Rwanda

The Republic of Rwanda, is a small landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of east-central Africa,

bordered by Uganda, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Tanzania.

  • Home to approximately 9 million people, Rwanda supports the densest human populations in continental Africa.
  • A verdant country of fertile and hilly terrain, the small country bears the title “Land of a Thousand Hills”
  • The country has garnered international attention most markedly for the infamous 1994 genocide.
  • Most of the population is engaged in subsistence agriculture.