U Rwanda rwabanje kuba ubwami buyobowe n'Umwami, bufite ubutegetsi bukomeye n'imiryango myinshi ihuriweho n'abaturage bose mu gihugu hose.
Nyuma y'ubukoloni bw'Abadage n'Ababiligi, imibereho y'Abanyarwanda yarahindutse cyane, kugeza ubwo u Rwanda rwabonye ubwigenge ku wa 1 Nyakanga 1962.
Jenoside yakorewe Abatutsi mu 1994 yasize ibikomere bikomeye. Kuva icyo gihe, u Rwanda rwibanze ku bumwe, ubutabera bwa Gacaca, no kubaka igihugu gishya.
