Rwanda’s post-genocide model prioritises security over freedom and equality – a risk to future stability

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Rwanda’s post-genocide model prioritises security over freedom and equality – a risk to future stability

Rwanda, a small and landlocked central African country, has made remarkable socio-economic progress since the 1994 genocide in which an estimated 500,000 people died. But the country, as well as the rest of the world, remains divided over the achievements made and the direction taken over the past 30 years. Supporters of Rwanda’s trajectory believe in the aspiration of its president, Paul Kagame, for the country to become Africa’s Singapore. Cri…