I Had To Fight Hard For Everything.

When People Accuse Us Of Taking Coltan From Congo, I Don't Understand What They Mean. The Quality Of Our Own Coltan Here From Rwanda Is Much Better. But Still People From The Un Come Here, We Show Them Our Coltan Mines, We Show Them The Documents, Then They Go And Say: Rwanda Smuggles Coltan.

Rwanda Is A Very Open And Free Country. Key To Our Recovery As A Nation Has A Range Of Grassroots, Citizen-centered Polices We Call "homegrown Solutions." The Idea That Rwanda Is Highly Controlled From The Center Belies The Reality, Which Is That Citizens In Every Village Have A Powerful Say In How Things Get Done. We Prize Accountability And Rwandans Are Quickly Adapting Themselves To The Possibilities Of A Digital Economy.

Let No One Think That Flexibility And A Predisposition To Compromise Is A Sign Of Weakness Or A Sell-out.

I Had To Fight Hard For Everything. I Wanted To Get Out. I Want To Take My Destiny Into My Own Hands And Escape The Vicious Cycle Of Retaliatory Violence. This Struggle Has Shaped Who I Am To This Day.

Rwanda Has Its Own Problems And Never Sought To Blame Others Or Cause Others Trouble. I Advise Burundi To Do The Same.