An Island of the Unwanted

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Under President Paul Kagame, the Rwandan government has focused on cleaning up the country. Rwanda, which exploded in ethnic bloodshed 16 years ago, is now one of the safest and cleanest nations in Africa. More private developments are being built around the capital city of Kigali.

Jehad Nga for The New York Times

An Island of the Unwanted

A program that sends street people to an island camp symbolizes what some say Rwanda has become since the 1994 genocide: orderly but repressive.