Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Kigeli III Ndabarasa (reigned 1765–1792) was a warrior Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda during the eighteenth century. The son of Cyilima II Rujugira, he was raised to be co-ruler by his father before attaining the throne on his death in 1765 or 1786.
Rwanda Television (RTV, formerly TVR) is the oldest television channel in Rwanda. Owned by the Rwanda Broadcasting Agency (RBA) which also owns Radio Rwanda , the channel airs programming in the country's national languages of Kinyarwanda (RBA)-Kigali Channel 2 (KC2).
Fred Gisa Rwigema (also sometimes spelled Rwigyema; born Emmanuel Gisa; 10 April 1957 – 2 October 1990) was a Rwandan military officer and revolutionary.He was the founder of the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), a political and rebel group formed by Rwandan Tutsi exile descendants of those forced to leave the country after the 1959 Hutu Revolution.
Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007, and has ratified a plan for monetary union amongst the seven member nations, [176] which could eventually lead to a common East African shilling. [177] Rwanda is a country of few natural resources, [134] and the economy is based mostly on subsistence agriculture by local farmers using simple ...
Mibambwe I Sekarongoro I Mutabazi was, according to tradition, Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda who was supposed to have ruled in the fifteenth century. He was able to expand the borders of the Kingdom of Rwanda, due in part to his heroic actions when fighting. In one instance during his youth, he suffered from crucial injuries which he had ...
African Public Radio (Radio Publique Africaine or RPA) is a public radio station in Burundi.In 2009, Le Monde described it as "one of the most widely listened-to stations in the country". [1]
Ruganzu II Ndoli was Mwami of the Kingdom of Rwanda from 1510 until death in 1543. He was the son of King Ndahiro II Cyamatare and Nyirangabo-ya-Nyantaba. [1] Ruganzu II is the most renowned king of Rwanda. He was a great warrior and was alleged to have performed miracles. His life and reign pervade many legends in the history of Rwanda.
Kigeli V Ndahindurwa (born Jean-Baptiste Ndahindurwa; 29 June 1936 – 16 October 2016) was the last ruling King of Rwanda, from 28 July 1959 until the end of the UN-mandate with Belgian administration and the declaration of an independent Republic of Rwanda 1 July 1962.