Rwanda
Facts and historical events related to Rwanda, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive and the On This Day collection.
- President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame's 2011 op-ed supporting the invasion of Libya by The UK, France, and the U…
- Belgian colonialists in today's Rwanda issued ID cards in 1933, classifying persons as either Hutu or Tutsi…
- Journalist: The US, the EU have expressed concerns about Paul Rusesabagina getting a fair trial in Rwanda.…
- For foreign companies trying to invest in Africa, the possibility of being asked for a bribe by a foreign p…
- Do you know that Rwanda had a King, who was living in exile since 1961? The 7.2 ft tall King Kigeli V died…
- Nigeria has the worst police in the world, followed by DRC, Kenya and Uganda, says the World Internal Secur…
- Watch President Paul Kagame of Rwanda rubbish EU Report on human rights issues in Africa and Rwanda in part…
- The 21 safest countries to travel to in Africa are: Angola Benin Botswana Cape Verde Djibouti Equatorial Gu…
- Rwanda's Minister of ICT & Innovation, Paula Ingabire. She's just 36. She had served as Head of the ICT Bus…
- Women in Rwanda make up 64% of the lawmakers, 50% of the cabinet and half of the Supreme Court justices. 🇷…
- In 2018, at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, U.N. Environment Programme head Eric So…
- Corruption in Public sector measured in Sub-Saharan Africa (2018). 1 Seychelles 2 Botswana 3 Cabo Verde 4 R…
- Namibia, Mauritius, Ghana, Rwanda, Benin and Kenya either grant a visa on arrival or allow up to 90 days vi…
- Donald Trump has punished Rwanda for refusing second-hand U.S clothes/footwear by suspending her from duty-…
- President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame's reaction to a speech made by former French president François Hollande a…
- Over 200 African athletes/officials who attended the April Commonwealth Games in Australia, hid away and ar…
- President Paul Kagame of Rwanda has so far closed down around 6000 churches and 100 mosques in Rwanda. "700…
- For all his shortcomings, President Paul Kagame of Rwanda is a fierce anti-imperialist. This is evidenced b…
- Africa's 10 fastest growing economies as at November 2017. 1. Côte d’Ivoire 2. Tanzania 3. Senegal 4. Djibo…
- President Paul Kagame turns 60 today! Kagame has made Rwanda one of Africa's enviable nations. 1. 3rd least…
- Rwanda 🇷🇼 vs. the United States 🇺🇸 on healthcare
- Rwanda: 30% parliamentary seats are reserved for women. They now hold 64%, the world's highest. Half of 🇷�…
- Rwandan President Paul Kagame and daughter Ange. She's pictured with Obama and former 3x NYC Mayor Michael…
- D.R. Congo (DRC), South Africa and Rwanda are renowned as suppliers of 3 of the world's 20 critical raw mat…
- Around this time in Kigali City, Rwanda...
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you Miss Rwanda 2015, Kundwa Doriane...
- Back in the days, Rwandan men wore this traditional style of hair, known as "Amasunzu" in over 30 different…
- The Rwanda State House Museum, built in 1976 as the residence of former President Juvénal Habyarimana.
- Rwanda is home to the mountain gorilla - only 1 of 3 places in the world - and has several rare monkey spec…
- "@SplitJones: @OnlyAfricaFacts and they are???? D 5 visa free African Countries" > Seychelles, Mozambique,…
- During 100 days in 1994 over 800,000 people were slaughtered in Rwanda, a mass killing that ranks with the…
- Interesting RT @mwasa: HAPPENING NOW: Heavy rain with 'snow' pounding Huye district, south Rwanda
- German East Africa was a colony from. 1885 until 1919 which included Burundi, Rwanda & Tanganyika (Tanzania…
- Swahili is spoken in Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, DR Congo, Comoros, Mozambique, Rwanda, Burundi and parts of S…
- Rwanda is the least corrupt country on the African continent, according to Transparency International.
- External funding/assistance makes up 40% of Rwanda's national budget of $2.6 billion this fiscal year of 2013.
- In 2009 there were 124,671 grass-roofed huts in Rwanda (official government data).
- Rwanda, Burundi, CAR, Benin and Togo citizens are the least satisfied with their lives - 2013 World Happine…
- Founded in 1907 under German colonial rule, Kigali has been the capital of Rwanda since 1962 when the count…
- Rwanda’s law is silent on homosexuality: neither the 2003 Constitution nor the 1977 Penal Code mentioned an…