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Rwandan, Ugandan Officials to Meet Over Normalizing Relations
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Southern Africa: SADC Ministers Hail Organisation's Financial Situation
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Covid-19 variants are driving a surge in infections across Africa - WHO | News24
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Burundi: Nkurunziza Could Have Won Gold, but Left Without a Medal
Pierre Nkurunziza had only a few weeks to go as president of Burundi, before handing over power to his recently elected successor, Evariste
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Kenya: Rwanda, a Darling of Kenyan Banks With Regional Footprint
[East African] KCB's increased investment in Banque Populaire du Rwanda Plc (BPR) signals the increasing attraction of the landlocked country's banking industry to Kenyan lenders.
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Rwanda: COVID-19 - Govt Urges Vigilance as Rusizi Is Put Under Special Supervision
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Africa: Kenya Vs. Djibouti - Who Will Represent Africa On the UN Security Council?
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Congo-Kinshasa: DRC Soldiers Must Not Be Able to Attack Journalists With Impunity, RSF Says
Press Release - Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on the authorities in the Democratic Republic of Congo to quickly identify and punish the soldiers who broke into a journalist's home this week in one of the two northeastern provinces where a state of siege in effect for the past six weeks is
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Rwanda
Rwanda ro͝oän´dä [key], officially Republic of Rwanda, republic (2005 est. pop. 8,441,000), 10,169 sq mi (26,338 sq km), E central Africa. It borders on Congo (Kinshasa) in the west, on Uganda in the north, on Tanzania in the east, and on Burundi in the south. Kigali is the capital and largest
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