ocr: RWANDA 1 Official Name: Republic ofRwanda Capital: Kigali Population: 7 million Currency: Rwanda franc Official languages: French, Kinyarwanda DOAND) LYING JUST SOUTH OF THE EQUATORin N Rwanda east-central Africa,landlocked is 992 miles from the nearest: port. Since independence in 1962, ethnic tensions have Ruhengeri dominated politics. In 1994, the death of 2 the president of in ethnic a plane violence crashled in which to a Gisenyi breakout ane estimated 500,000 Rwandans Lac died. Over half of the surviving Kivu) populationis displaced; many in KIGALI are living in: refugee camps neighborin ...
