{"id":25151,"date":"2026-02-22T10:36:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25151"},"modified":"2026-02-22T12:36:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T07:06:46","slug":"rwanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/rwanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Rwanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Rwanda Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science &amp; Technology said India is ready to deepen its engagement with Rwanda in emerging technologies, innovation ecosystems and next-generation sectors including AI, biotechnology, and nuclear energy.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Rwanda<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Location:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a <\/span><b>landlocked country<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located south of the equator <\/span><b>in east-central Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>part of the<\/b> <b>Great Rift Valley region of Africa.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is often referred to as the <\/span><b>\u201cland of a thousand hills\u201d,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rwanda\u2019s landscape is mostly hilly and mountainous.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Borders:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It shares a border with the four nations of <\/span><b>Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Capital:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kigali<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Population:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The <\/span><b>Hutu and Tutsi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ethnic groups make up most of the country\u2019s population.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1><b>Geographical Features of Rwanda<\/b><\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Moutain Ranges:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Albertine Rift and Virunga.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Highest Peak:<\/b> <b>Mount Karisimbi<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is 4,507 m tall.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Major Rivers: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Two major African rivers, the <\/span><b>Nile and the Congo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, flow through Rwanda.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other major rivers are Kagera, Nyabarongo, Ruzizi, Luhwa, and Akanyaru.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Lake:<\/b> <b>Lake Kivu<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is located on the western border of the country with DRC.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Natural Resources:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Rwanda has a few deposits of gold, tin ore, tungsten ore, and methane.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pib.gov.in\/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=2231202&amp;reg=3&amp;lang=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">PIB<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rwanda is a landlocked East African country in the Great Rift Valley, famed as the \u201cLand of a Thousand Hills.\u201d Capital: Kigali. 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