Reconciliation Takes Time. Sometimes Many

The New Rwanda Is About Building An Economy That Delivers Prosperity And Opportunity For Our Citizens Based On A Robust Private Sector. Foreign Adventures Would Be Costly And Counterproductive Distractions From These Challenging Objectives.

Rwanda Is A Very Open And Free Country. Key To Our Recovery As A Nation Has A Range Of Grassroots, Citizen-centered Polices We Call "homegrown Solutions." The Idea That Rwanda Is Highly Controlled From The Center Belies The Reality, Which Is That Citizens In Every Village Have A Powerful Say In How Things Get Done. We Prize Accountability And Rwandans Are Quickly Adapting Themselves To The Possibilities Of A Digital Economy.

I Had To Fight Hard For Everything. I Wanted To Get Out. I Want To Take My Destiny Into My Own Hands And Escape The Vicious Cycle Of Retaliatory Violence. This Struggle Has Shaped Who I Am To This Day.

The West Is Anything But Altruistic.

Aid Makes Itself Superfluous If It Is Working Well. Good Aid Takes Care To Provide Functioning Structures And Good Training That Enables The Recipient Country To Later Get By Without Foreign Aid. Otherwise, It Is Bad Aid.