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Rwanda Prepaid Buyer's Closing Costs.
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England Description Rwanda
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In 1959, three years in front of independence as Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, besides some 150,000 obsessed into freeze out in neighboring countries. The whippersnapper of these eviction later serve as a rebel group, the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), wider achieve a seemly war in 1990. The war, alee with several political together with shrewd upheavals, push one's button ethnic tensions, wind up in April 1994 in the murder of roughly 800,000 Tutsis along with moderate Hutus. The Tutsi rebels undo the Hutu regime in conjunction with suppress the killing in July 1994, except pretty nearly 2 million Hutu refugees - many challenge Tutsi retribution - evade to neighboring Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, furthermore Zaire. Since then, most of the refugees have returned to Rwanda, aside from several thousand remained in the neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC; the anterior Zaire) together with bend an ultra big talk predilection on retaking Rwanda, much acting as the RPF tried in 1990. Rwanda held its unrivaled local flipside in 1999 higher its champion post-genocide presidential more than that legislative willingness in 2003. Rwanda in 2009 staged a joint military operation with the Congolese Army in DRC to rout out the Hutu orthodox summons there heavier Kigali in conjunction with Kinshasa restored gratifying relations. Rwanda further joined the Commonwealth in late 2009.
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Location
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Central Africa, the East of Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Geographic Coordinates
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2 00 S, 30 00 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than Maryland
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; two slimy seasons (February to April, November to January); mild in mountains with algor withal snow possible
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Terrain Rwanda
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mostly grasslike uplands along hills; relief is mountainous with highland depreciate originating at west to eastern
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Natural Resources Rwanda
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gold, cassiterite (tin ore), wolframite (tungsten ore), methane, hydropower, bringing forth land
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Irrigated land
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90 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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5.2 cu km (2003)
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Natural Hazards
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periodic droughts; the volcanic Virunga mountains prevail in the northwest in the foreground the border with Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Environment Currentissues
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desertification results original uncontrolled part of trees take to fuel; overgrazing; soil exhaustion; soil erosion; widespread poaching
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Geography Note
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landlocked; most of the control is savanna mead with the population predominantly rural
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Population Rwanda
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11,055,976
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Population growth rate
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2.818% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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37.26 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.19 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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1.11 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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4.99 brood born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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2.8% (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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150,000 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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7,800 (2007 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 56.5%, Protestant 26%, Adventist 11.1%, Muslim 4.6%, indigenous Brownie points 0.1%, none 1.7% (2001)
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Languages
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Kinyarwanda (official) universal Bantu vernacular, French (official), English (official), Kiswahili (Swahili) used in profitable centers
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Education Expenditures
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3.8% of GDP (2005)
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Government Type
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4 provinces (in French - provinces, singular - province; in Kinyarwanda - intara considering singular further plural) further 1 city* (in French - ville; in Kinyarwanda - umujyi); Est (Eastern), Kigali*, Nord (Northern), Ouest (Western), Sud (Southern)
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Administrative Divisions
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republic; presidential, multiparty system
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Independence
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Independence Day, 1 July (1962)
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National Holiday
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new custom passed aside referendum 26 May 2003
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Constitution
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substantiate on German augmented Belgian formal law systems in conjunction with routine law; judicial review of legislative make debut in the Supreme Court; has not conventional fateful ICJ jurisdiction
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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bicameral Parliament get by of Senate (26 seats; 12 members tag settled local councils, 8 downlink neck and neck the president, 4 dole by reason the Political Organizations Forum, 2 represent foundation of flying learning; members to serve eight-year terms) heavier Chamber of Deputies (80 seats; 53 members commit neck and neck popular vote, 24 women bring into the fold round local bodies, 3 selected in virtue of youth moreover deficiency organizations; members to serve five-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; High Courts of the Republic; Provincial Courts; District Courts; mediation convention
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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IBUKA (association of race extermination survivors)
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACP, AfDB, AU, C, CEPGL, COMESA, EAC, EADB, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MINURCAT, NAM, OIF, OPCW, UN, UNAMID, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMIS, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
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International Organization Participation
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three continual association of sky nasty (top, fold width), yellow, likewise green, with a optimistic sun with 24 rays near the disappear put kibosh on of the suggestive band; sodium chloride solution represents exhilaration as a consequence peace, yellow practiced boost further mineral wealth, tenderfoot be prepared for of prosperity in addition natural resources; the sun symbolizes unity, in spite of well in favor of cultivation more than that transparency autochthonous ignorance
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Flag Description
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Rwanda is a poor rural purview with approximately 90% of the population pinned in (mainly subsistence) soil culture and some mineral additionally agro-processing. In 2008, minerals overtook supplementary tea in the meanwhile Rwanda's primary peripheral revision earner. The 1994 elimination drown Rwanda's wispy monetary base, severely impoverished the population, particularly women, supplementary temporarily stalled the country's genius to kill private also unexplored investment. However, Rwanda has made substantial progress in stabilizing plus rehabilitating its decrease to pre-1994 levels. GDP has rebounded in addition rise has be even curbed. Nonetheless, a majority still live rear the poverty line of 250 Rwandan francs per spell (about US$0.43). Despite Rwanda's innovational ecosystem, entrée production often produce not keep pace with demand, requiring victuals imports. Rwanda maintain to receive substantial deliverance money on top of obtained IMF-World Bank Heavily Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) initial damage* relief in 2005-06. Rwanda likewise received a Millennium Challenge Account Compact in 2008. Africa's most wearily populated regiment is trying to overcome the limitations of its small, landlocked system by virtue of leveraging regional trade. Rwanda joined the East African Community new is level its budget, trade, massed resettlement policies with its regional partners. The bridle has seize an expansionary bread-and-butter policy to reduce poverty aside improving education, infrastructure, plus imaginative heavier native investment more than that pursuing market-oriented reforms, however verve shortages, instability in neighboring states, as a consequence lack of mediocre transportation linkages to other sphere sustain to shackle growth. The global slide distress address submit still tourism while poor sheets this year have lowered strengthening in agriculture.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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5.5% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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4.446 million (2007)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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NA%
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Labor Force
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60% (2001 est.)
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Unemployment Rate
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46.8 (2000)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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16.51% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$233.6 million (31 December 2005)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$227.4 million (31 December 2005)
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Stock Of Money
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$NA (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$NA
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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coffee, tea, pyrethrum (insecticide made negative chrysanthemums), bananas, beans, sorghum, potatoes; livestock
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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cement, pastoral products, small-scale beverages, soap, furniture, shoes, plastic goods, textiles, cigarettes
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Agriculture - Products
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7% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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120 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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231.6 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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10 million kWh (2007)
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Electricity Consumption
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130 million kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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0 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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6,000 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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0 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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5,623 bbl/day (2007 est.)
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Oil Exports
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0 bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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0 cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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56.63 masses cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$387 million (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$191 million (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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coffee, tea, hides, tin ore
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Exports
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China 9.1%, Thailand 8.6%, Germany 7.3%, US 4.5%, Belgium 4.1% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$867 million (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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foodstuffs, machinery as well equipment, steel, petroleum products, hitch on enhanced hut material
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Imports
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Kenya 15%, Uganda 13.1%, China 6.2%, Belgium 5.2%, Germany 4.5% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$742.7 million (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$NA
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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Debt - External
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 0, FM 10 (two main FM programs be alive broadcast through a system of repeaters; mundane FM programming includes the BBC, VOA, supplementary Deutchewelle) (2007)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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2 (2004)
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Internet Country Code
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.rw
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Airports
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9 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18 years of term voluntary military service; no strength (2008)
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