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I hear Rwanda dropped French in favor of English as the official language in 2008? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.200.51 ( talk) 10:20, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Yes, English is the main language and No, French was not dropped as an official language. (They both are official languages together with Swahili.) But still, Kinyarwanda, the native language, is the most spoken language. Vixalien ( talk) 23:01, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
I have copied two paragaphs of the history section of this article across to Banyarwanda, with this diff. I will be modifying that text to adapt it to the specific topic, but noting the copy here per WP:COPYWITHIN. Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 11:55, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Amnesty International is also critical, saying that genocide ideology laws have been used to "silence dissent, including criticisms of the ruling RPF party and demands for justice for RPF war crimes" and links to footnote NO. 71, Amnesty International 2010.
But there's no link to the actual source, only one similar is Amnesty International (2012). "Human Rights in Republic of Rwanda". Retrieved 2014-04-16., but the year doesn't match.
And I also can't found the actual quote "silence dissent, including criticisms of the ruling RPF party and demands for justice for RPF war crimes" within the 2012 article.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 03:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
But there's one more problem I didn't found solution about the education section, there's one line I can't found the source, and I add citation needed already.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 11:45, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, since this is an FA class article I wanted to make it clear that I just added a paragraph on the country's military to the Government section. There was nothing on it before but there was a link at the top of the section to the military's wiki page as the main article reference. Monopoly31121993 ( talk) 13:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I've noticed that the sport section, the education section and parts of the health section of the article have some sourcing and POV/balance issues. In the sport section, there's what seems like a disproportionate focus on cricket and the cricket material lacks citations. In the education section, the detail about XO-XS laptops seems a bit disproportionate given the relatively short length of the section as a whole. In the health section, there's the passage "45 percent of women between the ages of 15 to 49, use family planning methods. This comes as no surprise as Rwanda women on average, give birth to 4.6 children throughout their lifetime (RDHS 2010)". "This comes as no surprise" doesn't sound that encyclopedic, and the citation needs to be replaced with a full footnote reference. Later in the section, there's a sub-heading "Millennium Development Goal 6", but what MDG6 is isn't explained. There may well be other issues with the article - I just spotted these in a quick scan when I was updating material about the University of Rwanda - but I'm concerned that these alone threaten the article's FA status. Cordless Larry ( talk) 10:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Amakuru, do you think you'll have time to look at this any time soon? I don't mean to put this all on you (I've posted at WikiProject Rwanda too), but it would be good to make some more progress towards ensuring the article's FA status isn't threatened. Cordless Larry ( talk) 11:03, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
The article states that 'The Berlin Conference of 1884 assigned the territory to Germany as part of German East Africa, marking the beginning of the colonial era', but the History of Rwanda article states that 'Unlike much of Africa, Rwanda and the Great Lakes region was not decided by the 1884 Berlin Conference. Rather the region was divided in an 1890 conference in Brussels'. This should be corrected. Also, I assume the 1890 conference is the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty - but I think this treaty was signed in Berlin, see source. Ssu ( talk) 05:55, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Alexander Domanda is insisting on adding a figure of 1 million Anglicans to the article, without a source. I have raised this on his user talk page, but there has been no response. In edit summaries, Alexander is referring to Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, where the figure appears but is unsourced. Cordless Larry ( talk) 18:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Even though I don't have any sources, I disapprove of these figures as a Rwandan resident. According to my mind, The Catholics are almost half of the population and the Protestants and Islamists making up the rest. The majority of protestants are ADEPR (Association of Protestant Evangelists in Rwanda) and EPR (Protestant Evangelists in Rwanda) There is very little space left for Anglicans. But this could be possible too, because Anglicans were among the first to establish churches in the country. Vixalien ( talk) 22:59, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
According to this news "National Assembly has adopted a law to make Swahili an official language of the country. The text will however have to be submitted to the Senate before being accented to by President Paul Kagame". So, until confirmation of adoption this law by Senate and the President, as well as publication this low in official gazette, we can't say that Swahili is official language of Rwanda. Aotearoa ( talk) 19:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
I would also like to add that this does not remove French as an official language according to this source. While some sources say that French has been removed, these claims may be dubious until further information arises. - Anonymous — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:C640:4C00:F9EB:DE6D:1A1D:6157 ( talk) 18:05, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
Swahili has now been approved as one of the country's official languages (Although it is rarely used in official or casual scenarios, I believe it was approved to integrate Rwanda well into the East African community) and no, French has not been dropped as an official language (Nor do I think it will ever be dropped, as it holds a special place in Rwandans' hearts and is more mastered overall by the Rwandans despite it's negation in use in Official scenarios and being taught in school) Vixalien ( talk) 22:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
When did Rwanda change its name from "Rwandese Republic" to "Republic of Rwanda"? – Illegitimate Barrister ( talk • contribs), 02:52, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
I realised that my edit summary could be lost to the ether, so I am posting it here.
