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Encyclopedia > Gisenyi

Gisenyi is a lake resort, lying on Lake Kivu in Rwanda. It has a sandy [[beach] known for water sports and is home to a brewery. During the Rwandan Genocide, the provisional government was based in the town. Categories: Africa geography stubs | Great Rift Valley lakes | African lakes ... Patterns in the sand Sand is an example of a class of materials called granular matter. ... Water sport most commonly refers to a sport which is played in the water. ... A brewery is a facility that produces beer. ... The skulls of victims show gashes and signs of violence The Rwandan Genocide was the organized murder of up to one million Rwandans in 1994. ...


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The Northwest a region devastated (1998) (1041 words)
This four-year-old boy's mother was killed in Gisenyi in late 1997.
In January 1998, a young man who refused to destroy his plantation was reportedly beaten by soldiers in Gisenyi.
Many of the houses are believed to have been empty as people had already fled; however, a number of people were burned alive in their homes, such as André Bayagiteto, an old man in his seventies, in Nyabirehe secteur in Mukingo.
Rwanda NICS/RNIS Acticles (12368 words)
Those originating from Ruhengeri and Gisenyi are provided with a two-week WFP ration and are registered as beneficiaries for general food distributions in their communes of origin.
Of additional concern in Gisenyi is that approximately 79% of households lack any sort of food stocks and, on average, 82% of their expenditures are on food.
General rations lasting between one to four weeks are being supplied to returnees on arrival at their communes of origin and the registration of the 600,00 Rwandan returnees is said to be continuing in the communes without major disruption.
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