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Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017

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Read more about the article TIA – This is Africa
Village street scene

TIA – This is Africa

  • Post published:September 1, 2017
  • Post category:Africa/Madagascar/Malawi/Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017

TIA. We first heard this phrase at our 2017 starting point in Madagascar, and then repeatedly in other parts of Africa. Typically, local people used the phrase by way of an explanation when something failed…

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Read more about the article Jungle, forest, plains…and water of Rwanda
Akagera and Lake Ihema from burnt highland ridge

Jungle, forest, plains…and water of Rwanda

  • Post published:August 18, 2017
  • Post category:Africa/Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017/Video

Rwanda is a small country; it only needs about 4 to 5 hours of driving to cross it. But it contains a diverse array of national parks and reserves, from the mountainous jungle of Volcanoes…

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Read more about the article Election Day, Rwanda
Supporters of Kagame stream past us on the road

Election Day, Rwanda

  • Post published:August 13, 2017
  • Post category:Africa/Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017

Good leadership unites people and finds ways to improve all lives. President Paul Kagame has just won a third term to lead Rwanda, as he has since 2003. He is widely popular. As a refugee…

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Read more about the article Gorillas and the fourth wall
Even awakening and yawning, this silverback can frighten

Gorillas and the fourth wall

  • Post published:August 12, 2017
  • Post category:Africa/Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017/Video

Virunga. Perhaps you have read about this natural treasure and its notable inhabitants, the endangered gorilla. Perhaps you have seen documentaries or the movie, Gorillas in the Mist. We were willing to venture into the…

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Read more about the article Genocide in Rwanda – fire and water
Wall of names records some of the 250,000 killed nearby, Kigali Genocide Memorial

Genocide in Rwanda – fire and water

  • Post published:August 12, 2017
  • Post category:Africa/Rwanda, DRC & Burundi 2017

The bones and the charred clothing are all that remain...and the memories of the survivors. In just three months, the spring of 1994, the ruling party of Rwanda unleashed all out genocide against part of…

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