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The economy is managed by the central National Bank of Rwanda and the currency is the Rwandan franc; in June 2010, the exchange rate was 588 francs to the United States dollar. [25] Rwanda joined the East African Community in 2007 and there were plans for a common East African shilling , which it had been hoped would be in place by 2015, [ 26 ...
The Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) came to power in Rwanda after defeating the incumbent government in the Rwandan Civil War. The RPF's victory ended the 1994 Rwandan Genocide , known in Rwanda as the Genocide Against the Tutsi, during which 800,000-1,200,000 Rwandans lost their lives.
Post-Genocide phase: After the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, there were catastrophic results that followed and the bank continues to shoulder a burden of more than 50% of its portfolio constituting non- performing loans consequential from the 1994 genocide.
Kagame's rebel group, the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Front, managed to stop the killings, seized power and has since, as a political party, ruled Rwanda. Kagame's government and genocide survivor ...
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the start of the Rwanda genocide on April 7, 1994. A phoenix is rising from the ashes, writes Jonathan M. Hansen. Revisiting Rwanda 30 Years After the Genocide
The goals of the Gacaca courts are “to enable truth-telling,” “to promote reconciliation,” “to eradicate the culture of impunity,” “to speed up the trial of genocide suspects,” and “to demonstrate Rwanda’s own problem-solving capacity.” [17] [15] These courts "encourage offenders to confess, to express public apology, and ...
Rwanda's president on Sunday led commemorations to mark 30 years since the 1994 genocide that killed more than 1 million people and said the conditions that led to the slaughter would never be ...
After first failing to heed the warnings of organised mass killings, there is an overwhelming consensus that the international community then failed to recognise that genocide was occurring, delayed and equivocated over the use of the term "genocide", and finally, once the fact that genocide was occurring was beyond any doubt, failed to take ...