The following lists events that happened during 1996 in Rwanda. President: Pasteur Bizimungu Prime Minister: Pierre-Célestin Rwigema v t e v t e...
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The Rwandan genocide, also known as the genocide against the Tutsi, occurred between 7 April and 19 July 1994 during the Rwandan Civil War. During this...
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Rwanda competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. Track and road...
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minority religion in Rwanda, practiced by 2% of the total population according to the 2022 census. Virtually all Muslims in Rwanda are Sunni Muslim. Islam...
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Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa, where the African Great Lakes region and Southeast...
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improved the living standards of many Rwandans. The President of Rwanda, Paul Kagame, has noted his ambition to make Rwanda the "Singapore of Africa". The industrial...
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The Rwanda national football team represents Rwanda in international football and is controlled by the Rwandese Association Football Federation, the governing...
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The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF–Inkotanyi; French: Front patriotique rwandais, FPR) is the ruling political party in Rwanda. The RPF was founded in December...
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Rwanda has competed in 11 Summer Olympic Games. They have never competed in the Winter Olympic Games. Rwanda has never won an Olympic medal, but Jean de...
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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...
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of Rwanda is thought to have begun shortly after the last ice age. By the 11th century, the inhabitants had organized into a number of kingdoms. In the...
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Education in Rwanda has undergone considerable changes throughout Rwanda's recent history, and has faced major disruptions due to periods of conflict....
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province in 1990) Kigali-Rural Province (Kigali Ngali) Ruhengeri Province Umutara Province (Established in August 1996) Districts of Rwanda List provinces...
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Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people in Rwanda face legal challenges not experienced by non-LGBT residents. While neither homosexuality...
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Massacres of Hutus during the First Congo War (redirect from Hutu Genocide in Democratic Republic of Congo)
named the Democratic Republic of the Congo). In October 1996, during the First Congo War, troops of the Rwanda-backed Alliance des Forces Démocratiques pour...
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especially the Rwandan genocide, millions of Hutu fled into Zaire, prompting Rwanda and a coalition of allied countries to launch an offensive in 1996. Both the...
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August 1993, which was meant to end the Rwandan Civil War. The mission lasted from October 1993 to March 1996. Its activities were meant to aid the peace...
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Relations between Burundi and Rwanda have existed for at least as long as the states themselves. Before contact with Europeans, Rwanda and Burundi were kingdoms...
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The Rwanda Defence Force (RDF, Kinyarwanda: Ingabo z'u Rwanda, French: Forces rwandaises de défense, Swahili: Nguvu ya Ulinzi ya Watu wa Rwanda) is the...
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Banyarwanda (redirect from People of Rwanda)
in Rwanda since the 1990s in order to mitigate ethnic division within the country following the Rwandan Civil War and the 1994 Rwandan genocide. In the...
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were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. These were the fourth Summer Olympics...
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religious affiliations and other aspects. Rwanda's population density, even after the 1994 genocide, is among the highest in Sub-Saharan Africa at 500 inhabitants...
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The Kingdom of Rwanda was a Bantu kingdom in modern-day Rwanda, which grew to be ruled by a Tutsi monarchy. It was one of the oldest and the most centralized...
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First Congo War (redirect from Foreign involvement in the First Congo War)
situation finally escalated when Rwanda invaded Zaire in 1996 to defeat a number of rebel groups which had found refuge in the country. This invasion quickly...
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Healthcare in Rwanda was historically of poor quality, but in recent decades has seen great improvement. Rwanda operates a universal health care system...
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Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR; French: Tribunal pénal international pour le Rwanda; Kinyarwanda: Urukiko Mpanabyaha Mpuzamahanga Rwashyiriweho u Rwanda) was an...
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"Rwanda Nziza" (Kinyarwanda: [ɾɡwɑː.ndɑ nzǐː.zɑ], "Beautiful Rwanda") has been the national anthem of Rwanda since January 1, 2002. It replaced "Rwanda...
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group which is native to the African Great Lakes region. They mainly live in Rwanda, Burundi, and Uganda where they form one of the principal ethnic groups...
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Interahamwe (category Far-right politics in Rwanda)
Interahamwe were driven out of Rwanda after Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) victory in the Rwandan Civil War in July 1994, and are considered a...
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Army for the Liberation of Rwanda (French: Armée pour la Libération du Rwanda, ALiR) (Kinyarwanda: Ingabo zo Kubohoza u Rwanda, IzKR) was a rebel group...
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