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Africa Up Close: Rwanda: Miracle or Mirage?

Young techies are a growing sight on the streets of Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, where not long ago volunteers from an alphabet soup of development organizations once dominated. Indeed, the country’s growth story borders on the miraculous. Since the 1994 genocide, which led to an estimated 800,000 deaths and decimation of its national infrastructure, the Rwandan economy has grown exponentially...

(President Kagame leading a discussion during the 9th National Dialogue at Parliament. Photo courtesy of the Government of Rwanda Photo Credit: Flickr Commons)

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