Rwanda, formerly Ruanda, officially the Republic of Rwanda, is a landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge. One of the smallest countries on the African mainland, its capital city is Kigali. Lying in the centre of the Albertine Rift in the western section of Africa’s Rift Valley means the country supports amazing diversity and endemism from scenery and habitats to fauna and flora conserved by several national parks including Volcanoes National Park, Akagena National Park and Nyngwe National Park.