Definitions
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- noun A person from
Rwanda or of Rwandese descent. - adjective Of, from, or pertaining to Rwanda, the Rwandese people or language. See:
Rwandan .
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Examples
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In that same trip, I met a beautiful young Rwandese woman in neighboring Rwanda.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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In that same trip, I met a beautiful young Rwandese woman in neighboring Rwanda.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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I met Annette, a translator at the UNHCR -- the only job refugees themselves are allowed to have there -- who spoke French, Swahili, Rwandese, and English.
Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011
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This is a good thing, not a bad thing: Israel is a civilised country while Hamas is the arab equivalent of those Rwandese genocidists: beyond any hope of reason.
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At that time, the rebel leader Laurent Nkunda was welcoming all the TV networks in the world and becoming a media star, in competition with the heads of state of the countries involved, President Kabila and his Rwandese counterpart, President Kagame.
Global Voices in English » DRC: Goma’s Makeover for Independence Day 2009
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I met Annette, a translator at the UNHCR -- the only job refugees themselves are allowed to have there -- who spoke French, Swahili, Rwandese, and English.
Ming Holden: The Real Haunted House Ming Holden 2011
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In that same trip, I met a beautiful young Rwandese woman in neighboring Rwanda.
Zainab Salbi: Understanding Poverty Zainab Salbi 2010
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Recent coverage of the anniversary have attacked the ways in which the current Rwandan administration abuses the genocide as a form of political repression and a justification of warmongering. le blog aboumashimango [Fr], a Rwandese diaspora blogger, calls for an end to civil and political rights violations in Rwanda:
Global Voices in English » Rwanda: The unresolved FDLR issue 2009
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However, the long-term stability of the Great Lakes Region, so divided for too long as it has been between Hutu and Tutsi, is just as much in the hands of Burundians as it is Rwandese.
Alice Nzomukunda: Africa's Other Contest Alice Nzomukunda 2010
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"It is obvious that the Rwandese authorities, like any government, have a responsibility to ensure that hate speech is clamped down on, and that incitement to violence and discrimination and the people responsible for that are investigated and prosecuted," said van der Borgh.
Legacy of Genocide Fuels Political Repression in Rwanda 2010
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