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Shooting down the official ‘truth’ about Rwanda. This essay was previously previewed in the March edition of spiked plus .

Shooting down the official ‘truth’ about Rwanda

At a news conference in Paris earlier this year, one of the most contentious issues in the recent history of Rwanda appeared to be approaching resolution: the identity of who shot down the plane carrying then Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana in 1994. This killing of Habyarimana was a turning point in Rwanda’s history. The World Factbook. Location: This entry identifies the country's regional location, neighboring countries, and adjacent bodies of water.

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Central Africa, east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, north of Burundi Geographic coordinates: This entry includes rounded latitude and longitude figures for the centroid or center point of a country expressed in degrees and minutes; it is based on the locations provided in the Geographic Names Server (GNS), maintained by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency on behalf of the US Board on Geographic Names. Map references: This entry includes the name of the Factbook reference map on which a country may be found.

Note that boundary representations on these maps are not necessarily authoritative. The entry on Geographic coordinates may be helpful in finding some smaller countries. Rwanda. "The Truth about Rwanda" by Louise Mushikiwabo. Exit from comment view mode.

"The Truth about Rwanda" by Louise Mushikiwabo

Click to hide this space KILGALI – Ongoing unrest between rival military factions in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has triggered a predictable barrage of innuendo, fabricated leaks, and outright lies regarding Rwanda’s role.