Dushime Thierry

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[Dushime Thierry @duthi_thierry]

Happy “World photography Day” to all fellow photographers... #Rwandaphoto #worldphotographyday

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

"When we were living as refugees, we went to many places telling the international community that Rwanda was our home and that we wanted to return. Some people would come and raise the matter with the government that was in power here. The response they received was that Rwanda was too small and that there was no place for us to go. Imagine being told there is no place for you in the very country you came from. You cannot tell someone to remain where they are, to spend their entire life as a refugee, and for their children to grow up as refugees as well.

I used to tell people, even at the beginning of our liberation struggle, that whatever treatment we received in the countries where we lived, they were not the people I had a grievance against. After all, it was my own country that had denied me the right to return because it claimed there was no room for me. The people I had a grievance against were those who had the responsibility to guarantee my rights in my own country, but instead denied them. Those were the people we had to confront. And that is exactly what happened." President Kagame | Indangamirwa 16th Cohort #MeetThePresident

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

"Among the many things you are taking away with you, leave this place with one thing firmly in your minds: You are now builders of something. You are problem solvers. You are innovators. And you are also going to contribute
to this nation, the national effort.

Rwanda will not be developed by people coming from somewhere else, zero. If you thought there is anything like that, quickly change your mind. It is not like that. It doesn't happen like that. You must be the one to do it." President Kagame | Indangamirwa 16 #MeetThePresident

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“As young people, we need you. We love you. But first and foremost, take care of yourselves.

This religion of alcohol, I think people even recruit others into it. Alcohol is killing you. It’s killing young people. The older ones are already gone. It has killed so many older people like us. Others are already on that same path and seem unable to stop.

But I want to warn you and beg you: everything we have been talking about, what brought you here, and the plans we have for our country, this thing will kill you before you realise your ambitions.” President Kagame |#MeetThePresident Indangamirwa 16th Cohort

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

"Discipline is important. It is what helps you decide what you want, how you go about achieving it, and why it matters. It guides you to make the right choices, to respect others, to respect yourself, and to keep seeking knowledge. When you have knowledge, discipline gives even greater value to what you know. It keeps you focused on your purpose instead of allowing yourself to drift into things that do not build you, but can instead destroy you.

That is why coming here for this training, being part of this Itorero, and everything you have learned is meant to instill discipline in you. If you embrace it, it will take you far. If you disregard it or fail to apply it as you should, it may take you only so far before your progress comes to an end." President Kagame | Indangamirwa 16th Cohort #MeetThePresident

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

President Kagame has arrived at the Gabiro Combat Training Center for an interactive #MeetThePresident session with participants of the 16th cohort of Itorero Indangamirwa. Watch President Kagame's speech live now: https://t.co/sfMkwaE7fF

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Intare Arena, President Kagame, Chairman of @rpfinkotanyi, met with Senior Cadres of the RPF for discussions on the Party’s history and its role in Rwanda’s transformation. The meeting emphasized the importance of members upholding the Party’s values, including people-centered governance and accountability, to advance the Party’s mission of Rwanda’s continued development.

[Imbuto Foundation @Imbuto]

The Wait Is Over!

A new era begins as Imbuto Foundation officially launches the Imbuto Hubs, a new platform creating spaces for youth, innovation, connection, and opportunities across communities.

Follow @ImbutoHubsRw for updates and join us as we mark this important milestone.

#RootedInCommunity
#ImbutoEngages

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This evening at Amahoro Stadium, President Kagame attended the opening match day of the #CECAFAKagameCup2026, where Kenya's Gor Mahia F.C. @OfficialGMFC won against Rwanda's APR F.C. @aprfcofficial. Today's Group A fixtures marked the start of the 15-day regional tournament, which brings together 12 leading teams from 9 countries across the region. This marks the tournament's return to Rwanda for the first time since 2019.

[First Lady of Rwanda @FirstLadyRwanda]

“What was pure altruism became a thoughtful answer to a quiet need. @SolidAfrica turned an act of kindness into a service that restores dignity along with health. That commitment is one of many for which we are grateful within Rwanda’s civil society.” - First Lady Mrs Jeannette Kagame during Solid’ Africa 15 and Beyond Gala Dinner | Kigali, 24 July 2026

#15YearsAndBeyond

[Imbuto Foundation @Imbuto]

They came full circle, returning to inspire the next generation with the very gift that first opened doors for them.

