Rwanda
a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
Other words from Rwanda
- Rwandan, adjective, noun
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How to use Rwanda in a sentence
Kanimba, 29, is now speaking out loudly and emphatically as the daughter of Paul Rusesabagina, manager of the place known as the Hotel Rwanda.
She escaped the genocide in Rwanda. Now, 27 years later, she can’t escape its politics. | Petula Dvorak | February 25, 2021 | Washington PostThe deputy position—an important role because it is effectively the commission’s chief operating officer—went to Rwanda’s Dr Monique Nsanzabaganwa.
The African Union selects a female economist to lead its reform for the first time | Linda Darkwa | February 14, 2021 | QuartzIn Rwanda, Ampersand is introducing a fleet of electric motorcycle taxis.
Rwanda already has an online business registration system that allows entrepreneurs to start businesses in less than half the time it takes in rich Western countries.
While other countries debated on drones, Rwanda was already figuring out how to use them to deliver blood and medicine to clinics across the country.
Agnes Kalibata, the UN's Food Systems Chief, on How Science Can Transform Farming to Help Save the Planet | Aryn Baker | January 28, 2021 | Time
In Rwanda, as we watched the young fathers hold their babies, we saw a contented look in their eyes.
How Good Dads Can Change the World | Gary Barker, PhD, Michael Kaufman | January 6, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThere were stories of distant strife, in Bosnia, Rwanda, and Northern Ireland, and those stories had the whiff of a different era.
These formations streamed from Rwanda with the same hopeless shuffle as they did from Bosnia and now as they do from Syria.
Who can watch the movie Hotel Rwanda and not wish it had a different outcome?
Blackwater Founder Wants to Fight Ebola, ISIS, and for the GOP to ‘Get Off Their Ass’ | Asawin Suebsaeng | September 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis was in the wake of the genocidal Hutu-Tutsi war in neighboring Rwanda.
Catholic Nuns Aiding Africa's Battered Wives Are Raped and Murdered | Barbie Latza Nadeau | September 10, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
British Dictionary definitions for Rwanda
/ (rʊˈændə) /
a republic in central Africa: part of German East Africa from 1899 until 1917, when Belgium took over the administration; became a republic in 1961 after a Hutu revolt against the Tutsi (1959); fighting between the ethnic groups broke out repeatedly after independence, culminating in the genocide of Tutsis by Hutus in 1994. Official languages: Kinyarwanda, English, French, and Swahili. Religion: Roman Catholic, African Protestant, Muslim, and animist. Currency: Rwanda franc. Capital: Kigali. Pop: 12 012 589 (2013 est). Area: 26 338 sq km (10 169 sq miles): Former name (until 1962): Ruanda
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Cultural definitions for Rwanda
[ (roo-ahn-duh) ]
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