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Rwanda is a country in central and eastern Africa located a few degrees south of the Equator, bordered by Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. All of Rwanda is at high elevation, with a geography dominated by mountains in the west, savanna in the east, and numerous lakes throughout the country. The climate is temperate. The predominantly rural population of 11.7 million people forms three main groups: the Hutu, Tutsi, and Twa. After Rwanda was first settled by hunter-gatherers in the Stone and Iron Ages, the population coalesced into clans and then into a Tutsi-led kingdom. It was colonised by Europeans in the 19th century and gained independence from Belgium on 1 July 1962 after a Hutu revolt led to massacres of Tutsis and the establishment of a Hutu-dominated republic. In 1990 the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) launched a civil war, which was followed by the 1994 Rwandan Genocide, in which Hutu extremists killed an estimated 500,000 to 1 million Tutsi and moderate Hutu but were ultimately defeated by the RPF. The economy suffered during the genocide, but has since strengthened and depends heavily on subsistence agriculture. (more...)

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on July 1, 2012.

Did you know...

From articles I've written or significantly re-written:

...that the Lake Tanganyika passenger ferry MV Liemba began its life as a German warship in World War I, spent eight years on the bottom of the lake, and later inspired the enemy ship Empress Luisa in the film The African Queen?
...that Charlotte Wilson was murdered by Hutu rebels in Burundi during the Titanic Express massacre?
Rusumo Falls
...that Rusumo Falls was a significant site during the 1994 Rwandan genocide as thousands of dead bodies flowed underneath the bridge while a simultaneous stream of refugees crossed over it, fleeing into Tanzania to escape the fighting?
...that Transport in Rwanda centres around the road network, with 1000km of paved roads and 11,000km of dirt tracks?
...that Gustav Adolf von Götzen, a German explorer and Governor of German East Africa, was the first European to set foot in Rwanda?
...that Kigali International Airport was formerly named after Gregoire Kayibanda, the first Rwandan president, but was renamed as part of the reconciliation process after the 1994 Rwandan genocide?

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Mount Nyiragongo is a volcano, one of eight in the Virunga Mountains chain, in the Albertine (western) branch of the Great Rift Valley. It is located in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, about 19 km north of the town of Goma and the Lake Kivu and just west of the border with Rwanda. The main crater is 250 metres deep and 2 kilometres wide. Nyiragongo and nearby Nyamuragira are together responsible for 40% of Africa's historical volcanic eruptions. This picture shows the lava lake at the bottom of the main crater, which forms a glow visible more then 50 kilometres away and releases large quantities of gas.

My articles

Written / rewritten (non-stubs in bold):

A452 road · Antony Peebles · ACDI/VOCA · Association des Veuves du Genocide · Bourbon coffee · bvi · Charlotte Wilson (VSO) · Gahini · Gustav Adolf von Götzen · Kigali · Kigali International Airport · Kokrobite · Lake Muhazi · Maraba Coffee · Mgahinga Gorilla National Park · Mount Gahinga · Mount Huye · Mount Muhabura · Mount Sabyinyo · MV Liemba · Overthrow (cricket) · Preliminary English Test · Rusumo Falls · The EastAfrican · The New Times · Transport in Rwanda

Contributed to:

Kayonza · Mount Karisimbi · Nyagatare · Rwamagana · Rwanda · Share taxi · Volcanoes National Park · Water divide

Countries visited

#	Country	Year First Visited	#	Country	Year First Visited	#	Country	Year First Visited	#	Country	Year First Visited
1	United Kingdom	1978	11	Norway	1995	21	Ghana	2002	31	South Africa	2006
2	France	1980	12	Poland	1996	22	Rwanda	2003	32	Australia	2006
3	Belgium	1983	13	Slovakia	1996	23	Uganda	2003	33	Zambia	2007
4	Germany	1983	14	Andorra	1997	24	Kenya	2004	34	Italy	2010
5	Netherlands	1983	15	Turkey	1997	25	Tanzania	2005
6	Switzerland	1984	16	Luxembourg	1999	26	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2005
7	Austria	1990	17	United States	1999	27	Ivory Coast	2005
8	Ireland	1990	18	Portugal	2000	28	Burkina Faso	2005
9	Russia	1991	19	China	2001	29	Mali	2005
10	Spain	1993	20	Mongolia	2001	30	Burundi	2006