Word: rwanda
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...thinking. His odd coupling of outsize dreams and practical solutions has transformed his own blood-soaked nation into a model of economic advancement and stability, though hardly an American-style democracy. He believes the same African-style ideology can work just as well in the troubled lands of Congo, Rwanda and Sudan. But it is far from certain that what Museveni did in Uganda can be repeated elsewhere. As Museveni's confreres take power in the region--Kabila now rules Congo, guerrilla companion Paul Kagame is the authority to be reckoned with in Rwanda, old schoolmate John Garang is gaining...
That tribunal represents a choice not only for Bosnia and Rwanda, but for the world. We can accept atrocities as inevitable, or we can strive for a higher standard. We can presume to forget what only God and the victims have standing to forgive, or we can heed the most searing lesson of this century which is that evil, when unopposed, will spawn more evil...
...total GDPs of Burundi, Rwanda, Malawi, Mozambique and Namibia combine to yield little more than 75 percent of the current endowment...
...nominally separated into three branches, Kabila will legislate by decree and can hire and fire government employees at will, in addition to his role as commander-in-chief. But Kabila will not be alone at the top. On hand at the swearing-in were the presidents of Angola, Rwanda, Uganda and Zambia, whose support made Kabila's revolution possible and who certainly have a say in how the diminutive ex-smuggler runs Africa's largest country. "Those four are the best guarantee that Kabila will not become another Mobutu," says TIME's Marguerite Michaels. "They invested a lot in Mobutu...
Kabila refers to Museveni as a "good friend" and speaks to him by satellite phone at least twice a week. "I love him," says Kabila. "We have always talked about the future of Africa and this problem of being a continent of beggars. We look to Rwanda, Uganda, Angola--and many more countries--to be a United States of Africa." The notion sounds fantastically far-fetched. Africa's modern history has been written in the blood of tribalism: wars of secession, violent coups, gruesome vendettas...