One of the chilling lessons of history:
During the Rwandan Genocide, extremists often called the killing of Tutsis "the work."
By replacing "murder" with a routine-sounding phrase, they helped make genocide seem normal, expected, and even necessary to participants.
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This excerpt refers to documented accounts of forced labor during King Leopold II's rule over the Congo Free State in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The absence of an unemployment fund in Rwanda contributes to persistent poverty. With unemployment at 16.7%, the government should consider creating an unemployment insurance scheme to provide income security and stimulate economic recovery.
The kind of issues a country grapples with determines how far it will go. Currently, Rwanda is locked in diplomatic spats with the US, EU, Belgium, and the UK. Meanwhile, Uganda is still debating ethnicity. The contrast says it all.
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UGANDA MUST LEARN FROM THE CONGOLESE EXPERIENCE: EXCLUDING RWANDOPHONES RISKS REVIVING COLONIAL BORDER AND IDENTITY QUESTIONS NYERERE WARNED ABOUT
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An increasingly visible debate in Uganda has seen some Banyarwanda (Ugandans of Rwandan heritage)โbeing questioned about their belonging and, in some cases, told to "go back to Rwanda."
For many regional observers, the rhetoric is uncomfortably familiar. Similar narratives targeting Rwandophone communities in eastern DR Congo (Zaire) preceded decades of tensions, conflict, and competing claims over citizenship, identity, and political rights. The lesson from the Congolese experience is that exclusionary politics rarely resolve identity questions; more often, they deepen them and create consequences that can outlast generations.
One of Rwandaโs most striking post-1994 realities is that many of the individuals who went on to lead the countryโs transformation, including President Paul Kagame, would likely have been excluded under a tribalistic political system. Kagameโs long association with Uganda to the point of being senior leader of Uganda Military Intelligence and the presence of many officials with similar backgrounds did not prevent them from contributing to what is arguably Rwandaโs most significant period of state-building and development in its centuries of existence as a country.
Across the region, growing hostility toward Banyarwanda communities should be viewed with caution. The marginalization of Rwandophone populations in eastern DRC has already contributed to decades of instability, while similar narratives in Uganda risk deepening divisions.
Some observers warn that persistent discrimination could strengthen calls for political self-determination among affected communities, challenging colonial-era borders. While Kigali has consistently discouraged such ideas, unresolved grievances continue to fuel debate. As Julius Nyerere once argued, if people are denied belonging where they live, questions about territory and identity inevitably resurface. #FactsOnRwanda