As one can gather by me posting this here, I was unable to currently change the reference formatting style to that of the main style the rest of the article conforms to. Could some individual swoop in and format the references? Refer to the page's edit history here to see what I have changed.
JoshMuirWikipedia ( talk) 10:01, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Just in case anyone here is interested, I've put the above article up for FAC today, in the hope of getting some feedback on it. If people here have the time and inclination, please could you have a look over it? Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 12:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Considering splitting the intro up. Is a bit dense. Prefer for contents to be near the top MrBojang ( talk) 12:42, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
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Hello, is this fermented yoghurt drink the same as kefir? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.153.14.13 ( talk) 15:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
"Sexuality" seems like the wrong section name here. The topic seems to focus on Homosexuality (not "Sexuality" as a whole, or Sexuality statistics or anything) and even mentions transgender rights, which don't fall under the scope of "Sexuality"—I would recommend this be changed to "LGBT rights" or something. Since this is an FA I'm posting here rather than making the change myself. Aza24 ( talk) 00:12, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
It was mentioned earlier on this talk page that Swahili has been added to the official languages of Rwanda. However, I couldn't find any citation for such. The constitution of Rwanda clearly states that the official languages of the country are Kinyarwanda, French and English. Until such proof is given that Swahili has been added to that list through a separate law, it should not be listed as official. Prometheus.II ( talk) 14:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
UPDATE: I've found an AFP factcheck article about the law to make Swahili an official language. It seems that it was indeed duly added to the list. I'll include this citation in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prometheus.II ( talk • contribs) 14:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
The demographics for Rwanda in the infobox are currently the 1994 stats. Call it a hunch, but I think the population demographics may have been somewhat altered in 1994 in Rwanda. In need of some updating. Volvlogia ( talk) 17:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
There is new data from the NISR from the 2022 population census. The population is now at 13,246,394. There's more data in the key figures PDF linked. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vixalien ( talk • contribs) 07:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
References
Hi, just a suggestion, many country articles have sections or subsections for 'science and technology', this could be a section on this article as well.
Thanks
John Cummings ( talk) 11:52, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Repubulique du Rwanda. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 13#Repubulique du Rwanda until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Sun8908 Talk 09:29, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
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The "10th largest city" actually links to a city in Tanzania. The only thing I could find in Rwanda named Nzega is a hill with no buildings on it, and unnamed villages nearby. I tried to remove it, but it was replaced with an auto-generated placeholder, so I reverted. The cited source is an Excel spreadsheet listing five cities, only four of which are in the article, with populations not resembling what the article states. I hope someone can fix that table; I don't know how. 伟思礼 ( talk) 00:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate the massive amount of work that has gone into the article and attempting to keep it up to date, but I just don't see how it meets the FA criteria currently. At least one section has an "update" banner, and large parts of the article are stuck 5-10 years ago (understandable given that the FAC was in 2012 and the last FAR in 2015). Additionally, I think the article's sourcing needs improvement, I am listing sources that I don't think should be used in an FA (some are tagged better source needed in the article):
Overall, my sense is that the article relies too much on news/press sources and official statistics, without enough independent scholarship/analysis to figure out which of these number are accurate, informative, and important and to put them in appropriate context. A related issue is the "he said, she said" approach rather than focusing on verifiable facts that independent RS agree on.
Additionally, a number of important facts about Rwanda are not mentioned in this article, for example the role of foreign aid in Rwanda's government budget and economic growth, Rwanda's role in DRC civil war and illegal mining in DRC, etc. despite being significant parts of the Rwandan economy. ( t · c) buidhe 03:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I did some research recently to improve the page but my changes were cancelled because I have a COI (I work at UNESCO). I'm reposting them here because I think they're interesting additions, concerning the actions of the international community. The mention of biosphere reserves seems necessary. About the journalist, I could put it in a sub article, but he was a very important journalist. It would be very kind of someone to read them and give me their opinion.
"World Biosphere reserve
In 2020, Gishwati-Mukura National Park was designated a World Biosphere Reserve.
