[DOC] [TLE] Belgian colonial empire - Wikipedia [PAR] The Belgian colonial empire comprised three colonies controlled by Belgium 
between 1885 ... Belgians tended to refer to their overseas possessions as "the 
colonies" .... German forces in the area of modern-day Rwanda and Burundi 
which were ... until 1962, when it developed as the independent states of 
Rwanda and... [DOC] [TLE] Rwanda: A Brief History of the Country - Outreach Programme on ... [PAR] The former colonial power, Germany, lost possession of Rwanda during the First 
... By 1962, when Rwanda gained independence, 120,000 people, primarily ... of 
the 1980s some 480,000 Rwandans had become refugees, primarily in Burundi, 
... all Tutsis inside the country were labeled accomplices of the RPF and Hutu... [DOC] [TLE] The Atlantic Report: Rwanda - 64.06 [PAR] They were the first to fell Rwanda's forest, to clear the brush, and to cultivate. ... 
castes, and above all their possession of cattle enabled them to dominate the 
Hutu. ... While never directly attacking the basis of Tutsi rule, the colonial period 
set in ... independence on July 1, 1962, as a republic, Burundi remained a 
monarchy,... [DOC] [TLE] Basil Davidson  On Rwanda  LRB 18 August 1994 [PAR] They were in it for the profit, and save in moments of self-inflation (rather few in 
Belgium, ... Their Congo state and colony paid a grim price for this single-minded 
interest ... And given this colonial history of Rwanda (or of Burundi), what is truly 
... that the Banyarwanda, even until times then quite recent, had possessed 'a 
very... [DOC] [TLE] Colonial Background of the Rwanda Genocide - Stanford University [PAR] Dec 3, 2004 ... In April of 2004, the Hutus and the Tutsis, two tribes of Rwanda, ... Rwanda, the 
area surrounded by the Democratic Republic of Congo, Uganda, Burundi, and 
Tanzania ... were installed in Rwanda, which caused the country to be controlled 
... From 1931 until 1959, Rwanda was ruled as a monarchy, led by... [DOC] [TLE] Africa: Belgian Colonies - Dictionary definition of Africa: Belgian ... [PAR] All the major decisions concerning the Congo were made in Brussels, and the 
Congolese were not allowed to participate in the running of their own country. In 
1955 ... Belgium's other colony, Rwanda, was an independent monarchy until the 
... possession, and it became the only colony owned and run by a single 
individual. [DOC] [TLE] HISTORY OF TANZANIA [PAR] A German east African colony, Peters tells him, is there for the taking. ... East 
African protectorate, but the fact is kept secret until the colonial conference has 
ended. ... a lease of the coastal strip which was left in the sultan of Zanzibar's 
possession. .... Tanzania by the ethnic conflicts over the border in Rwanda and 
Burundi. [DOC] [TLE] Ruanda-Urundi franc - Wikiwand [PAR] With the independence of Rwanda and Burundi in 1962, the shared ... leaving 
Ruanda-Urundi as the sole Belgian colonial possession in Africa. ... History. The 
franc became the currency of Rwanda and Burundi in 1916, when the two 
countries were ... A single denomination was issued, the 1 franc, between 1960 
and 1964. [DOC] [TLE] Jurisdictional Relationships between Nations and Their Former ... [PAR] Mar 29, 2006 ... Section IV discusses how the major colonial countries are now confronting .... 
whereby a single former colonial country is responsible for ensuring basic 
services. .... Because the colonies and possessions were not separate entities, 
..... Treaty of Versailles, the Rwanda and Burundi colonies were ceded to... [DOC] [TLE] Lemarchand, Ren. 1970. Rwanda and Burundi - UFDC Home [PAR] Burundi in Perspective : a Profile... Mwami-ship ... Chronology of the Kings of 
Rwanda. ..... Burundi. The caste names are, in each country, Tutsi, Hutu and Twa. 
... traditional African kingdoms in existence before colonial rule and to the inde- ... 
German East Africa, after the First World War Rwanda and Burundi were en- [DOC] [TLE] Country Profile on Rwanda - Genocide Watch [PAR] Country Profile: Rwanda, a

Question: Rwanda & Burundi were a single colonial possession of this country until 1962
Answer: Belgium