POPULATION:	6 million
LITERACY RATE:	46%
SELF DEFENSE FORCES:	Rwandan Armed Forces
LANGUAGES:	Kinyarwanda (official), French (official), Kiswahili used in commercial centers
ETHNIC GROUPS:	Tutsis, Hutu and Twa
BORDERING COUNTRIES:	Burundi, Tanzania, Uganda, Zaire

RWANDA- Its physical beauty is in stark contrast to its violent nature.  Civil war, tribal war, and war with neighboring countries  have been for the most part non stop for the last 50 years.  Its civil and tribal wars were usually caused by conflict between the Hutu the Tutsi's, and ended finally when the coutnry was overthrown once and for all by the Tutsi Army, and the last of the Hutu leaders were publically executed in 2015.  Although it was not a move well taken, the Tutsi president, Koval Nyassira immediately put a temporary end to inner conflict by attempting to invade Uganda to the north.

This war spreads back and forth over the borders with each side gaining and losing ground constantly.  Now that Uganda is backed by the EEC Rwanda has been stepping back the attacks, although recent backing by the Chinese may spell another turn in the conflict.  Still the war rages on, and the rest of the Rwandan borders are closed to all but Burundi and Zaire.

Despite the natural beauty of Rwanda, and its diverse though relatively small landscapes ranging from the mountains and volcanoes, to the grasslands and jungles, Rwanda is heavily cultivated, and extremely overcrowded.  Ecologically the country is in shambles, and Rwanda is one of the few contries in Africa where poaching is uncontrolled (especially since the Rwandan military does most of the poaching themselves).  No one in their right mind travels voluntarily to Rwanda, avoid it at all costs.