Kigali, May 30, 2025 (AFP) - Behind Rwanda's economic 'miracle' rural poverty persists: UN expert

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2025-05-30

Rwanda, one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, needs to distribute its wealth better to lift and protect rural populations still living below the poverty line, a UN rapporteur on extreme poverty said Friday. Rwanda's rapid economic growth since the 1994 Tutsi genocide, which claimed around 800,000 lives, has been described as a "miracle." However, much of that expansion is concentrated in the capital, Kigali, which alone contributes 41 percen......

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