April - June2008 Edition of The Eye Magazine

Scientific questions are generally grouped into two categories (basic and applied) based on their purpose. Applied questions concentrate on solving a particular problem. Given the immense threats facing gorilla populations, much of DFGFI’s research is applied in nature and focuses on understanding the factors influencing the survival. Read More

A beautiful, tall tree that grows naturally across much of the lowland forests and wet Savannahs of Africa, it is widespread across all the moister parts of lowland Uganda. Mvule is dioecious (di-oikos = greek for “two houses”), meaning that it has separate male and female trees (whereas monoecious species carry male and female. Read More

For a city of only 1,000,000 people Kigali has an impressive array of restaurants, accommodating to most all tastes and budgets. Recently myself and a group of friends met at one of these fine eating establishments, a Ristorante Italiano called Sole Luna, located on the main road. Read More

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Kigali City is the Capital City of Rwanda, situated almost in the Centre of the country.Its geographical position is Latitude 1°57’S and on longitude 30°04’E.Kigali is located on a natural region called Bwanacyambwe within the proximity of Nyabarongo river basin, between Mt.Kigali(1852m high) and Mt.Jali. Read More

The four gorilla permits were booked, the bus tickets for Ruhengeri were purchased and all of our bags were packed. Two Canadians and two Rwandans were prepared and (very much) excited for our Rwandan gorilla trekking experience. All we needed was somewhere to rest our heads at night and fill our stomachs for the adventure to come. Read More

With Kigali’s rapid development an increasing number of the international community and returning Diaspora have found Kigali to be a pleasant home in East Central Africa. As their numbers increased some discovered the need to initiate an English speaking international school. In October 2005, a few expatriate families in Kigali. Read More

In this age of global warming, I found this book great impressed by how isolated Earth is in the solar system and how the solar system is so far away from anything else, by the shear number of species that have existed or do exist on Earth – tens of millions of them, by how little we directly know of Earth’s interior or, for that matter, of the matter that makes up most of the Universe. Read More

This is the 4th article in our series on malaria, if you want to read the others go on The Eye website and you will find the full or even expanded articles. We have covered the life cycle, the disease, the effect of immunity and diagnosis. We asked the question, why is a Pakwatch school boy who is bitten 5 times a night. Read More

Rugby has been around for close to five years now. It has made very big strides amidst it’s many challenges that come with starting a completely new sport in Rwanda. The game started from a small friendship between a Rwandan national Alexis Kamanzi and a Frenchman Dr.Pierre Hofer that resulted in a simple game of touch among rugby. Read More

As a result of the 1994 genocide, Rwanda was left with a large number of widows and orphans; many of whom had suffered the worst inhumanities ranging from rape to torture. For these survivors their social and psychological scars were coupled with having no financial support in their new roles as heads of households. Read More

Restaurant Review: Sole Luna
Book Review: A Short History of Nearly Everything