According to Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, in the Rwandan reserves, "species conservation succeeds when local communities are placed at the heart of the conservation strategy. Measures to protect biodiversity must go hand in hand with measures that meet the needs of these local communities". [1] In Rwanda, the cost of a visit to see the gorillas is $1,500 per person. Under Rwandan law, 10% of these revenues must be returned to the community, which represents around 10 million euros invested in the construction of schools, roads and drinking water supplies. In 1980, there were just 250 mountain gorillas; today there are 1,063, 80% of them in Rwanda. [2]"
"Media and communications
John Williams Ntwali - investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of The Chronicles newspaper - died in suspicious circumstances in January 2023. According to the NGO Human Rights Watch, "John Williams Ntwali played a crucial role for many victims of human rights violations in Rwanda, and was often the only journalist who dared to report on issues of political persecution and repression ". [3] UNESCO Director Audrey Azoulay called on the authorities "to initiate a full and transparent investigation". [4]"
E.poul (
talk)
14:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
The side box gives Population as 14,300,291 (est.), Area as 26,338 km2 and Density as 470/km2. However, 14,300,291 / 26,338 = 543/km2; at least one of the three numbers must be incorrect.
NB: There is also an inconsistency with /info/en/?search=List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density 78.209.204.207 ( talk) 20:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 in the list of top 10 cities by population Nzega links to a city by the same name in Tanzania. Nzega Rwanda is fairly sparsely documented online and doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but the current link should be removed. 166.48.84.22 ( talk) 14:53, 1 June 2024 (UTC)
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I hear Rwanda dropped French in favor of English as the official language in 2008? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.89.200.51 ( talk) 10:20, 7 April 2014 (UTC)
Yes, English is the main language and No, French was not dropped as an official language. (They both are official languages together with Swahili.) But still, Kinyarwanda, the native language, is the most spoken language. Vixalien ( talk) 23:01, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
I have copied two paragaphs of the history section of this article across to Banyarwanda, with this diff. I will be modifying that text to adapt it to the specific topic, but noting the copy here per WP:COPYWITHIN. Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 11:55, 18 January 2014 (UTC)
Amnesty International is also critical, saying that genocide ideology laws have been used to "silence dissent, including criticisms of the ruling RPF party and demands for justice for RPF war crimes" and links to footnote NO. 71, Amnesty International 2010.
But there's no link to the actual source, only one similar is Amnesty International (2012). "Human Rights in Republic of Rwanda". Retrieved 2014-04-16., but the year doesn't match.
And I also can't found the actual quote "silence dissent, including criticisms of the ruling RPF party and demands for justice for RPF war crimes" within the 2012 article.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 03:16, 16 April 2014 (UTC)
But there's one more problem I didn't found solution about the education section, there's one line I can't found the source, and I add citation needed already.-- Jarodalien ( talk) 11:45, 22 April 2014 (UTC)
Hi, since this is an FA class article I wanted to make it clear that I just added a paragraph on the country's military to the Government section. There was nothing on it before but there was a link at the top of the section to the military's wiki page as the main article reference. Monopoly31121993 ( talk) 13:34, 2 July 2014 (UTC)
I've noticed that the sport section, the education section and parts of the health section of the article have some sourcing and POV/balance issues. In the sport section, there's what seems like a disproportionate focus on cricket and the cricket material lacks citations. In the education section, the detail about XO-XS laptops seems a bit disproportionate given the relatively short length of the section as a whole. In the health section, there's the passage "45 percent of women between the ages of 15 to 49, use family planning methods. This comes as no surprise as Rwanda women on average, give birth to 4.6 children throughout their lifetime (RDHS 2010)". "This comes as no surprise" doesn't sound that encyclopedic, and the citation needs to be replaced with a full footnote reference. Later in the section, there's a sub-heading "Millennium Development Goal 6", but what MDG6 is isn't explained. There may well be other issues with the article - I just spotted these in a quick scan when I was updating material about the University of Rwanda - but I'm concerned that these alone threaten the article's FA status. Cordless Larry ( talk) 10:00, 8 April 2015 (UTC)
Amakuru, do you think you'll have time to look at this any time soon? I don't mean to put this all on you (I've posted at WikiProject Rwanda too), but it would be good to make some more progress towards ensuring the article's FA status isn't threatened. Cordless Larry ( talk) 11:03, 25 May 2015 (UTC)
The article states that 'The Berlin Conference of 1884 assigned the territory to Germany as part of German East Africa, marking the beginning of the colonial era', but the History of Rwanda article states that 'Unlike much of Africa, Rwanda and the Great Lakes region was not decided by the 1884 Berlin Conference. Rather the region was divided in an 1890 conference in Brussels'. This should be corrected. Also, I assume the 1890 conference is the Heligoland–Zanzibar Treaty - but I think this treaty was signed in Berlin, see source. Ssu ( talk) 05:55, 28 September 2015 (UTC)
