rnment:
Prime Minister Sylvestre NSANZIMANA (since NA October 1991)
Political parties and leaders:
Republican Revolutionary Movement for Democracy and Development (MRND), Maj.
Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA; formerly a one-party state, Rwanda legalized
independent parties in mid-1991; since then, at least 10 new political
parties have registered; President HABYARIMANA's political movement - the
National Revolutionary Movement for Development (MRND) - reorganized itself
as a political party and changed its name to the Republican National
Movement for Democracy and Development (but kept the same initials - MRND);
significant independent parties include: Democratic Republican Movement
(MDR), leader NA; Liberal Party (PL), leader NA; Democratic and Socialist
Party (PSD), leader NA; note - since October 1990, Rwanda has been involved
in a low-intensity conflict with the Rwandan Patriotic Front/Rwandan
Patriotic Army (RPF/RPA); the RPF/RPA is primarily an ethnically based
organization
Suffrage:
universal adult, exact age NA
Elections:
President:
last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held NA December 1993); results -
President Maj. Gen. Juvenal HABYARIMANA reelected

:Rwanda Government

National Development Council:
last held 19 December 1988 (next to be held NA December 1993); results -
MRND is the only party; seats - (70 total) MRND 70
Member of:
ACCT, ACP, AfDB, ECA, CCC, CEEAC, CEPGL, FAO, G-77, GATT, IBRD, ICAO, IDA,
IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ITU, LORCS, NAM, OAU, UN,
UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UPU, WCL, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Diplomatic representation:
Ambassador Aloys UWIMANA; Chancery at 1714 New Hampshire Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20009; telephone (202) 232-2882
US:
Ambassador Robert A. FLATEN; Embassy at Boulevard de la Revolution, Kigali
(mailing address is B. P. 28, Kigali); telephone [250] 75601 through 75603;
FAX [250] 72128
Flag:
three equal vertical bands of red (hoist side), yellow, and green with a
large black letter R
centered in the yellow band; uses the popular pan-African colors of
Ethiopia; similar to the flag of Guinea, which has a plain yellow band

:Rwanda Economy

Overview:
Almost 50% of GDP comes from the agricultural sector; coffee and tea make up
80-90% of total exports. The amount of fertile land is limited, however, and
deforestation a