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Rwanda

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March 17th 2006
Rwanda is one of those countries in the world which has an image problem. For may it sums up many of Africa's long term problems - poverty, corruption and civil war. The events that took place in the mid eighties that led up to and included the mass genocide of 1 million (10%) of it's own people is still remembered by most even though wasn't reported about that much in the West, mainly because w ... read more

Africa » Rwanda

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In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more