English replaces French in Rwanda's economic boom - 9 Apr 09

It suffered a genocide that wiped out 1.2 million people in one hundred days and decimated the country's economy.

But 15 years on, its international supporters are calling Rwanda's economic recovery a miracle.

Now the government has chosen to drop French as the language taught in schools and used in business - in favour of English. All to attract even more companies to do busines there.

Al Jazeera's Yvonne Ndege reports from the capital, Kigali.

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