Paul Kagame

16 Aug 2010 - Ever since I worked in Rwanda in 1994, this tiny country in Central Africa has my interest. Last week its influential leader Paul Kagame was re-elected with an absolute majority of more than93%. I do not know what to think of Mr. Kagame, but then again how does one bring a country out of a genocide and move forward? The SCMP profiled Kagame and I just want to quote a few lines: " .. the West lives with the guilty knowledge it was Kagame and his rebel army who stopped the genocide, while everyone else dithered and blundered, and Kagame has been skillful and relentless at using this collective guilt to his advantage. Like so many rebel generals, ... he places a high premium on loyalty and discipline, likes to operate in secrecy, is comfortable using violence and threats of violence against his enemies, and tends to equate criticism with treason."