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Rwanda

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.

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Canada’s Treatment of Indigenous Peoples Was Cruel. But Calling It an Ongoing ‘Genocide’ Is Wrong

Quillette 12 Jul 2019

This was enough for one new machete for every third male.” In the case of Rwanda, a specific intent only can also be inferred through the operation of Radio Television Libre des Mille (RTLM), a nominally private station that was established and supported by the dominant Hutu elite....

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Algeria v Guinea: kick-off time, team news, head-to-head, form and more

Joy Online 07 Jul 2019

Guinea were impressive overall in qualification, maintaining an unbeaten record (W3 D3) in a group that contained 2015 AFCON winners Ivory Coast, Central African Republic and Rwanda ... There’s live radio commentary on Joy 99.7FM, post-match programs on Joy FM, JoyNews TV ......

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It’s time to change the climate disaster script. People need hope that things can change

The Observer 26 Jun 2019

“Hell is coming,” one weather forecaster tweeted this week, warning not of further political turmoil but of the hottest heatwave in decades that’s advancing across continental Europe ... Parliament has declared a climate emergency ... In post-war Rwanda a radio soap opera succeeded where other attempts to change relationships and interactions failed ... ....

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Freedom has rather enslaved Ghana’s mindset!!!

Joy Online 10 Jun 2019

As recently as 1994, Rwanda was a near-dead state ... In 1994, a reckless call to arms on radio in Kigali was enough to start the genocide that killed over 1 million Hutus and moderate Tutsis 1n 2019, the radio stations in Rwanda are now leading the charge for a Mindset Revolution which is fast-transforming that country....

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Today in History, June 1

This is Money 31 May 2019

Highlights in history on this date. ... Pemulwuy's head is cut off and sent to England ... 1944 - BBC Radio broadcasts coded message to warn French Resistance that D-Day invasion is imminent ... 2000 - A UN tribunal for Rwanda's 1994 genocide sentences a Belgian-born radio journalist to 12 years in prison for broadcasts that encouraged the slaughter ... ....

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Rwanda seeks $1.3b to finance standard gauge railway linking Tanzania

Ghana Business News 23 May 2019

Rwanda is looking for $1.3 billion to fund the construction of the proposed Isaka-Kigali standard gauge railway that links Rwanda and Tanzania, a senior Rwandan official said Tuesday ... speaking at a local radio station talk show....

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Rwanda seeks 1.3 bln USD to finance standard gauge railway linking Tanzania

Xinhua 21 May 2019

KIGALI, May 21 (Xinhua) -- Rwanda is looking for 1.3 billion U.S. dollars to fund the construction of the proposed Isaka-Kigali standard gauge railway that links Rwanda and Tanzania, a senior Rwandan official said Tuesday....

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A Single Global Standard for Internet Content Regulation Is a Recipe for Censorship

Quillette 06 May 2019

This is a contribution to “Who Controls the Platform?”—a multi-part Quillette series. Submissions related to this series may be directed to pitch@quillette.com ... This year marks the 25th anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, which was sparked during a period when incitement to mass extermination was amplified by radio transmissions ... Featured image ... ....

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Rwanda court repeals law banning satirical cartoons

Yahoo Daily News 24 Apr 2019

Freedom of expression remains a thorny issue in Rwanda, where hate-speech spread by Radio RTLM helped stir up ethnic tensions that lead to the genocide of more than 800,000 people. Many journalists and opposition politicians believe the level of censorship in modern Rwanda goes too far....

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Opinion | The moral abyss that jingoism will end up pushing India into

Live Mint 17 Apr 2019

As India’s Lok Sabha elections enter the next phase, leaders of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have appropriated patriotism and nationalism ... Jingoism is cringeworthy and banal ... Termites are from the same family as cockroaches—and 25 years ago, Radio Télévision Libre des Mille Collines in Rwanda referred to Tutsis as cockroaches to be exterminated....

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The enduring lesson of the Rwandan genocide

Daily Breeze 16 Apr 2019

Indeed, it made headlines only when the number of bodies floating into Lake Kivu, on Rwanda’s border with Burundi, caused international news outlets to realize something horrific was happening ... We have come to know, now, that Rwanda was very different ... Rwanda had more than 1 million members of the Tutsi ethnic group in April of 1994....

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In Rwanda, We Know All About Dehumanizing Language

The Atlantic 13 Apr 2019

... radio station RTLM—which stands for Radio Télévision Libre de Mille Collines —that illustrates the power of hate media. Rwanda had an official radio station, but Hutu hard-liners came up with the idea of creating a private radio station to carry incendiary anti-Tutsi propaganda....

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Inside the lab using mind-changing psychology experiments to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict

Quartz 13 Apr 2019

To read a man’s mind, first you have to outline his skull ... It took two scientist to slowly maneuver the apparatus into position around his head ... Betsy Paluck at Princeton University, who won a MacArthur “genius” grant following her work using radio to promote reconciliation in Rwanda, is one of just a handful conducting such experiments ... “Peace .” .......