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...TIME: What's your vision for Rwanda? Kagame: This country has a very tragic history. Genocide, colonial history, and so on. So the vision is informed by this history, but built on the desire to say: 'We can make a difference. Rwanda can develop, can rebuild itself, can build a totally new nation from the one we experienced in the past.' We have to create an open and democratic society. We try to create peace and stability, a country of laws. We fight corruption. All these things are foundations on which we build socio-economic development. The vision is about...
...TIME: How are you going to create this prosperity? Kagame: The most important resource of Rwanda is the people of Rwanda. That's true in any country, but more so in Rwanda because of the lack of other resources. That's why we want to invest in healthcare systems and education, and why we made the choice to promote science and technology. We are looking at how to modernize our agriculture and shift from that to other things. So we are looking agriculture, tourism, energy, infrastructure, telecommunications, mining. And we are looking at setting up institutions and tax regimes that...
...TIME: One focus of yours is population control. You're trying to limit families to three children. Kagame: We are not forcing people. There is no law. We are encouraging people by showing the benefit of smaller families. Our population growth is very high. And Rwanda is already one of the most crowded countries in the world. As much as the economy is growing and expect 6.5% this year population growth cuts a deep hole in that. And with the levels of poverty we have, the growth is simply unsustainable. The population is 9 million now, but in 10 years...
...could ever bring all Rwanda's killers to justice. The stark facts of genocide - more than 800,000 killed, most with farm tools - suggest tens of thousands of murderers at least. But the ICTR fugitives were supposed to be different. They are not just murderers, ICTR prosecutors allege, but mass-murder masterminds: the former army officers and government officials who built a genocidal regime. "There cannot be true unity and reconciliation in Rwanda unless the fugitives, most of whom are the actual planners of the genocide, are brought to book," says Rwandan Justice Minister Tharcisse Karugarama...
With the clock ticking, officials are stepping up efforts to close the cases. Interpol appealed this summer to law-enforcement authorities worldwide, urging them to capture ICTR fugitives within their borders. Rwanda maintains it would be best to try all suspects there; the death penalty was formally abolished in July, eliminating a major obstacle in extradition negotiations. And the ICTR has begun shifting jurisdiction over the accused to individual countries, entrusting them to try those fugitives found after the ICTR's deadline. "There will always be a framework in place to ensure these people can be tried. We are confident...