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February 13th 2010
what a funny day! after a hoohar about when and where to collect people in the morning we eventually got on the road to akegara national park in the east of Rwanda. the park headquarters is 40mins down an unsealed road, past a milk collection center, so there were lots of people cycling with milk churns on the back of their bikes, which made a change from the bananas or firewood most commonly se ... 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