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...
The just concluded meeting between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin willl go down in history as the single embarrassing performance by an American President on the world stage. The other embarrassing moment on the world stage was...
In a superbly played game today, the second win for France in the WC since 1998, Africans played a vital role in a stunning defeat over the under-dog, Croatia scoring 4-2. But you have to take your hat off for Croatia: they played a good and valiant...