Since then, Rwanda has been trying to repair its civic life after the genocide, and that struggle, in part, has led to a change in language. The Rwandan government wants to replace French with ...

In December, Rwanda’s government announced that all Rwandan primary schools should teach in English, a language many teachers in the country cannot understand or speak. This is the third time in ...

Gisele Emerusenge’s journey into sign language began as a quiet calling—one that would grow into a lifelong mission to bridge the gap between the hearing and the deaf. Born in Burundi in 1993, her ...

LOUD SOUND MUSIC: (Rapping in non-English language). SUMMERS: Rwandan rap music didn't really exist. People loved the American hip-hop sounds of the '90s.

A male silverback mountain gorilla from the family of mountain gorillas named Amahoro, which means “peace” in the Rwandan language, sits in the dense forest in Volcanoes National Park.

VOLCANOES NATIONAL PARK, Rwanda – Deep in Rwanda's steep-sloped forest, the mountain gorillas look both endearing and intimidating. A tourist might feel conflicting impulses to shy away and ...

President Donald Trump signed a major minerals agreement with Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week as ...

Although more than 99% of Rwandans speak Kinyarwanda – a Bantu language and the country’s mother tongue – Rwanda has three other official languages: French, English and Swahili.

As part of that effort, the Rwandan government says that schools must begin to conduct classes in English, an effort to help Rwanda become a part of the global economic community.

Since then, Rwanda has been trying to repair its civic life after the genocide, and that struggle, in part, has led to a change in language. The Rwandan government wants to replace French with ...

Since the genocide in Rwanda in 1994, the Rwandan government has worked to unify the country's conflicted Hutu and Tutsi heritages and rebuild the economy. As part of that effort, the Rwandan ...