Rwanda has an area of 26338 sq km with population of 11 million. It is a landlocked republic in Central Africa bounded north by Uganda, East by Tanzania, South by Burundi, and West by Zaire and Lake Kivu, capital, Kigali. Time zone GMT +2, official languages, French, Kinya-rwanda, Kiswahili and English now.

Chief religions, Roman Catholicism (65%), local beliefs (25%), it has a highland tropical climate; two wet seasons (Oct-Dec-Mar-May), average annual rainfall at Kigali, 1000mm/40 in; it is basically an agricultural economy.