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Rwanda scraps over 1,000 colonial-era laws passed by Germany and Belgium

Rwanda scraps over 1,000 colonial-era laws passed by Germany and Belgium

Rwanda has passed a law repealing over 1,000 colonial-era laws from its statutes. This comes after Rwanda’s Constitutional and Legal Affairs State Minister, Evode Uwizeyimana advocated for the scrapping of the colonial laws. Germany ruled Rwanda from 1900 to 1916. It was later occupied by Belgian forces until gaining independence in July 1962. After three months of…

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