Notorious Tutsi warlord Gen Laurent Nkunda - who most analysts believe was backed by Rwanda - waged a campaign to destroy Hutu rebels from the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR).
Rumours abound that Rwanda and Uganda will soon come to blows again or that Rwanda will launch a new offensive against its Congolese enemies, thus reactivating the war.
In a world where Rwanda debuts in long-term market borrowing and pays 6.8% for a 10-year bond, as happened a few days ago, Portugal borrowing at 5.7% seems a smaller victory than one might originally have thought.
"Susan Rice didn't want a Rwanda on her hands, " said a senior Arab diplomat deeply involved in the negotiations.
The general, says one of them, had long ago gone rogue, putting his own interests ahead of those of a united Rwanda.
We incarcerate more people per capita than any other country by far, with Russia and Rwanda a distant second and third.
Back then the swimming pool was also a remarkable sight -- built in the shape of the African continent, with a sunken liquor bar all the way from Somalia to Rwanda, with a lifeguard station high above Liberia, of course.
While I believe he clearly grasped the moral implications of not allowing a Rwanda to take place on his watch, he also knew that the United States can no longer serve as the top cop in the world with the burden of doing everything on our own.
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On a return trip to Rwanda last week, we saw ample evidence in Kigali: a new and fully-leased 20-story skyscraper, tower cranes that punctuate the skyline, and shiny metal roofs in rural areas that attest to growing household income. (Rwanda raised one million people out of poverty between 2006 and 2011.) Agricultural cooperatives improve efficiency and productivity.
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But Ghana could still go through with a draw in Kigali against Rwanda in the last qualifying game because of a superior goal difference.
Last year, a U.N. report accused Uganda and Rwanda of backing the M23, a charge denied by both countries.
Last year, a U.N. report accused Uganda and Rwanda of backing the M23, a charge fiercely denied by both countries.
The typical rural clinic in Rwanda is a lot farther than Mayange's from the electric grid.
Its latest phase began in 1998, when Rwanda engineered a rebellion in eastern Congo, then invaded.
Rwanda, a poor country in the heart of Africa, has cut maternal deaths by 60% since 2000.
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Local side Club Africain will host APR of Rwanda in a delayed African Champions League first-round tie.
Service in Rwanda is a dream for both me, and my partner John.
He'd visited the U.S. as part of Team Rwanda, a fledgling race team sponsored by benefactors including mountain bike pioneer Tom Ritchey.
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If we look back to 2000, the year of our first Mothers' Index, Rwanda had a very high rate of female representation in government.
Women also made advances into the political arena, to such a degree that Rwanda now has the highest percent of female congressional legislators in the world.
In Bukavu, the eastern capital of South Kivu, close to the frontier with Rwanda, a variety of people are now inclined to take a pro-Kabila line.
On a continent in which power tends to coagulate at the top and rarely spreads to regional and local levels, Rwanda preaches a gospel of free enterprise and private sector job creation.
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Katherine Nichol, who works at Plan Rwanda, a non-governmental organisation which promotes girls' education in rural areas, says that the scope of the problem might be even worse than outlined in the report.
To successive American administrations in the 1990s, dealing with Somalia, Rwanda, a nuclear-capable North Korea, UN Security Council divisions over weapons inspections in Iraq, the spreading violence of al-Qaeda and the rise of China, the new world order seemed more like chaos and disorder.
However, a census carried out recently by the wildlife authorities of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda has revealed a bright spot.
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If the M23 then struck a deal involving special privileges, Rwanda would acquire, through its unofficial alliance with the M23, a wider sphere of influence in an area rich in minerals.
Internal and external dissatisfaction with Kabila gradually grew until 1998, when a new rebel group -- again backed by Rwanda and Uganda -- formed and a second conflict broke out.
So, for example, Rwanda exploded under a dictator who was afraid of losing power.
While most African nations talked about a digital divide, Rwanda was busy bridging it.
They linked up with other groups opposed to a Tutsi-led Rwanda and its ally Uganda.
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