Rwanda (/ruːˈɑːndə/ or /ruːˈændə/ (listen); Kinyarwanda:U Rwanda[u.ɾɡwanda]), officially the Republic of Rwanda (Kinyarwanda:Repubulika y'u Rwanda; French:République du Rwanda), is a sovereign state in central and east Africa and one of the smallest countries on the African mainland. Located a few degrees south of the Equator, Rwanda is bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Rwanda is in the African Great Lakes region and is highly elevated; its geography dominated by mountains in the west and savanna to the east, with numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate to subtropical, with two rainy seasons and two dry seasons each year.
Last week, the RwandaInvestigationBureau arrested ... According to a recent report by the Rwanda Mines, Petroleum and GasBoard mine accidents have killed at least 429 people and injured 272 in a period of five years ... Search suspended for 6 missing in southern Rwanda mine collapse.
According to a recent report by the RwandaMines, Petroleum and GasBoard (RMB), mine accidents have killed at least 429 people and injured 272 in a period of five years ... 10 arrested in connection with illegal mining disaster in southern Rwanda.
Mine accidents have killed at least 419 people while 272 were injured in a period of five years, a report by RwandaMines, Petroleum and GasBoard (RMB) on the status of illegal mining and accidents shows ....
...100% recycled aluminum in the Pixel while Fairphone uses ethically mined and smelted aluminum in the Fairphone 4 ... It also uses fair-trade materials, which means it pays more for things like gold and tungsten from Rwanda instead of buying gold mined under poor conditions elsewhere.
Being the second largest revenue earner in the country, the mining sector is undergoing a state of transition from artisanal to semi-mechanized mining, according to the regulatory body, the RwandaMines, Petroleum and GasBoard... 6 people trapped in mine in southern Rwanda.
My dream for them is that they will receive a good education.“The generosity of Trócaire supporters also helped to provide many more families like mine in Rwanda with the farming equipment they needed to improve their food production and sell at ...
Tensions ongoing for months between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo over rebel groups have brought the two countries to the brink of war again ... Eastern Congo, which borders several countries such as Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi, is also the region where dozens of precious metals like gold and cobalt are mined.
The best known is M23, which is among the most deadly in North Kivu and Ituri, two eastern mining provinces bordering Rwanda and Uganda. The Congolese government, United Nations experts and the European Union have accused Rwanda of backing the rebels, a charge Kigali denies.
China's influence on Africa was witnessed recently in Rwanda where the graduation ceremony of a new batch of military cadets followed the Chinese-style military parade... This is not the first time that Rwanda followed the Chinese-style military parade ... Similar instances of torturing locals were also reported from neighbouring Rwanda.
“The root cause of instability in eastern Congo is the security and governance failures of the Congolese government and the longtime involvement in the mining sector of the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, the genocidal militia that fled Rwanda in 1994, as well as ...
It’s almost 30 years since former-SAS soldier Andy McNab became a bestselling author with his blockbuster Bravo Two Zero, based on his experience of being taken prisoner in the 1991 Gulf War... "Until about eight or nine years ago, everything was a punt ... The action-adventure moves from the central bank of El Salvador to a tantalum mine in Rwanda ... .
10 ... Set in Burundi and shot in Rwanda, this tale of workers mining the coltan that we use for our laptops and cell phones and cameras, and awakening to the resistance necessary to overcome exploitation, employs phenomenal costume design, hair and makeup, lighting and photography to create a dazzlingly colorful and truly special cinematic art piece.