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This long history has left a grim record: assassinated kings, exiled monarchs, overthrown presidents, and ruling parties that ...
Like most people in this part of Rwanda’s rural Rwamagana district, he is a farmer. Also like them, finances are strained; he never knows just how much he will make in a given month.
In the aftermath of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda faced enormous infrastructure challenges, including electricity access, which stood at only 1%. Today, as the country marks 31 years of ...
A Chance To Play (8:11) Women and girls playing basketball in poor and patriarchal villages of rural Rwanda used to be a rare sight. But as Mark Fainaru-Wada reports, thousands now enjoy the sport ...
In Rwanda, a country with not a single cancer specialist, 5-year-old Umulisa Husna Rutagengwa was lost. For months, she bounced among hospitals, as doctors searched for the cause of her fatigue ...
Nearly 20% of the world’s population has no electricity. Rachel Nuwer tells the story of a group of London graduates who have helped thousands of people in Africa access solar energy.