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New U.S. law aims to clean up Congo mineral trade

By Jon Rosen | 04/05/11
GISENYI, Rwanda — Looking across Lake Kivu toward the hills of eastern Congo, Faustin Ntawangundi is an anxious man. For the last 12 years, Ntawangundi has worked for a minerals trading house in Goma, just across the border in Congo, inspecting lo
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Rwanda tackles population growth

By Jon Rosen | 12/06/10
MT. KABUYE, Rwanda — Three thousand feet above the nearest village, and accessible only by foot, this prominent peak was once unspoiled African wilderness. For millennia, like most of Rwanda, Mt.
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Underwater methane to power Rwanda and Congo

By Jon Rosen | 11/17/10
RUHENGERI, Rwanda — Looming above this northern Rwandan town, the jagged peaks of the Virunga Mountains are emblems of both this country’s tragic history and its ongoing rebirth. Here on these forested volcanic slopes, Gen.
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Rwanda achieves impressive economic growth and aims for more

By Jon Rosen | 04/12/10
KIGALI, Rwanda — Young, business-savvy and geeky as Silicon Valley's finest, Viateur Mugenzi is a one-man incarnation of the new-look Rwanda.