Relive @UbuhanziRw’s performance of “A Life Shaped by Imbuto: Keza’s Story.”

To our partners, the Bugesera community, and the incredible young people who showed up for @ImbutoHubsRw Official Launch with so much energy and hope, thank you for making this day unforgettable!

#ImbutoHub
#RootedInCommunity

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame is chairing a cabinet meeting, discussing key policy measures aimed at progressing national development priorities.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

President Kagame today received General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, Chief of Defence Forces of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF). Their discussions focused on the strong bilateral cooperation between Rwanda and Uganda, as well as regional peace, security, and stability.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This evening in Kigali, President Kagame met with Bill Gates, Founder and Chair of the Gates Foundation. They discussed strengthening the Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Rwanda, including accelerating collaboration in health, agricultural transformation, AI, and digital public infrastructure to advance Rwanda’s development priorities.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“When you see someone give himself so fully that he is even ready to lose his life, then serving the country at the level we have reached today, compared to that kind of sacrifice, should really not be too much for us.” President Kagame | Swearing-in Ceremony of New Government Officials.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame met with Garreth Wood, Chairman of The Wood Foundation, and David Knoop, CEO of The Wood Foundation Africa. Their discussions focused on the Foundation’s longstanding partnership with Rwanda, including its investments in the tea sector, as well as the work of Kids Operating Room, the global health charity co-founded by Garreth and Nicola Wood to expand access to safe pediatric surgery.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame received Daniel Libeskind, Founder and Principal Architect of Studio Libeskind; Nina Libeskind, Co-founder of Studio Libeskind; Stefan Blach, Partner at Studio Libeskind; and Holm Keller, Chairman of the kENUP Foundation. They discussed plans for the new National Genocide Monument at the current Kigali Genocide Memorial, envisioned as a powerful space for remembrance, education and reflection through cutting-edge technology and a deeply immersive, personal experience.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

President Kagame also met with a Mastercard Foundation delegation led by Zein Abdalla, Chairman of the Board, accompanied by former President of Liberia, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, and other Board and leadership members. They discussed the Foundation’s partnership with Rwanda and ways to further expand opportunities for young people through skills development, entrepreneurship, job creation, and innovation.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This afternoon at Urugwiro Village, President Kagame received a delegation of constitutional experts from the East African Community (EAC), together with officials from the EAC Secretariat led by Andrea Ariik Aguer, EAC Deputy Secretary-General. Discussions focused on the ongoing work towards the East African Political Confederation, including progress on drafting its Constitution and on the next steps to advance the region’s integration agenda.

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

This morning at Intare Arena, President Kagame and First Lady Jeannette Kagame join Unity Club members and other leaders for a dialogue on the history that led to the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi and the Campaign Against Genocide that led to Rwanda’s liberation. Follow live on https://t.co/9xu0ObzK4v

[Presidency | Rwanda @UrugwiroVillage]

“Do we really accept that, as black people, we are somehow less human and inferior?

Accepting it is not simply a matter of saying “yes.” No one will ask you that question directly. You can even say “no,” but if you behave in the very ways that brought us to the kind of history we have lived through, then, in reality, you have accepted it. You have diminished yourself. And your actions become the evidence. The evidence is in doing the very things that others did, or in trying to justify them with explanations that should never be accepted.

There are no two ways about it. Good politics and a good ideology produce positive outcomes. Bad outcomes come from bad ideas. You do not need any other evidence.

Many of you are still young. You go abroad to study. Under normal circumstances, there is nothing they know that you cannot also learn. But you can come back having absorbed ideas without questions, ideas that take you away from who you are and try to turn you into something else, something that is not yours.

Whether those ideas are good or bad, there is one illness I do not think we will cure anytime soon: when, in your own mind, you stop being yourself and begin wishing you were somebody else. Why would you want to become someone else? To achieve what? In our own history, with everything we have been through, that is exactly how we lost our way.

And then you wait for someone from outside to tell you, “This is wrong,” and you immediately agree, without realizing that what is being condemned is you. It is about stripping you of your identity, and you willingly accepting it.” President Kagame | Unity Club Meeting.