Rwanda: Country Ranked High On Global Peace Index
                   
allafrica.com     May 22, 2008            

Posted to the web 22 May 2008 James Karuhanga Kigali Rwanda has been ranked the second most peaceful country in the region after Tanzania, so says the 2008 Global Peace Index (GPI) rankings. In Africa, Rwanda is 11th out of 30 countries while it is 76th out of the 140 countries analyzed globally.... [read full story]                

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