
President Paul Kagame highlighted the issue of conflict in eastern Congo, which has its roots primarily in colonial times, introducing boundaries of countries, and those who are involved in and others should reflect on this and clearly understand the root causes of the war in the eastern of this country.
President Kagame highlighted these on this in this afternoon Thursaday, January 9th 2025 at the Kigali Convention Centre, for local, regional and international members of the press for a new year press conference.
He said“Those who were involved in the colonial times and who were blamed for it have the power to manipulate and always fall short of doing what is right. You find they have groups they create, they say “Groups of Expert”, expert in doing what? You find these experts are led by people who are supposed to come and really cover up the blame that should be leveled against those who are responsible for those crimes of colonial times.”
“If you could relocate Rwanda to another part of the world and remove it from here, would that solve the problems of Congo, or of the region? People get lost in the blame game and forget to really address the root causes of the problems we have and find a solution.”
He pointed out that this problem can be addressed by actual facts without manipulations of something else
“This problem is not unsurmountable, it can be addressed, it can end. It should have ended in actual fact, long ago. But you can’t end it by manipulation, by playing games.”