Alexander Domanda is insisting on adding a figure of 1 million Anglicans to the article, without a source. I have raised this on his user talk page, but there has been no response. In edit summaries, Alexander is referring to Province of the Anglican Church of Rwanda, where the figure appears but is unsourced. Cordless Larry ( talk) 18:22, 30 November 2015 (UTC)
Even though I don't have any sources, I disapprove of these figures as a Rwandan resident. According to my mind, The Catholics are almost half of the population and the Protestants and Islamists making up the rest. The majority of protestants are ADEPR (Association of Protestant Evangelists in Rwanda) and EPR (Protestant Evangelists in Rwanda) There is very little space left for Anglicans. But this could be possible too, because Anglicans were among the first to establish churches in the country. Vixalien ( talk) 22:59, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
According to this news "National Assembly has adopted a law to make Swahili an official language of the country. The text will however have to be submitted to the Senate before being accented to by President Paul Kagame". So, until confirmation of adoption this law by Senate and the President, as well as publication this low in official gazette, we can't say that Swahili is official language of Rwanda. Aotearoa ( talk) 19:20, 28 February 2017 (UTC)
I would also like to add that this does not remove French as an official language according to this source. While some sources say that French has been removed, these claims may be dubious until further information arises. - Anonymous — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2605:A000:C640:4C00:F9EB:DE6D:1A1D:6157 ( talk) 18:05, 15 June 2017 (UTC)
Swahili has now been approved as one of the country's official languages (Although it is rarely used in official or casual scenarios, I believe it was approved to integrate Rwanda well into the East African community) and no, French has not been dropped as an official language (Nor do I think it will ever be dropped, as it holds a special place in Rwandans' hearts and is more mastered overall by the Rwandans despite it's negation in use in Official scenarios and being taught in school) Vixalien ( talk) 22:54, 10 February 2021 (UTC)
When did Rwanda change its name from "Rwandese Republic" to "Republic of Rwanda"? – Illegitimate Barrister ( talk • contribs), 02:52, 17 May 2018 (UTC)
I realised that my edit summary could be lost to the ether, so I am posting it here.
As one can gather by me posting this here, I was unable to currently change the reference formatting style to that of the main style the rest of the article conforms to. Could some individual swoop in and format the references? Refer to the page's edit history here to see what I have changed.
JoshMuirWikipedia ( talk) 10:01, 30 May 2018 (UTC)
Just in case anyone here is interested, I've put the above article up for FAC today, in the hope of getting some feedback on it. If people here have the time and inclination, please could you have a look over it? Thanks — Amakuru ( talk) 12:10, 2 October 2018 (UTC)
Considering splitting the intro up. Is a bit dense. Prefer for contents to be near the top MrBojang ( talk) 12:42, 1 November 2018 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place as to whether Portal:Rwanda is suitable for inclusion in Wikipedia according to Wikipedia's policies and guidelines or whether it should be deleted.
The page will be discussed at Wikipedia:Miscellany for deletion/Portal:Rwanda until a consensus is reached, and anyone is welcome to contribute to the discussion. The nomination will explain the policies and guidelines which are of concern. The discussion focuses on high-quality evidence and our policies and guidelines.
Users may edit the page during the discussion, including to improve the page to address concerns raised in the discussion. However, do not remove the deletion notice from the top of the page. North America 1000 01:45, 21 August 2019 (UTC)
Hello, is this fermented yoghurt drink the same as kefir? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.153.14.13 ( talk) 15:06, 19 November 2019 (UTC)
"Sexuality" seems like the wrong section name here. The topic seems to focus on Homosexuality (not "Sexuality" as a whole, or Sexuality statistics or anything) and even mentions transgender rights, which don't fall under the scope of "Sexuality"—I would recommend this be changed to "LGBT rights" or something. Since this is an FA I'm posting here rather than making the change myself. Aza24 ( talk) 00:12, 31 January 2021 (UTC)
It was mentioned earlier on this talk page that Swahili has been added to the official languages of Rwanda. However, I couldn't find any citation for such. The constitution of Rwanda clearly states that the official languages of the country are Kinyarwanda, French and English. Until such proof is given that Swahili has been added to that list through a separate law, it should not be listed as official. Prometheus.II ( talk) 14:14, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
UPDATE: I've found an AFP factcheck article about the law to make Swahili an official language. It seems that it was indeed duly added to the list. I'll include this citation in the article. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Prometheus.II ( talk • contribs) 14:19, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
The demographics for Rwanda in the infobox are currently the 1994 stats. Call it a hunch, but I think the population demographics may have been somewhat altered in 1994 in Rwanda. In need of some updating. Volvlogia ( talk) 17:29, 26 March 2021 (UTC)
There is new data from the NISR from the 2022 population census. The population is now at 13,246,394. There's more data in the key figures PDF linked. [1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vixalien ( talk • contribs) 07:42, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
References
Hi, just a suggestion, many country articles have sections or subsections for 'science and technology', this could be a section on this article as well.
