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 ...

A while ago, I wrote an article exploring the impact of language in enabling Rwanda’s young people to become more innovative. The feedback was passionate and diverse. One recurring theme was the ...

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 ...

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.

After his story was publicized in "Hotel Rwanda," Rusesabagina was hailed as a hero around the world. Former U.S. President George W. Bush gave him the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005, the ...

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.

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) wants a peace agreement with Rwanda -backed M23 rebels before a planned summit ...

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 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 ...