Before I delve into this let me get something off my chest : no amount of ill-will, across our borders and abroad will crush our resolve and determination to re-build Rwanda. Those who seek to dictate to Rwanda how we should be governed need to know...
In the last three weeks I have been in Kigali I have noticed a sense of pride and ownership in the citizenry that is really indicative of the new spirit and soul of the New Rwanda. My discussions with Rwandans of all walks of life have convinced me...
I arrived in Kigali two weeks ago, after a year’s absence, and as always I am blown away by the amazing and constant changes and progress one sees all over Kigali, and across this land of A Thousand Hills. There is a deep, tangible, moving, and...
In a recent letter dated October 14, 2018, (and third one, without a response) to President Emmanuel Macron of France, Rudasingwa pleads with Macron to pay attention to “the plight of the Rwandan people.” Like a scorned woman whose lover...
Louise Mushikiwabo, our foreign affairs minister was recently elected to head a community of 84 French-speaking countries with a population of 274 million around the world. This is not only a personal achievement for Mushikiwabo, but a great and...
This morning in the wee hours of the night, I was awakened by a sobbing and broken Niece to tell me that The baobab tree had fallen in Malawi. Any call in the middle of the night never brings good news. David Rubadiri, a poet, playwright, author and...
Last month we lost Sen John McCain of Arizona to brain cancer, and with his passing the Senate was deprived of the lone voice of reason. In these very trying and un-predictable Trump times, we need every stabilizing and uniting voice we can get...
Donald Trump is reportedly fuming and in un-controlled rage following a stunning publication by the NEW YORK TIMES of an Op-Ed piece titled “I am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration” According to the NYT the author of this...
The election yesterday in Zimbabwe, the first one in 40 years without Robert Mugabe’s name on the ballot is a milestone on Zimbabwe’s road to recovery. The November 2017 coup d’etat that brought down Mugabe was long overdue and may have saved the...
The recent visit by the Chinese President to Rwanda, the first ever, speaks volumes about the strides Rwanda has taken to be on the world stage, having risen from the abyss following the genocide against Tutsi in 1994. This visit was followed by the...