Know Your Cat Family: A Leopard Is Mourned, But A Serval Cat Died
It caught the imagination of many, a family trapped indoors, staying clear of an uninvited visitor, believed to have been a Leopard. But not all spotted cats are Leopards. It…
God Slows The Setting of The Sun For Garima and Time Travel To 2013
It cast a deadly pall on the Chinese ‘Chunjie’ or Lunar New Year, to say the least, and nine months later, Ethiopians had to project their voices through face masks…
Paul Rusesabagina At Home and Face To Face With His True Self
There is a yawning chasm between the oft repeated assertions about Rwanda, and the country as it really is. Few events could have been better designed to expose this distance…
Genocide Denial for 21st Century: Kambanda’s Attempts to Rewrite History
Should a man serving a life sentence for inciting and leading the mass murder of over a million men, women and children be allowed to publish a book in which…
“How Rwanda Works” It’s The Little Things
“How Rwanda works”, or “#HowRwandaworks” is something you will come across on twitter, posted by Rwandans celebrating the efficiency of their country’s government. These usually flag up some notable…
Covid-19, Rwandans Have Learnt to Forego ‘Hobe’, Can They Learn To Queue?
Last Wednesday’s virtual cabinet meeting, took the decision to tighten the measures against SARS-COV-2, following the initial relaxation, which included ending lockdown. The need to increase strictness…
Good News In 2020, As Africa is Declared Free Of One Virus, Polio
It has been grievously accused, but in its defence, 2020 might say that it does not bring about events, it merely embraces whatever comes. And it might add that while…
Covid-19, Africa Must Move Faster, Against Gradual Rate of Infection – WHO
As new cases of Covid-19 around the world continue to rise at a rapid pace, the rate of infection in Africa shows a slower rate of increase, but there…
Umuganura, The Essence Of Rwanda, Not A Harvest Festival
Friday, August 7th was Umuganura, and a holiday. Hooray. For many the day is little more than a much needed long weekend. For others the translation here would be Harvest…
Rwanda v Covid-19: Good Governance and Friends In Need, A Winning Combination
As SARS-COV-2 rates of infection around the world continue to surge, and a usable vaccine estimated to be still months away, the effectiveness of different countries’ responses becomes…
The UK And Africa, A Reset of The Relationship
Few nations of the Western hemisphere have a more established relationship with Africa, than The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, or as it is commonly known, the…
Inyambo, Expulsion From Heaven and Other Rwanda Reflections
Rwandan greetings are a formal affair, an embrace to symbolise esteem and affinity with the other person, followed by good wishes, variously for a long life, children, who are considered…
