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Uganda |
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| Rwanda |
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| Burundi |
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THE
GREAT LAKES REGION -RWANDA |
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Rwanda is mainly known in the international
arena for the 1994 Genocide that claimed the lives of more
than one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus. The history of
Rwanda is complex. It is a tiny country with only three Ethnic
tribes: the Hutu, Tutsi and Twa. All tribes speak the same
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The current President His Excellency
Paul Kagame, an Anglophone was trained in Uganda where he
was exiled in the late 50’s when he was very young.
People say he started his life as a refugee in Uganda at 2
years of age.
Being a French colony has complicated issues with the current
government, whose majority are Anglophone, and bent towards
adopting English as the primary language because the President
doesn’t speak French well. The recent closure of the
French Embassy in Rwanda worsened the situation. In retaliation,
the French government is attempting to reorganize the perpetrators
of the 1994 genocide, who are roaming in the jungles of Congo,
to cause further mayhem.
Despite these problems, the current President has strategically
joined the East African community and is in the process of
being accepted in the common wealth countries. This will give
him a strong voice to help resolve the French / FDRL strategy
of reoccupying Rwanda forcefully.
In his strategy, he has indirectly positioned Laurent Nkunda
in Eastern DRC to occupy areas formerly used as FDRL bases.
This strategy seems to be working well for him, creating more
or less a buffer zone along the Rwanda-Congo border to make
sure that negative forces do not enter Rwanda again and destabilize
it.
Since 2000, Rwanda has enjoyed stability and economic growth.
Tourism is the main foreign exchange earner, beating coffee
and tea, the traditional foreign exchange earners. The government
of Rwanda has made great effort to promote tourism by creating
a first class infrastructure in all tourist destinations.
Recently, they paved the road from Ruhengeri to Kiningi, home
of the endangered Mountain gorillas. This is now the only
country in the region where you can now get to the National
park with ease.
Unlike other African countries, President Kagame has spearheaded
a ZERO tolerance campaign towards corruption and has initiated
many projects in the country without necessarily depending
on donor support. Rwanda's police forces are also the most
disciplined in Africa, if not the world.
Rwanda is positioning it self as the center of Excellency in the region, and one should not miss a visit here.
Some of the highlights we organize in Rwanda are:
- Nyungwe forest for chimpanzee and golden monkey treks
- Park National de volcanoes for MOUNTAIN GORILLA TREKKING,GOLDEN
MONKEY TREKKING , and visits to the Diane Fossey tomb.
- Visits to genocide memorial sites
- Cultural tours
- Visit to the museum in Butare
- Organizing attendance of the Gacaca courts that try
genocide suspects.
- Climbing Mount Karisimbi
- Volunteer placement
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