dallaire", UNAMIR Force Commander, and "Marchal", UNAMIR Kigali sector commander.
Memorial for the dead Belgian UNAMIR personnel in Kigali
Skulls in Murambi Technical School

Its activities were meant to aid the peace process between the Hutu-dominated Rwandese government and the Tutsi-dominated rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF).

The French intervention of two parachute companies, explained as an attempt to protect its own nationals, actually blocked the RPF advance on the capital Kigali.

Rwandan Patriotic Front

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The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi, Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda.

The RPF victory was complete when Kigali was captured on 4 July and the rest of the country on 18 July.

NASA satellite image of Lake Muhazi

Lake Muhazi

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NASA satellite image of Lake Muhazi
Passenger tour boat on lake Muhazi

Lake Muhazi (Ikiyaga cya Muhazi) is a long thin shallow lake in the east of Rwanda.

The bulk of the lake lies in the Eastern Province, with the western end forming the border between the Northern and Kigali Provinces.

Nyabarongo River

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An aerial of Nyabarongo River from Nyungwe National Park to River Nile. Emmanuel Kwizera
Canoeing on the Nyabarongo
The Nyabarongo River in Rwanda

The Nyabarongo (or Nyawarungu) is a major river in Rwanda, part of the upper headwaters of the Nile.

About 35 km further downstream the Akanyaru river enters on its right bank, to the southwest of Kigali.

RwandAir

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A former Rwandair Express Boeing 737-500
A former RwandAir Bombardier CRJ200LR
The head office is in the main building of Kigali International Airport
A RwandAir Airbus A330-200

RwandAir Limited is the flag carrier airline of Rwanda.

It operates domestic and international services to East Africa, Central Africa, West Africa, Southern Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia, from its main base at Kigali International Airport in Kigali.

Mutwa with traditional bow and arrow

Great Lakes Twa

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The Great Lakes Twa, also known as Batwa, Abatwa or Ge-Sera, are a Bantu ethnic group native to the African Great Lakes region on the border of Central and East Africa.

The Great Lakes Twa, also known as Batwa, Abatwa or Ge-Sera, are a Bantu ethnic group native to the African Great Lakes region on the border of Central and East Africa.

Mutwa with traditional bow and arrow
Batwa women with traditional pottery
A traditional dance of the Batwa
Pygmy boy in the village Shasha in North Kivu during 2007 conflicts.
The northern Twa. The easternmost group are the Great Lakes Twa.

Current populations of Great Lakes Twa people live in the states of Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda and the eastern portion of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

CAURWA (Communauté des Autochthones Rwandais) – Kigali, Rwanda

Map of provinces, 2006

Provinces of Rwanda

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The provinces of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: intara) are divided into districts (akarere) and municipalities (umujyi).

The provinces of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda: intara) are divided into districts (akarere) and municipalities (umujyi).

Map of provinces, 2006
Administrative division between 2002 and 2006.
The 11 prefectures and 145 communes of Rwanda during the genocide in 1994.
Communes of Rwanda prior to 2002, after the formation of Umutara prefecture in 1996.

Prior to January 1, 2006, Rwanda was composed of 12 provinces.

Kigali City (Established as a province in 1990 )