Thanks
John Cummings ( talk) 11:52, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
A discussion is taking place to address the redirect Repubulique du Rwanda. The discussion will occur at Wikipedia:Redirects for discussion/Log/2021 November 13#Repubulique du Rwanda until a consensus is reached, and readers of this page are welcome to contribute to the discussion. Sun8908 Talk 09:29, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
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The "10th largest city" actually links to a city in Tanzania. The only thing I could find in Rwanda named Nzega is a hill with no buildings on it, and unnamed villages nearby. I tried to remove it, but it was replaced with an auto-generated placeholder, so I reverted. The cited source is an Excel spreadsheet listing five cities, only four of which are in the article, with populations not resembling what the article states. I hope someone can fix that table; I don't know how. 伟思礼 ( talk) 00:27, 4 July 2023 (UTC)
I appreciate the massive amount of work that has gone into the article and attempting to keep it up to date, but I just don't see how it meets the FA criteria currently. At least one section has an "update" banner, and large parts of the article are stuck 5-10 years ago (understandable given that the FAC was in 2012 and the last FAR in 2015). Additionally, I think the article's sourcing needs improvement, I am listing sources that I don't think should be used in an FA (some are tagged better source needed in the article):
Overall, my sense is that the article relies too much on news/press sources and official statistics, without enough independent scholarship/analysis to figure out which of these number are accurate, informative, and important and to put them in appropriate context. A related issue is the "he said, she said" approach rather than focusing on verifiable facts that independent RS agree on.
Additionally, a number of important facts about Rwanda are not mentioned in this article, for example the role of foreign aid in Rwanda's government budget and economic growth, Rwanda's role in DRC civil war and illegal mining in DRC, etc. despite being significant parts of the Rwandan economy. ( t · c) buidhe 03:03, 28 September 2023 (UTC)
Hello, I did some research recently to improve the page but my changes were cancelled because I have a COI (I work at UNESCO). I'm reposting them here because I think they're interesting additions, concerning the actions of the international community. The mention of biosphere reserves seems necessary. About the journalist, I could put it in a sub article, but he was a very important journalist. It would be very kind of someone to read them and give me their opinion.
"World Biosphere reserve
In 2020, Gishwati-Mukura National Park was designated a World Biosphere Reserve.
According to Audrey Azoulay, Director General of UNESCO, in the Rwandan reserves, "species conservation succeeds when local communities are placed at the heart of the conservation strategy. Measures to protect biodiversity must go hand in hand with measures that meet the needs of these local communities". [1] In Rwanda, the cost of a visit to see the gorillas is $1,500 per person. Under Rwandan law, 10% of these revenues must be returned to the community, which represents around 10 million euros invested in the construction of schools, roads and drinking water supplies. In 1980, there were just 250 mountain gorillas; today there are 1,063, 80% of them in Rwanda. [2]"
"Media and communications
John Williams Ntwali - investigative journalist and editor-in-chief of The Chronicles newspaper - died in suspicious circumstances in January 2023. According to the NGO Human Rights Watch, "John Williams Ntwali played a crucial role for many victims of human rights violations in Rwanda, and was often the only journalist who dared to report on issues of political persecution and repression ". [3] UNESCO Director Audrey Azoulay called on the authorities "to initiate a full and transparent investigation". [4]"
E.poul (
talk)
14:25, 4 October 2023 (UTC)
The side box gives Population as 14,300,291 (est.), Area as 26,338 km2 and Density as 470/km2. However, 14,300,291 / 26,338 = 543/km2; at least one of the three numbers must be incorrect.
NB: There is also an inconsistency with /info/en/?search=List_of_countries_and_dependencies_by_population_density 78.209.204.207 ( talk) 20:10, 23 April 2024 (UTC)
 in the list of top 10 cities by population Nzega links to a city by the same name in Tanzania. Nzega Rwanda is fairly sparsely documented online and doesn't have a Wikipedia page, but the current link should be removed. 166.48.84.22 ( talk) 14:53, 1 June 2024 (UTC)