President Kagame responds to those who say: "Formula 1 is too big for a small country like Rwanda."
I tell those people to take a deep breath and calm down, and wait to see what is coming.
First, we are people, like the people of other parts of the world. There is nothing, no event, nothing that is bigger than people.
So, we are a small country, but we are a people.
Formula One is big indeed, but it is not a goal just in itself. In fact, Formula One is part of the big picture of what Rwanda has to do.
We made progress as a country, as a people, but also for this particular Formula One, as a sport for Africa.
We are not looking at just Rwanda alone. We are looking at Rwanda in the context of the continent, and we have indeed ambitions to bring in other African brothers and sisters to participate.
It is Rwandan, it is African, and it is a big deal that we are very happy to be associated with.
@JF_LE_DRIAN@Kratos_imana Les colonisateurs sont devenue des millices๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃle temps est un bon maรฎtre vraiment. vous รชtes capable de manger du n'importe quoi pour piller le Congo
๐จ๐ท๐ผEXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: PRESIDENT KAGAME โ WHO REALLY CONTROLS CONGOโS BILLIONS?
You keep seeing the news about massacres and rape, as well as alleged genocides and even cannibalism in Congo.
But did you know Africaโs second biggest country is also the richest in mineral reserves?
The Democratic Republic of the Congo sits on trillions in copper, cobalt, gold and diamonds, yet remains one of the poorest nations on Earth.
Why?
President Kagame breaks his silence on the power struggles keeping Congo in chaos, the Western-backed warlords looting its wealth, and why Rwanda is blamedโdespite ranking "100th" in Congoโs resource grab.
From genocide, foreign interference, and corruption to @PaulKagameโs brutal take on President Felix ("I wish he wasn't president of that good country"), this no-holds-barred interview offers an interesting perspective into the real players behind Africaโs deadliest and most complex war.
Next week we will publish the second part of our interview where the President discusses the Rwandan genocide, with over a million deaths in 100 days, how he ended it, eventually becoming President.
02:41 โ Kagame on rebuilding Rwanda from total devastation: "This was almost an impossible task."
05:45 โ Refugees or prisoners? How genocidal forces fled with their captives.
08:55 โ "Foreign aid is a trap." Kagame on how "help" keeps Africa permanently weak.
11:19 โ "Aid is politically weaponized." Itโs never just generosityโitโs control.
12:49 โ How Rwanda went from 90% aid-dependent to self-sufficient.
13:50 โ "Whoever gives you aid controls your life." The truth about Africaโs dependency crisis.
18:59 โ Rwandaโs demand: "Audit us to ensure the aid wasn't stolen."
21:07 โ Kagame on USAIDโs failure: "They fed us instead of freeing us." Could @elonmuskโs DOGE step in?
24:26 โ The Textile War: How the US forced African nations to abandon their industries.
29:06 โ Rwanda was kicked out of the African Growth Opportunity Actโfor refusing to submit.
30:06 โ "We don't want to be dependent forever." Kagameโs definition of true dignity.
31:36 โ How Rwanda banned begging and built 70% employment through education.
34:33 โ Why is Africaโs โtomorrowโ always coming but never here? Kagame blames bad leadership, not bad people.
35:23 โ "Congo should never have to beg." With some of the worldโs richest mineral deposits, why is DRC still poor?
37:32 โ M23 rebellion: Kagame says Congo is expelling its own citizens.
44:33 โ Who really profits from Congoโs chaos? "Rwanda takes all the blame, but the real players are hidden."
46:32 โ "We still have genocidal forces on our border." Why Rwanda will never trust Congoโs leadership.
48:32 โ Kagame on President Felix: "He has a genocidal ideology."
49:21 โ $40 billion wasted. Why has the UN โpeacekeepingโ mission failed for 24 years?
55:02 โ Kagame on Rwandaโs role in Congo: "They want a soundbite, not the truth."
57:43 โ Can Congoโs war actually be solved? Kagame lays out the 3-step path to peace.
1:00:45 โ A Trump-style deal for Africa? "Peace in exchange for mining rights." Would Kagame support it?
๐ก๐ข ๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐๐ข๐ก ๐ง๐ข ๐ฃ๐จ๐ฆ๐ ๐ข๐จ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ฉ๐๐ฅ๐ก๐ ๐๐ก๐ง๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ข ๐๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ข๐ก๐๐ขโ๐ฆ ๐ช๐๐ฅ๐ฆ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ช๐๐ฌ.
We now want negotiations, peace and dialogue and will no longer enable or aid propaganda that fuels wars to protect Congolese to hold onto Leopoldโs colonial loot and tribal divisions.