Paul Kagame is a Rwandan politician and former military officer who has been the fourth President of Rwanda since 2000. He was previously a commander of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF),a rebel armed force which invaded Rwanda in 1990. The RPF was one of the parties of the conflict during the Rwandan Civil War and the armed force which ended the Rwandan genocide. He was considered Rwanda's de facto leader when he was Vice President and Minister of Defence under President Pasteur Bizimungu from 1994 to 2000 after which the vice-presidential post was abolished.
The Interahamwe is a Hutu paramilitary organization active in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Uganda. The Interahamwe was formed around 1990 as the youth wing of the National Republican Movement for Democracy and Development,the then-ruling party of Rwanda,and enjoyed the backing of the Hutu Power government. The Interahamwe,led by Robert Kajuga,were the main perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide,during which an estimated 500,000 to 1,000,000 Tutsi,Twa,and moderate Hutus were killed from April to July 1994,and the term "Interahamwe" was widened to mean any civilian militias or bands killing Tutsi.
Landoald 'Lando' Ndasingwa was a Rwandan politician and businessman. He was killed on the first day of the Rwandan genocide.
The Rwanda Defence Force is the military of the Republic of Rwanda. The country's armed forces were originally known as the Rwandan Armed Forces (FAR),but following the Rwandan Civil War of 1990–1994 and the Rwandan genocide of 1994 against the Tutsi,the victorious Rwandan Patriotic Front (Inkotanyi) created a new organization and named it the Rwandan Patriotic Army (RPA). Later,it was renamed to its current name.
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 the rebel Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) from 1 October 1990 to 18 July 1994. The war arose from the long-running dispute between the Hutu and Tutsi groups within the Rwandan population. A 1959–1962 revolution had replaced the Tutsi monarchy with a Hutu-led republic,forcing more than 336,000 Tutsi to seek refuge in neighbouring countries. A group of these refugees in Uganda founded the RPF which,under the leadership of Fred Rwigyema and Paul Kagame,became a battle-ready army by the late 1980s.
The National University of Rwanda was the largest university in Rwanda. It was located at 2°36′58″S29°44′34″E in the city of Butare and was established in 1963 by the government in cooperation with the Congregation of the Dominicans from the Province of Quebec,Canada. Its founder and first rector was Father Georges-Henri Lévesque.
Presidential elections were held in Rwanda on 9 August 2010,the second since the Rwandan Civil War. Incumbent President Paul Kagame of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) was re-elected for a second seven-year term with 93% of the vote.
Jeannette Nyiramongi Kagame is the wife of Paul Kagame. She became the First Lady of Rwanda when her husband took office as President in 2000. Kagame is the founder and chairman of Imbuto Foundation,a non-profit organization whose mission is to support the development of a healthy,educated and prosperous society.
Alexis Kagame was a Rwandan philosopher,linguist,historian,poet and Catholic priest. His main contributions were in the fields of ethnohistory and "ethnophilosophy".
Rosemary Museminali is a Rwandan politician and diplomat,currently working for the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS),as its representative at the African Union and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa. Museminali is best known for her role as the Rwandan Minister of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation from 2005 until 2009. She has also served as the country's Minister of State for International Cooperation and as ambassador to the United Kingdom.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation,commonly known by the abbreviation MINAFFET,is the foreign ministry of the republic of Rwanda.
Aloisea Inyumba was a Rwandan politician,who was the country's Minister for Gender and Family Promotion and as executive secretary of the National Unity and Reconciliation Commission.
Chez Lando is a hotel and restaurant located in the Rwandan capital city,Kigali. The hotel was founded in the 1980s by prominent Rwandan businessman and politician Lando Ndasingwa,and his Canadian wife Hélène,who were both killed in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. Following Ndasingwa's death,the hotel was taken over by his sister Anne-Marie Kantengwa,who was a 2013 student on the IEEW's Peace Through Business program.
Various television networks,newspapers,and radio stations operate within Rwanda. These forms of mass media serve the Rwandan community by disseminating necessary information among the general public. They are regulated by the self-regulatory body.
Espérance Nyirasafari is a lawyer and politician in Rwanda,who serves as one of two Vice Presidents of the Senate of Rwanda,effective 17 October 2019. She was appointed to the Senate by the President of Rwanda,on 22 September 2019.
Francine Tumushime,is a Rwandan politician who serves as the cabinet minister of Lands and Forestry (Minilaf),since 31 August 2017. Honorable Francine TUMUSHIME was appointed as the Minister of Land and Forestry since 30 August 2017,with a mission to ensure sustainable protection,conservation and development of lands and forestry sectors.
Vincent Biruta is a Rwandan physician and politician serving as the Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation since November 2019. He previously served in various other positions in the Rwandan cabinet under Presidents Paul Kagame and Pasteur Bizimungu.
Dorothée Munyaneza is a British-Rwandan singer,actress,dancer and choreographer. She has produced two performance pieces,Samedi Détente and Unwanted,both about the Rwandan genocide.
