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.
Conflict has arisen over the control of illicit trade in tin and gold as well as in coltan and tantalum — widely used in cell phones and computers — all mined in the DRC before being smuggled out through neighbouring Rwanda, Uganda and Burundi.
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He indicates that, “More than 250 local and 14 foreign armed groups are fighting for territory, mines, or other resources in the DRC’s five easternmost provinces.” Troops from Uganda, Rwanda, and Burundi are present.
...Rwanda ... Is Kagame’s plan to force the DRC government into a power-sharing agreement? That would give Rwanda access to and control of critical Congolese mines and business networks in North Kivu.
“Ivory Coast, DRC and Rwanda – The robust expansion in these nations is attributed to an increase in infrastructure investment, continuous development in tourism, good performance of the mining ...
The unelected House of Lords has yet again blocked the Rwanda deportation scheme on the day a record number of migrants crossed the Channel...It's now two years since the Rwanda plan was unveiled.
Josep Borrell, the European Union’s top diplomat, says the 27-member bloc has condemned offensives by the Rwanda-based M23 group as well as those executed by “other armed groups in eastern DRC”.
The president of the Democratic Republic of Congo said Thursday he was open to a dialogue with his Rwandan counterpart for peace but lashed out against an agreement recently signed between Rwanda and the European Union on mining.
Hutus form some 80 percent of Rwanda’s population ... But the Rwandan troops allegedly massacred Hutu populations, forcefully repatriated Tutsis, and took control of lucrative diamond and coltan mines in the resource-rich eastern region bordering Rwanda.
19 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda and the European Union (EU) signed an agreement on Monday aimed at boosting Rwanda's mining sector and contributing to the transition toward a greener, more sustainable global economy.
... sector a platform for advertisement and marketing of Rwanda’s investment opportunities like mining, real estate development, touristic facilities, technologies, and communication,” he said.
Envoys of Ghana, Egypt, Rwanda, and others have stressed that value addition to raw materials is key to economic development of the continent and attainment of the AfricanContinentFree Trade Area (AfCFTA) goals.
But they are often barred from entering the mines and relegated to lower-paying difficult jobs ... In Rwanda, a government-led initiative has provided miners with headlamps, improving personal safety for women in the underground mines.
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Congolese officials have repeatedly accused Rwanda of plundering their country’s natural resources ...The UN has previously documented how minerals mined in the DRC are smuggled into Rwanda where they are tagged as locally produced.