Republic of Rwanda

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Republic of Rwanda
République du Rwanda
Repubulika y'u Rwanda
Jamhuri ya Rwanda
Flag of Republic of Rwanda
Flag
Coat of arms of Republic of Rwanda
Coat of arms
Location of Republic of Rwanda
Capital
and largest city
Kigali
Official languagesEnglish
French
Kinyarwanda
Swahili
Leaders
• President
Paul Kagame
Area
• Total
26,338 km²
Population
• 2012 census
10,515,973


Rwanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a country in East Africa. Paul Kagame has ruled Rwanda since the 1990s with support from Bill Clinton and Madeleine Albright.[1]

History

Rwanda became independent from Belgium in 1962, and the new government expelled Tutsis who had allied with the Belgian colonizers. In 1990, the Rwandan Patriotic Front invaded from Uganda in an attempt to overthrow the Hutu-dominated government.[2]

Rwandan genocide

Hutu President Juvénal Habyarimana signed a power-sharing agreement between the Hutu and Tutsi ethnic groups in 1993 but was assassinated in 1994. Within hours of the assassination, Hutu militias began slaughtering Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The Tutsi-led RPF seized power during the genocide.[2]

Aggression against DR Congo

Rwanda under Paul Kagame invaded the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 1996. Rwanda supports the M23 rebel movement and profits off natural resources it steals from the DR Congo. In 2022, Rwanda invaded the Congo again with 500 soldiers along with the M23 rebels.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Maurice Carney (2022-06-17). "A Quarter Century of a Western-backed War of Aggression Against the Congolese People" Black Agenda Report. Archived from the original on 2022-08-22. Retrieved 2022-09-08.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Jeremy Kuzmarov (2021-04-06). "Still Unsolved: the Great Crime that Triggered the 1994 Rwandan Genocide" CovertAction Magazine. Archived from the original on 2022-11-15. Retrieved 2022-12-24.