Former territory, east-central Africa. It was administered by Belgium from 1922 to 1962, during which time it was reconstituted (1946) as a UN trust territory. It was part of the Belgian Congo from 1925 to 1960. In 1962 it was divided into the independent states of Rwanda and Burundi
a country in east central Africa between Tanzania and Zaïre. Population: 7,313,000 (2001). Capital: Kigali. In 1994 there was a civil war between two tribes, the Hutus and the Tutsis. officially Republic of Rwanda Country, east-central Africa