Countries

Rwanda

Rwanda is a small, landlocked country of green hills in East Africa's Great Lakes region. Independent from Belgium since 1962, it rebuilt after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi, and its volcanic northwest shelters mountain gorillas.

Rows of tea bushes covering steep green hills beside a winding road in western Rwanda

Tea terraces in Rutsiro District

Photo: Emmanuelkwizera, CC BY-SA 4.0

Blue for happiness and peace, yellow for economic development, green for the hope of prosperity, and the sun for enlightenment. Adopted in 2001.

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